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Simple but elegant song

The Performers :
Zhou Jiannan – Gu Zheng (zither with movable bridges and 16-25 strings)
Yang Song Mei – Yang Qin (hammered dulcimer)
Ma Jing Jing – Gu Zheng
Zhang Shuang – Pipa (4-stringed pear-shaped lute)
  more...Zhang Kun – Pipa
Zhong Bao – Pipa
Sun Ting – Erhu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle)
Yin Yan – Erhu
Lei Ying – Erhu
Jiang Jin - Erhu
Sun Yuan – Xiao (vertical flute)
Liao Binqu – Dizi (transverse flute)  less

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@"Journey to Silk Road" Concerto in China

Performed by Liao Binqu & Sun Yuan

The Performers :
Zhou Jiannan – Gu Zheng (zither with movable bridges and 16-25 strings)
Yang Song Mei – Yang Qin (hammered dulcimer)
Ma Jing Jing – Gu Zheng
Zhang Shuang – Pipa (4-stringed pear-shaped lute)
  more...Zhang Kun – Pipa
Zhong Bao – Pipa
Sun Ting – Er Hu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle)
Yin Yan – Er Hu
Zhan Li Jun - Er Hu
Lei Ying – Er Hu
Jiang Jin - Er Hu
Liao Binqu – Xiao (vertical flute)
Sun Yuan – Dizi (transverse flute)  less

The Performers :
Lei Ying - Dan Bau (Vietnamese single-stringed zither)
Yin Yan - Erhu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle)
Sun Yuan - Dizi (transverse bamboo flute)
Liao Binqu - Dizi

Performed by Zhan Lijun of Twelve Girls Band

The Performers :
Zhou Jian Nan - Gu Zheng (zither with movable bridges and 25 strings)
Yang Song Mei - Yang Qin (Chinese hammered dulcimer)
Zhang Kun - Pipa (four-stringed lute with pear shaped body)
Zhan   more...Lijun - Erhu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle)
Liao Bin Qu - Xiao (vertical bamboo flute)
Sun Yuan – Dizi (transverse bamboo flute)  less

Actually composed of 13 young girls in their twenties, they always perform with 12 members at all times. Hailing from the People's Republic of China, they are one of the most popular musical ensembles   more...in their homeland. The Twelve Girls Band play traditional and ancient musical instruments of China and incorporate them into modern harmonies and vibrant performances. Each member is conservatory trained and a member of top orchestras including the China Academy of Music, the Chinese National Orchestra, and the Central Conservatory of Music and all play multiple instruments. Their influences range from jazz, pop, rock, and classical styles mixed with traditional Chinese music. Twelve Girls Band is the most successful act on the international stage and were named "International Artist of the Year" at the 2004 Japan Golden Disc Award ceremonies.

The band's origin helps explain this remarkable success. Twelve is an important figure in Chinese numerology. There are twelve months in a year and twelve jinchai (or golden hairpins, representing womanhood) in ancient Chinese mythology. When producer Xiaojing Wang, known as the father of Chinese rock music, had the idea for an all female ensemble, he knew it had to have twelve members. For inspiration, the Twelve Girls Band turned to the music of Yue Fang, the female ensembles that played in the royal courts of the Tang Dynasty centuries ago. By playing modern arrangements on classical instruments, Twelve Girls Band crafted something unique in world music. They began playing as an ensemble in 2001.

Artists :
Zhou Jian Nan – Gu Zheng
Yang Song Mei – Yang Qin
Ma Jing Jing – Yang Qin
Zhang Shuang – Pipa
Zhang Kun – Pipa
Zhong Bao – Pipa
Liao Bin Qu – Dizi, Xiao, Hulusi
Sun Yuan – Dizi, Xiao, Hulusi
Sun Ting – Er Hu
Yin Yan – Er Hu
Zhan Li Jun - Er Hu
Jiang Jin - Er Hu
Lei Ying – Er Hu & Du Xian Qin

Instruments :
Gu Zheng : ancient zither with movable bridges and 16-25 strings
Yang Qin : Chinese hammered dulcimer with a near-square soundboard
Pipa : four-stringed lute with pear shaped body
Erhu : two-stringed Chinese fiddle
Dizi : bamboo flute
Hulusi : end-blown free reed pipe with gourd windchest
Xiao : vertical bamboo flute
Du Xian Qin : ancient plucked string instrument with one string  less

