Published on: 18 February 2021




This week our Preparatory School boys enjoyed learning about the Guzheng during their Chinese lessons. The lessons involved a workshop conducted by Xueyan Chen from the Confucius Institute at UWA, an award-winning professional Guzheng musician and teacher, who was a former soloist at the Chinese National Orchestra of Chongqing. The Gǔzhēng (古筝) is a traditional Chinese instrument with a history dating back over 2500 years.

The boys loved trying out this wooden instrument and watching performances by Ms Chen. Ms Chen will also be assisting the Preparatory School in establishing a Guzheng ensemble with further details to be shared in due course.

You can watch one of Ms Chen’s professional performances here.