Zhang Ying plays traditional Chinese folk music on a wide variety of woodwind instruments. When He was 12, He apprenticed to a traveling flute master in China. Now, after more than 40 years as a professional musician in China, He has been recorded in the Register of Great Musicians, been awarded the title of First Class Composer, and have received the Wen Hua prizeó, China’s highest national arts award.

Since moving to the U.S., He received a Bush Fellowship, McKnight Composer’s Fellowship, Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship, Cultural Collaboration grant, and two commissions from the American Composer’s Forum. He have performed throughout China, Asia, and the U.S.

In addition to the di and xiao, Zhang is a soloist on the xun (an ocarina-like clay vessel flute), bawu (a free-reed flute that produces “talking” sounds), hulusi (gourd flute), bang di (short flute), gu di (turkey bone flute), and various other instruments. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.