Shorten Versions

The Performers :
Zhou Jiannan – Gu Zheng (zither with movable bridges and 16-25 strings)
Yang Song Mei – Yang Qin (hammered dulcimer)
Ma Jing Jing – Gu Zheng
Zhang Shuang – Pipa (4-stringed pear-shaped lute)
  more...Zhang Kun – Pipa
Zhong Bao – Pipa
Sun Ting – Er Hu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle)
Yin Yan – Er Hu
Zhan Li Jun - Er Hu
Lei Ying – Er Hu
Jiang Jin - Er Hu
Sun Yuan – Xiao (vertical flute)
Liao Binqu – Dizi (transverse flute)  less

Album : "Tribute to Wang Luobin"

The Performers :
Zhou Jian Nan – Gu Zheng (zither with movable bridges and 16-25 strings)
Yang Song Mei – Yang Qin (hammered dulcimer)
Ma Jing Jing – Gu Zheng
Zhang   more...Shuang – Pipa (4-stringed pear-shaped lute)
Zhang Kun – Pipa
Zhong Bao – Pipa
Sun Ting – Er Hu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle)
Yin Yan – Er Hu
Zhan Lijun - Er Hu
Lei Ying – Er Hu
Liao Binqu – Dizi (transverse flute)
Sun Yuan – Dizi  less

The Performers :
Zhou Jian Nan – Gu Zheng (zither with movable bridges and 16-25 strings)
Yang Song Mei – Yang Qin (hammered dulcimer)
Ma Jing Jing – Gu Zheng
Zhang Shuang – Pipa (4-stringed pear-shaped lute)
  more...Zhang Kun – Pipa
Zhong Bao – Pipa
Sun Ting – Er Hu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle)
Yin Yan – Er Hu
Zhan Lijun - Er Hu
Jiang Jin – Er Hu
Liao Binqu – Dizi (transverse flute)
Sun Yuan – Dizi  less

The Performers :
Zhou Jian Nan – Gu Zheng (zither with movable bridges and 16-25 strings)
Yang Song Mei – Yang Qin (hammered dulcimer)
Ma Jing Jing – Gu Zheng
Zhang Shuang – Pipa (4-stringed pear-shaped lute)
  more...Zhang Kun – Pipa
Zhong Bao – Pipa
Sun Ting – Er Hu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle)
Yin Yan – Er Hu
Zhan Lijun - Er Hu
Lei Ying – Er Hu
Liao Binqu – Dizi (transverse flute)
Sun Yuan – Dizi  less

Album : Romantic Energy

Title 1 : The Sun Shines on Tashkurgan
Erhu performed by Sun Ting, Yin Yan, Zhan Lijun, Lei Ying & Wang Yiwen

Title 2 : Battle Against the Typhoon
Guzheng solo by Zhou Jiannan

Title 3 : Moonlight under   more...the Pheonix Tail of Bamboo
Hulusi solo by Liao Binqu

Title 4 : Birds Singing in the Shade
Dizi solo by Sun Yuan

Title 5 : Ambush from all sides
Pipa performed by Zhang Shuang, Zhang Kun & Zhong Bao

Title 6 : The General's Command
Yangqin performed by Yang Songmei & Ma Jingjing



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Live from Shanghai in 2007 performed by Sun Ting & Zhan Lijun of Twelve Girls Band playing the Erhu instead of Violin.

From one of the Chinese folk songs by Wang Luobin

The Performers :
Zhou Jian Nan – Gu Zheng (zither with movable bridges and 16-25 strings)
Yang Song Mei – Yang Qin (hammered dulcimer)
Ma Jing Jing – Gu Zheng
  more...Zhang Shuang – Pipa (4-stringed pear-shaped lute)
Zhang Kun – Pipa
Zhong Bao – Pipa
Sun Ting – Er Hu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle)
Yin Yan – Er Hu
Zhan Lijun - Er Hu
Lei Ying – Er Hu
Liao Binqu – Dizi (transverse flute)
Sun Yuan – Dizi
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