The Thinker Of The Pipa——the Research About Zhang Hongyan

Zhang HongYan is a modern young Pipa performer, Professor of Central Conservatory of Music Department, Central Conservatory of Music National Orchestra’s founder, has been the industry as the "Queen of pipa". Her pipa’s playing pure, delicate. Innovation in tradition but also committed to the new interpretation methods. As a performer she has studied in Central Conservatory of Music during the training in Professor Su Weixi, Lin Shicheng teaching solid basic skills but also to the western music theory, Chinese traditional culture, literature etc to have a deep understanding. In the process of Columbia visiting scholar, Zhang Hongyan will be the pipa culture to foreign friends, also influenced by Western culture. The culture of the concert, the understanding of the nature with the knowledge of the further development of Chinese national music. These all let her become a more excellent, rational, mature performer, educator, made full preparations. The author based on Professor Zhang Hongyan’s data collection and interview as the foundation of thesis writing. Aim to study the objective interpretation of Zhang Hongyan’s performance, teaching and social practice, to explore the related issues of elite culture and mass culture.