(b Dapu, Guangdong province, 1902; d 1978). Chinese zheng player. He is considered the foremost representative of the Hakka (Keija) regional school of zheng performance. He was active as a performer throughout much of his life, working as an accompanist to the regional opera hanju, and gaining conservatory teaching posts both in the northern city of Tianjin and in his home province, Guangdong. Luo also recorded widely from the mid-1950s. Unlike some of his peers in other schools of performance, Luo did not attempt to create new pieces for his instrument and his music remains largely in traditional style.
and other resources
Shi Chaoyuan, ed.: Hanyue zhengqu 40 shou [40 hanyue zheng pieces] (Beijing, 1985)
Zhongguo yinyue cidian [Dictionary of Chinese music] (Beijing, 1985), 249
Zhongguo guzheng mingqu huicui [Special collection of famous pieces for the Chinese guzheng], ed. Shanghai yinyue chubanshe (Shanghai, 1993), 107–48
Special Collection of Contemporary Chinese Musicians, Wind Records CB-07 (1996)
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