Feng Mantian's Personal Information

Feng Mantian, born on March 13, 1963, is a Chinese Zhongruan (Ruan) and Yueqin (Yueqin) player, national-level performer, Ruan instrument improver and maker, and restorer of traditional Chinese culture.

He is a master of plucked instruments from all over the world, and on behalf of the orchestra, he has visited Switzerland, Russia, Austria, the United States and nearly 30 other countries, and has performed at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, the Salzburg Music Festival, the Lucerne Culture and Arts Center in Switzerland, and the Festival Theater of Tyrol in Austria, among other world-renowned art centers.

In 1967, at the age of 4, she studied violin with the Russian violinist Bachyev. 1969, at the age of 6, she studied moonchord with her father, the Chinese master of the moonchord, Feng Shaoxian. 1978, she was admitted to the Central National Orchestra as a soloist of the moonchord and Zhongruan player, and 1982, at the age of 19, she participated in the first National Ethnic Instrumental Competition on behalf of the Ministry of Culture through a strict selection process, and won a prize for her performance in the competition. National Instrumental Music Competition and won the performance award.

Character Evaluation

Feng Mantian's music is Chinese and international, and he has shown the world the current attitude of Chinese folk music through its modernization. Feng Mantian's music is a collection of all kinds of music, already in a state of freedom, and this freedom is in the sound law. All kinds of musical laws have grown on him, and only a deep accumulation can possess such an ability. From the bottom of the mountain to the top he constantly destroys the perceived laws, trying to find the ultimate in art.

The second half of the music has no concept of time, no rhythm or law to follow, just like the explosion of stars in the universe, no law can be found, which is very much in line with the ancient Chinese way of thinking. His music not only transcends regionality and ethnicity, but also philosophy. He gives way to thinking and perceiving, letting music become the absolute language, and using a pure way to open the bridge of communication between man and all things in nature.