Explore East Asian History, Arts and Cultures at USC Libraries: Traditional Chinese Music

Explore the profound beauty of traditional Chinese music with Chi Li, a highly accomplished performing artist on the erhu, the Chinese two-string bowed fiddle. After graduating from the Conservatory of Chinese Music in 1982, she served as the erhu soloist for the National Traditional Orchestra of China. In the 1980s, she frequently performed in presidential concerts in Beijing. In the United States she has been featured in concerts held at Madison Square Garden, the Lincoln Center, the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington DC, the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York and the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York, among others. She is co-founder of the China Traditional Performing Arts Institute, advisor to the Los Angeles Chinese Music Ensemble, and director of the San Fernando Valley Chinese Music Ensemble.

Sponsors: USC Van Hunnick History Department and East Asian Library