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Jung-ping Yuan (Guqin) was born in Taipei. He first began his study of the qin with Taipei master Sun Yu-ch'in (1915-1990) and later studied with the Suzhou master Wu Zhaoji (1908-1997). Also known as a composer, Yuan has published pieces that have won him Taiwan's Golden Tripod award as best composer/arranger. After emigrating to the United States, he has devoted himself to the study, practice, and teaching of the guqin and traditional Chinese calligraphy. During 1999-2001 he lectured on the culture of the qin in the music department of Columbia University. His public recitals of the qin have included solo performances in the 1997 Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the Wu-men Qin Society of Master Wu Zhaoji held in the He Garden, Suzhou, and in 1999 at the China Institute Symposium Resonance of the Qin. In 2000, he acted as consultant and performed as soloist for the video record of the exhibition, and also founded the New York Qin Society, of which he is president. Yuan also practices qigong, taijiquan and collects antique guqin. He is also an active promoter of cultural exchange, and since 1991, has worked at the Chinese Information and Cultural Center in New York.
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