Guo Gan


Guo Gan is an erhu master from Shenyang, China, now based in Paris, France. Gan was recognized as a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2016. He is the world's first Chinese national folk musician’s recipient, and the world's first Chinese erhu performer to win the award.

Biography

Guo Gan started to learn the erhu at the age of four, and was taught by his father, Guo Junming, a famous erhu soloist. Guo Gan was fascinated by western instruments and rounded out his studies by taking up the violin, the cello and the piano while in secondary school. When he was sixteen, he accompanied his father on tour, playing more than 100 concerts in a presentation entitled “Duo for the two-stringed vielle”. In 1987 he entered the Shenyang Music Conservatory and in 1991 won a prize with honours for his work on the erhu. At the same time, he studied Chinese and Western percussion instruments and gave a jazz concert for percussion and piano. In 1992, he won first prize in the traditional-music competition in the Lioning Province, and in 1995, he was named professor of erhu and percussion at the Conservatory of Liaoning Province. The same year, he was one of the founders of a jazz group, GYQ, which is well known in China.
Guo Gan moved to Paris, France in 2000 or 2001, and obtained a master's degree in percussion from the National Music School of Fresnes. In 2002, he was invited by Gabriel Yared to play in a recording of the music for the film “L’Idole”. He has played in nearly 3000 concerts and he records more than 90 CDs and 70 film scores He played with many of the world's most famous musician including Lang Lang, Yvan Cassar, Didier Lockwood, Hans Zimmer, Jean Francois Zygel, Gabriel Yared, Sami Yusuf, Stromae, Matthieu Chedid, Nicolas Errèra, Nguyen Le and many others.
28/10/2009 Guo Gan with Lang Lang concert in New York Carnegie Hall.
« Mr. Guo, a magnificent performer, shaped melodies with the expressive contours of vocal lines in Hua Yanjun's“Moon Reflected on the Er-Quan Spring” and provided flourishes that might give a violinist pause during Huang Haihuai's »
— Steve Smith, Music review - The New York Times
2009.10. Guo Gan With Lang Lang concert in Chicago Symphonie Hall Los Angeles.Orange Country Hall.
« Guo was a wonder, his erhu sweetly filling the air with an astonishing sweet and sumptuous sonic perfume, which Lang accompanied with exquisite sensitivity and a sense of fun »
— Mark Swed, Music review - Los Angeles Times
Big event--
4 octobre 2023.Guo Gan @HKUST concert in Hong Kong 7 décembre 2023 Guo Gan Play with Lang Lang Disney Concert in Dubai.

Discography

2002 : L'idole Musique Film.
2002 : Occident Orient Asie.
2004 : Group Fleuve Jaune.
2005 : concert Eglise Américaine de Paris en Live.
2006 : Rencontre Musicale de L'Europe et de L'Asie.
2007 : Le Premier Cri.
2008 : Je Sais Que La Terre est Plate.
2008 : Paris.Istanbul.Shanghai
2008: Sparrow Musique Film.
2009 : Horizons
2010 : In One Take
2010 : Marco Polo
2011 : Jiangnan Sizhu Music
2011 : Diagnostic
2011 : Jazzin -
2011 : Shao Lin Musique Film.
2011 : Songs of Freedom
2012 : Scented Maiden. Solo.
2012 : Skits For the Ears
2012 : New Nen Sui Sui
2012 : Cinéma El Mundo
2012 : Le Murmure de L'orient.
2013 : Guo Gan " Jasmine Flower " Trio
2013 : Journey to the Forbiden City
2014 : Himalaya. Solo.
2015 : The Kite
2015 : Ceazy Horse
2016 : Peace In The World
2016 : Lune De Jade
2016 : Songs From the Imperial Plalace
2016 : Kung Fu Panda 3 Musique Film.
2018 : Moon Night. Solo.
2018 : Spring Breeze From Home
2018 : Jazz Jasmine Flower
2018 : Jazz Standard
2019 : Gobi Desert
2019 : Beijing HuTong
2020 : Saba Sounds
2020 : Brothers of String
2020 : Gaia
2021 : The Silk Way
2022 : Guo Gan "Swordmen" Trio
2022 : Lang Lang Disney Book
2023 : Three Perfumes Trio
2023 : Monteverdi World