Lei qiang biography definition

Lei Qiang is an erhu player (an ancient Chinese violin) with a classical/traditional background.

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Since he emigrated to Canada in 1993, he has had an active career both in traditional and pop circles, releasing solo CDs, recording on albums by Quebec singers Robert Charlebois, Bruno Pelletier, and Gildor Roy, and touring with the widely popular circus troupe Cirque du Soleil.

Born in 1960 in the Shaanxi province of the People's Republic of China, Qiang started to play the erhu at the age of 15. From 1978 to 1982 he studied at the Xian Conservatory of Music, the most prestigious traditional music institution in the province.

For the next decade he toured China and made appearances in Japan and Hong Kong with the Shaanxi Provincial Song & Dance Troupe.

Lei qiang biography definition

Following an invitation to perform in the Chinese Garden at the Montreal Botanical Garden, Lei emigrated to Canada and settled in Montreal in the summer of 1993. In between rare engagements, he resorted to street playing. It is while