Li Yang

I am the 8th generation successor of Guqin Sichuan School 川派古琴(also known as Shu School蜀派古琴), and I am currently based in Berlin, Germany.

With the innermost passion of playing and teaching this interesting instrument, I would love to encounter more international students from diverse backgrounds, as long as we can communicate in English/Chinese. 

2025 is my 11th year of practicing. The music ran through my college time in Beijing, pursuing master's degree in the UK, Australia, Italy, and now in Germany as a PhD candidate in art history. My another profession is art curator and researcher. I am keen to spread the music to more regions and population, and even more, fusing the music with different genres of global music.

The inheritage thread of Sichuan School (only count from modern China)

1. Zhang, Kongshan (ca. 1830-1905)

2.Ye, Jiefu

3.Ye, Wanzhen

4.Liao, Wenfu

5.Yu, Shaoze (1903-1988)

6. Hu, Jinrong 

7. Huang, Yishu

8. Li, Yang

Traditional Sichuan School 1v1 teaching according to student's individual level. There is no fixed order to learn Guqin music. For beginners to advanced. Except for traditional pieces, we can also work with pop music transfers based on individual interest. 

My Teaching list:

1. 仙翁操 (Xiānwēng Cāo) – Immortal’s Song

2. 酒狂 (Jiǔ Kuáng) – Drunken Ecstasy

3. 关山月 (Guānshān Yuè) – Moon Over the Mountain Pass

4. 良宵引 (Liángxiāo Yǐn) – A Pleasant Evening

5. 神人畅 (Shénrén Chàng) – Divine Joy

6. 桃李园序 (Táolǐ Yuán Xù) – Preface to the Peach and Plum Garden

7. 风雷引 (Fēngléi Yǐn) – Winds and Thunder

8. 梅花三弄 (Méihuā Sān Nòng) – Three Variations on the Plum Blossom

9. 平沙落雁 (Píngshā Luòyàn) – Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbank

10. 文王操 (Wénwáng Cāo) – King Wen’s Ode

11. 梧叶舞秋风 (Wúyè Wǔ Qiūfēng) – Dancing Wutong Leaves in Autumn Wind

12. 洞庭秋思 (Dòngtíng Qiūsī) – Autumn Thoughts by Lake Dongting

13. 佩兰 (Pèi Lán) – Wearing Orchids

14. 高山 (Gāo Shān) – High Mountains

15. 流水 (Liú Shuǐ) – Flowing Water

16. 离骚 (Lí Sāo) – Lament of Departure (or Encountering Sorrow, referencing Qu Yuan’s poem)

17. 碣石调 幽兰 (Jiéshí Diào Yōu Lán) – Solitary Orchid in Jieshi Mode

18. 长清 (Cháng Qīng) – Eternal Purity

19. 广陵散 (Guǎnglíng Sǎn) – Guangling Melody

20. 潇湘水云 (Xiāoxiāng Shuǐ Yún) – Mist and Clouds over Xiao and Xiang Rivers