Wang Changyuan (; born 1945 or 1946 in

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''. January 23, 2003. Retrieved on March 2, 2009. The only daughter of the eminent guzheng master Wang Xunzhi, she graduated from the

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in 1969 and in 1984 came to the

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to study world music at

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. Wang Changyuan is the composer of the famous guzheng solo piece, ''Zhan Tai Feng'' (

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: 战台风, "The Fight with the

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"), a dramatic depiction of fight of the Shanghai harbour proletariat against the forces of nature, while protecting the property of the people and the Chinese communist government. She composed the work in 1965 while living for three months in the dormitories of the Shanghai harbour and sharing her quarters with the workers there. Wang lives in

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and teaches in Manhattan, Queens, and in nearby New Jersey. She occasionally performs in the New York metro area, by herself or with her students. Her students include many prominent world-class ''guzheng'' soloists, among whom are Xu Lingzi (Hong Kong), Sha Lijing (China), Ma Li (United States), and

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(France/United States).

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Wang Changyuan's own rendition of ''Zhan Tai Feng''-- A clip from the film ''Bai Hua Zheng Yan'' (1976)Official Website
20th-century Chinese musicians Chinese emigrants to the United States Musicians from New York (state) Guzheng players Kent State University alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Hangzhou People from Rego Park, Queens {{China-composer-stub

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