Character profile of Grace Huang

Huang Yashi (黃雅詩), female, born June 12, 1975 in Taipei City, Taiwan, is a yangqin player and music teacher, who has also worked as an air hostess and an advertising model. Her representative works include DancingButterflies Butterfly Dance, Chasing Chasing, Companion Companion, Beyond Past, Memory Suspension, and Walking on Strings. She was awarded the first prize in the Taipei County Music Competition for her solo yangqin performance in the Junior Group, and her 2001 solo yangqin album "Butterfly Dance" was shortlisted for the "Best Pop Music Performance Album" in the 13th Golden Melody Awards in 2002

Chinese Name: Elsie Huang

Foreign Name: Elsa Huang

Nationality: Elsie Huang

Nationality: Elsie Huang

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Nationality: Chinese

Ethnicity: Han Chinese

Zodiac sign: Gemini

Blood type: AB

Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan

Date of birth: June 12, 1975

Occupation: Performer, Teacher

Graduate School: National Institute of Arts (now National Taiwan University of the Arts)

College of Arts: National Institute of Arts (now National Taiwan University of Arts)< /p>

Agency: Fengchao Records

Representative works: "Accompaniment", "Passing", "Suspension", "Butterfly Dance"

Personal history

Born in 1975 in Taipei City

Started to learn the piano at the age of seven

Started to learn the dulcimer at the age of nine under the guidance of Ms. Pei-Juan Lin and Mr. Ting-Yao Lee

Enrolled into the music class of Zhangguang National High School, Taipei County, Taiwan, 1987

The teacher was Mr. Li Ting-Yao. In 1987, she entered the music class of Taipei County Zhangguo Middle School, majoring in yangqin and minoring in piano under the tutelage of Ms. Chen Si_

In 1989, she won the first place in the yangqin soloist category of the Junior Youth Group of the Taipei County Music Competition

In 1990, she was awarded the first place in the zither and zither group of the Taipei County Music Competition

In the same year, she was awarded the first place in the Chinese zither group of the Taipei County National College of the Arts and entered the Department of National Music with the major of yangqin and the minors of piano and percussion. She studied piano and percussion under the tutelage of Mr. Yueyun Huang, Mr. Yi Tsai, and Mr. Ting-Yao Li

In 1991, she won the first prize in the school's solo performance competition

In the same year, she went to Beijing to complete a short-term music course under the tutelage of Mr. Xu Xuedong, a yangqin teacher of the Central Nationalities Opera and Dance Troupe

In 1992, she performed as a soloist on the yangqin in the concerts of the "Zhongxianhui" and "Chunyao" concerts

In the same year, she entered the Taipei City National Orchestra. National Orchestra of Taipei City National Orchestra

The same year, she taught at the Northern Taiwan Teachers College and Taichung No.2 National Music Club

Yangqin soloist in the "Dream Series" concert in 1993

The same year, she went with members of the CGO National Orchestra to Malaysia to perform in the concerts

The same year, she went to Beijing to complete the short-term training for the performance course, and was taught by Mr. Xu Xuedong of the yangqin and Mr. Li Lin of the folk dance class. Dance, Mr. Li Lin

In 1994, she was admitted into the Central and South American group of the ''Republic of China Youth Friendship Mission''

In the same year, she performed as a yangqin soloist in the ''Long Live the Graduation'' concert

In the same year, she taught at the National Elementary School of Net Creek, the Golden Girls' Middle School, and the National Music Club of the Normal University

In 1995, she graduated from the National College of the Arts, and she also recorded and published her own solo yangqin album entitled ''Romantic Yangqin''

This is the second time she went to Beijing for short-term training in performance. The Romantic Yangqin"

In the same year, she was invited to perform in the program "Music from the Heart" on CTV

In the same year, she joined China Airlines as a flight attendant

In 1996, she went to Beijing for the third time to complete a short-term training course in music, and studied with Mr. Li Zhen-gui, a teacher of traditional percussion at the Central Conservatory of Music, and left her job at China Airlines

In 1997, she was recruited to teach a class of music at the Nanmen Junior High School. In 1997, he was recruited to teach yangqin and traditional percussion at Nanmen Junior High School

In the same year, he was recruited to teach yangqin to Renai Junior High School's music class

In 1998, he was recruited to join the Taipei Youth Orchestra, and established the Lines Chamber Ensemble

In the same year, he was recruited to be the judge of the yangqin section of the Ministry of Education's Taiwan Music Competition

In the same year, he was recruited to teach yangqin and traditional percussion to the National Orchestras of Songshan Senior High School and Hwa Van University

In 2000, we recorded and published the albums "Star Wish" and "Christmas Crystal 2"

In 2001, we recorded and published the solo yangqin album "Butterfly Dance" (this album was shortlisted for the 13th Golden Melody Awards in 2002 for the "Best Pop Performance Album Award")

In 2002, we recorded and published the lines Chamber Orchestra Memorial Album "Angels with Rare Diseases"

In 2005, he published his solo yangqin compositions album "A Walk on the Strings"

Album "Butterfly Dance"

Album Description

This recording proves that the yangqin is really well-suited for playing contemporary works, and its versatility is also surprising. The album is even more experimental, breaking away from the classical and ornate style that the yangqin is confined to the traditional music it is accustomed to. In this album, you can see the words written by Huang Ya-shi herself, with the tracks going on, the meaning between the lines seems to flow slowly with the notes, not only seeing the whispered murmur slipping out from between Huang Ya-shi's fingers.

