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Mei Han () is a Chinese ''guzheng'' performer and scholar. She was born into a military family in Beijing, the youngest of four children.〔http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/archives_ITM.html〕 Her father came from Shanxi, and her mother, who is half Miao, came from Hunan. Her maternal grandfather was a scholar, calligrapher, and educator named Long Zhancen (龙湛岑, 1889–1969).〔Long took the Qing Dynasty's imperial examination at the age of 13, receiving excellent marks. He graduated from Hunan Normal University in 1908, and in 1911 went to England for further studies. Upon his return to China he became an instructor at Beijing University. In 1937, he founded Yufu High School in Changde, Hunan. Most of his calligraphy was burned by Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. http://dcsz.dcdj.com.cn/news.asp?Lid=38 〕 Han began playing the ''zheng'' at the age of eleven.〔http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/archives_ITM.html〕 She graduated with a degree in English from Beijing Workers' University (北京市职工大学). Han's primary instrument is the 21-string ''zheng'', but she also plays ''zheng'' with 16, 23, and 26 strings, as well as the ''liuqin'', a high pitched small lute. She performs in traditional, contemporary, and cross-cultural contexts. She studied ''guzheng'' with Zhang Yan (张燕) and Gao Zicheng (高自成). She has recorded with Paul Plimley, Orchid Ensemble and Randy Raine-Reusch and performs internationally with her Chinese instrumental quartet Red Chamber, which was established in 2005.〔http://www.mei-han.com/redchamber.html〕 With Red Chamber, she recorded two albums: ''Redgrass'' (2008), which combines Chinese music with elements of bluegrass, and ''Gathering'' (2014). She holds a Ph.D and two master's degrees in ethnomusicology: from the Musical Research Institute of the Chinese Arts Academy (中国艺术研究院音乐研究所) in Beijing (1995) and from the University of British Columbia (2000, 2014). She wrote the "Zheng" article for the second edition of the '' New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (2001), and '' New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments'' (forthcoming). She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with her husband Randy Raine-Reusch. She came to Vancouver in 1996 and met Raine-Reusch at the University of British Columbia in 1998, marrying him in 2001.〔http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/archives_ITM.html〕 She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. She has recorded one solo album, entitled ''Outside the Wall'' (2005). Han's niece (the daughter of her brother) is Cecilia Han (Chinese name: Han Xue, 韩雪; b. 1983), a Chinese film actress and pop singer who sang at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games. ==Discography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Han Mei」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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