Jia Peng Fang

Biography from my website: Jia Pengfang started playing the erhu about the age of 8 under the influence of his brother who was an erhu player. He started public performances in concerts and concert tours when he was merely ten years old. Jia had studied under the prominent erhu players, such as Shen Liliang, Zhou Yaokun, Wang Guotong, Zheng Fengzhi, Chen Yaoxing, Min Huifen from the age of 17. In 1978, at the age of 19, Jia was chosen to be the several successful candidates accepted to the Central Music Academy's Folk Music Department from more than five hundred applicants. At the same time, he was invited to be a member of the largest Chinese folk music orchestra "China Central Folk Music Orchestra". Later that year, Jia became an erhu soloist, and then sub concertmaster of the orchestra. In 1987, he was introduced as a promising young erhu player to the world by the Chinese International Broadcasting Station. He was featured in the music program "Shenzhou Yuetan (Orchestra of Sacred Country)" of the Chinese Republic Radio Station. He did more than 300 performances as a soloist all over China, and was highly acclaimed by the critiques. He also did many broadcasts for both national and international stations. Cassette tape "MingYue QianLi Ji XiangSi" by China Musician Sound Vision Publisher and "Xin Hun Bie" by China Radio Sound Vision Publisher were published. Jia Pengfang moved to Japan in 1988. He joined the composer Katsuhisa Hattori's record album production as a soloist. He often performed in Hattori's concerts as a guest performer, which were broadcast by TBS & NHK. As a recording musician, Jia's work ranges over various areas;* CD production (Shinji Tanimura, Jo Hisaishi, Soujirou, Kazumi Watanabe, Kiyohiko Semba, Akina Nakamori, Aska Kaneko, etc.);* Movie, TV music ("Mononoke-Hime", "Cat's Eye", "A City of Sadness", "Chinese Poem Travel Log", "Gu-Gong as Chinese Old Palace", etc.);* CM music (Nissan, Marui, Suntory, Nichi-Rei, Kanebou, Asahi-Foods, Mr. Doughnuts, etc.);* Game music ("SanGuoZhi---Three Countries' History", "Chu-Ten", etc.). In addition, Jia performed in concerts all over Japan, including the Hiroshima Peace Music Festival, the Asian Music Festival, and the Japanese Sea Sunset Concert. In January 1993, Jia held his first recital, which received excellent reviews and made his reputation. In August, Jia was invited to teach in workshops organised by the Singapore Southern Music Society. In May 1994, he released his first CD "Kagen" from Victor, followed by a concert in June for the marketing. In the summer of 1995, Jia joined the Asian Fantasy Orchestra touring Southeast Asia, and appeared live in TBS "News 23". In the summer of 1996, he made a great success with the Asian Fantasy Orchestra tour called "Infinite Earth". In May '97, his Chinese folk music group "Jia Pengfang & TianHua-Ensemble" held its concert. Jia performed in the United Nations General Assembly Hall, New York, also in Carnagie Hall, playing with the Tokyo Pops Orchestra and New York Pops Orchestra