When it comes to the idea of this yangqin album, "Dancing Butterflies", the most special thing is that the whole album is a modern composition for yangqin, because we want to break through the stereotype of the yangqin, and let everyone know that the yangqin, besides being the accompaniment, is in fact the main musical instrument, and that this way has been passed down for a long time in foreign countries. And this way of doing things has been around for a long time in foreign countries. Most of the yangqin albums that appeared on the market in the past emphasized the long history of the yangqin and played mostly ancient masterpieces, but this time, we tried to introduce the yangqin to a wider audience by composing 12 pieces by the talented Lin Hai in anticipation of a musical presentation of modern compositional compositions that would be more relevant to the modern people. "We have taken an experimental approach to break the yangqin's confinement to the techniques and scales customary to traditional music, as well as retaining the classical and ornate style that characterizes the Chinese yangqin. In recent years, the sound of the yangqin has been heard in many movie soundtracks and pop music, and many composers no longer stereotypically position the yangqin as an accompanying instrument. I believe that this album, which combines different styles of music and is tailor-made for the yangqin, will give us all a refreshing feeling, and I look forward to more people getting to know the yangqin, and for this instrument to be widely used in all types of music. "

Lin Hai, the producer of the album, who was also shortlisted for the Golden Melody Award for Best Pop Performance, said that she began planning the album because she felt that Huang Yashi's modernity was a good fit for expressing a non-traditional flavor for the yangqin, which is something she has always wanted to do for the national music. Lin Hai and Grace Huang coincidentally said, "The sustaining characteristics of the yangqin instrument itself caused limitations in composing." But these were finally overcome technically after some R&D discussions and experiments. Dancing Butterflies" is very experimental, with a desire to experiment with a variety of genres, so there are more styles and the album's direction has become more modern. For example, in the song "Summer Game", we tried the now popular BOSSANOVA, and it feels very good; "Sevenbeats" especially presents a light and lively style; the Scottish style of the song "Chasing" fully expresses the characteristics of the yangqin international instrument; the song "DancingButterflies Butterfly Dance", it makes people feel the tune itself. The song "DancingButterflies Butterfly Dance", on the other hand, makes people feel the life of the tune itself, and those who have heard it are more likely to appreciate it; the last song "Crossover Dialogue", the whole song is a reprise of five yangqin, which lets people hear the original yangqin timbre; the song "Random Left and Right" is also quite special, and the song style with no beat point at all lets people feel that it is constantly and incessantly moving forward.

Album tracks

01.Chasing

02.DancingButterflies

03.Image reflection

04.SevenBeats

05.Beyond the past

06. ARainingNight Night's Rain

07.Wanderer Lost

08.Random Left and Right

09.Memory Suspension

10.Summer Games

11.Companion Companion

12. Dialogue

Album "Walking on Strings"

Album Description

The talented yangqin girl Huang Ya-shi, who wowed the world with her "Butterfly Dance" album in 2001, not only changed the stereotypical image of the yangqin by modernizing her music, but also led a trend of new Chinese music, which was successfully introduced to the Japanese market, and the two tunes in the album, "Seven Beats" and "The Chase," were adapted and performed by the Twelve Women's Music Ensemble.

This time, Huang Yashi has devoted herself to composing nine songs with her memories of more than a thousand days living in Japan. Produced by heavyweight musician Fan Zongpei, the album also includes the theme song of the famous Japanese movie "The Summer of Kikujiro" of the same name as well as the Okinawan folk ballad "Fungus Flower," a popular song in Taiwan, so that we can share our happiness with each other as we walk along the strings in the romantic spring.

Me and my yangqin on the strings

This is an album of sharing, hoping to leave behind memories of my moods at the end of my adventurous twenties and a reminder of the 1,000-odd days I spent living in Japan.

I, like the 9 and 19 year old me, still have many aspirations and favorite things like my music, laptop, and cat.

People live to play many different roles at once. We go from being a child of our parents, to being a parent of our children; from meeting many strangers, to finding a life partner; from this job, to that position; from being a receiver, to being a giver; from being taken care of, to taking care of others. In different parts and processes of life, our existence has special significance to many people, and no matter what role we play, whether we like it or not, we can't escape or hide from it, but must go through it and experience it.

While the reality is not always as ideal as we expect, and many things can not be decorated to perfection, but that is also another real and original beauty.

Share this album with everyone who loves life and music, we are not alone in our adventures and wanderings in this world!

--Elsa Yash 2004/12/31

Album Tracks

01.Walking on Strings

02.Kikujiro's Summer (Adapted from the movie of the same name)

03.The Adventure of Love (Composed by Fan Zong Pei)

04. Bromeliad (Okinawan folk song)

05. Lucky Doll

06. Cherry Blossoms

07. Cat's Game

08. Her Smile

09. Good Weather

10. Spinning Starry Night

11. Fondness

12. River