https://www.jiebingchen.com/home daily 1.0 2018-03-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/t/5a8f446a8165f52d85a15161/1519859380759/jiebingportrait1.jpg Home - About Jiebing Jiebing Chen has been hailed as one of the foremost erhu virtuosos in the world. Her world-renowned is based on her mastery of the classical Chinese repertory for the erhu and for her award-winning contemporary innovations using the two-stringed instrument. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/t/5a8f409d8165f52d85a02d88/1521158272837/songofpraise_alt.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/t/5a8f5ed68165f5f0529fdb20/1521158284355/symphony_alt.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/t/5a9731acf9619a6549264cdf/1519858117441/DSC_1843_edited.jpg Home https://www.jiebingchen.com/biography daily 0.75 2018-03-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/5a9719e59140b76572f47140/5a971e434192023259b47576/1519854796755/concert_navy.jpg Biography - Jiebing in Competition The Navy was so impressed with Jiebing's Erhu playing that they made the remarkable exception to accept her into the orchestra. Pictured is Jiebing performing with the the Yang-qin (hammered dulcimer) at the 1982 National Erhu Competition, in which she won first place honors. In this competition she performed "The Parting of the Newly wed". https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/5a9719e59140b76572f47140/5a971ce19140b76572f574af/1519853285668/navy_family.jpg Biography - Jiebing in the Navy When Jiebing was nine years old, the Chinese Navy held auditions for orchestra members. Although the Navy's minimum age was 18, Jiebing's father had her audition. Pictured is Jiebing at the age of 14 with the family of the Navy Orchestra Director. This became Jiebing's family during her time in the Navy. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/5a9719e59140b76572f47140/5a971c53f9619afc6c21d246/1519853064546/jiebingchildhood2.JPG Biography - Jiebing and Her Sisters Jiebing has four sisters and one brother. Her oldest sister is a doctor, while her other three sisters and her brother became professional musicians. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/5a9719e59140b76572f47140/5a9719e50d9297d03d5adb9c/1519853039416/%E6%B4%81%E5%86%B01.jpg Biography - Jiebing at 5 Years Old Jiebing was born in Shanghai, China in an intellectual family. Both her parents were college educated and her father taught history at University. Pictured here is Jiebing at the age of 5, just after she started Erhu lessons. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/5a9719e59140b76572f47140/5a9719e54192023259b300fa/1519853071306/IMG_0862.JPG Biography - Jiebing Playing Violin When Jiebing was four years old, the Chinese Cultural Revolution began. The future looked very uncertain. Jiebing's father, Weixian Chen, believed that children who learn music will develop a good character and will have a good skill for life. So he decided that the children should study music. But because of the Cultural Revolution, schools were closed and private musical study was forbidden. In spite of these rules, Weixian Chen built homemade musical instruments and obtained secret lessons from musicians. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/t/5a8f48c9085229f4657facc9/1519339743041/white_dress.jpg Biography https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/t/5a97233b71c10bc33465c018/1519854402850/beijing_trio_1.jpg Biography Jiebing and the Beijing Trio. Pictured here is Jon Jang (left), Jiebing Chen (center), and Max Roach (right). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/5a971faff9619afc6c22f3b1/5a97223b24a6943ff302e7cf/1519854772541/symphony5.jpg Biography - Jiebing with the SF Symphony Jiebing has broadened her performance career, and expanded her repertoire to include western classical music and jazz. Today she performs around the world playing an eclectic mix of music. Pictured is Jiebing after performing "The Butterfly Lovers" with the San Francisco Symphony in Stern Grove, summer 2001. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/5a971faff9619afc6c22f3b1/5a9721009140b76572f6d2d2/1519853856445/buffalo.jpg Biography - Jiebing in the U.S. In 1989 Jiebing moved to the United States to study music theory at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. Pictured is Jiebing on the campus of SUNY Buffalo shortly after arrival. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/5a971faff9619afc6c22f3b1/5a97205ef9619afc6c232c5c/1519853750785/conservatory.jpg Biography - Jiebing at the Shanghai Conservatory 13 years of solo performance in the Navy left Jiebing a well-known master soloist, but she felt a need for a deeper, broader musical background. In 1984 Jiebing left the Chinese Navy (with the rank of Major) for the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Pictured is Jiebing outside her Conservatory dormitory. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/5a971faff9619afc6c22f3b1/5a971ffa0d9297d03d5cea5c/1519853653831/concert1.jpg Biography - Jiebing with Chen Gang Jiebing being congratulated by the composer Chen Gang, after performing one of Gang's works. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8f3404a9e0280d078becb8/5a971faff9619afc6c22f3b1/5a971faf24a6943ff30211ec/1519853697047/perform_lake.jpg Biography - Jiebing in 1984 13 years of solo performance in the Navy left Jiebing a well-known master soloist, but she felt a need for a deeper, broader musical background. In 1984 Jiebing left the Chinese Navy (with the rank of Major) for the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. At the Conservatory she studied classical Chinese music, western music, including history and theory. 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