Jiang Xiao-Qing (Chinese:
姜小青) was born in Beijing. She received special education on the
Guzheng at a very young age and studied under famous
guzheng players including
Liu Wei-Shan,
Xiang Si-Hua,
Fan Shang-E,
Zhang Yan and
Cao Zheng from when she was eight. She won the first prize, the 'Gold Prize', at the Chinese youth folk instrument solo contest, and she entered The Chinese National Central Conservatory of Music at fifteen. She met
Ryuichi Sakamoto after she came to Japan, and joined him on the soundtrack of "The Last Emperor" which won an Academy Award for m…
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