Lin Youren

Lin Youren

Mr. Lin Youren, the famous contemporary Chinese Guqin master and the inheritor of the national intangible heritage. Native of Taiwan, he was born in Shanghai in 1938 and settled in Nanjing. He passed away at 9:40 pm on October 12, 2013, at the age of 75. Lin Youren started to learn the piano in 1956. He was enlightened by the Jinling school violinist Xia Yifeng, under the guidance of the Guangling school Liu Shaochun, and under the guidance of the Chinese music master Wei Zhongle, he graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with a major in Guqin in 1963. In the meantime, ...

Songs

Dialogue of Fisherman and Woodcutter (Yu qiao wenda) by Lin Youren

Dialogue of Fisherman and Woodcutter (Yu qiao wenda)

Lin Youren

China
Classical, Folk, Traditional
Guqin
Reflective

Evening Song of the Drunken Fisherman (Zuiyu changwan) by Lin Youren

Evening Song of the Drunken Fisherman (Zuiyu changwan)

Lin Youren

China
Classical, Folk, Traditional
Guqin
Reflective

Flowing Waters (Liushui) by Lin Youren

Flowing Waters (Liushui)

Lin Youren

China
Classical, Folk, Traditional
Guqin
Emotive, Heartfelt, Reflective, Sensual

Improvisation for Michael Owen by Lin Youren

Improvisation for Michael Owen

Lin Youren

China
Classical, Folk, Traditional
Guqin
Emotive, Heartfelt, Reflective

Lament from the Changmen Palace (Changmen Yuan) by Lin Youren

Lament from the Changmen Palace (Changmen Yuan)

Lin Youren

China
Classical, Folk, Traditional
Guqin
Emotive, Heartfelt, Reflective, Spiritual

Ode to the Fine Night (Liangxiao yin) by Lin Youren

Ode to the Fine Night (Liangxiao yin)

Lin Youren

China
Classical, Folk, Traditional
Guqin
Dreamy, Emotive, Heartfelt, Reflective, Spiritual

Remembering an Old Friend (Yi guren) by Lin Youren

Remembering an Old Friend (Yi guren)

Lin Youren

China
Classical, Folk, Traditional
Guqin
Emotive, Heartfelt, Reflective, Spiritual

Three Variations On the Yang Pass (Yangguan sandie) by Lin Youren

Three Variations On the Yang Pass (Yangguan sandie)

Lin Youren

China
Classical, Folk, Traditional
Guqin
Dreamy, Emotive, Heartfelt, Minimal, Reflective

Wild Geese Descending On the Sandbank (Pingsha luoyan) by Lin Youren

Wild Geese Descending On the Sandbank (Pingsha luoyan)

Lin Youren

China
Classical, Folk, Traditional
Guqin
Emotive, Heartfelt, Minimal, Reflective