Yu Xun-fa (俞遜發) (January 8, 1946 – January 21, 2006), was a Chinese flute player who invented the wind-instrument known as the

koudi The ''koudi'' (Chinese: 口笛; pinyin: kǒudí; also spelled ''kou di'') is a very small Chinese flute made from bamboo. It is the smallest flute in Chinese Flute family. Its original shape is from prehistorical instruments made with animal bo ...

. Born in Shanghai, he popularized the art of the flute in Chinese culture during the 1970s.

Biography

In elementary school, Yu studied Chinese flute. He participated in the Shanghai "Red Children" Troupe in 1958, and studied under dizi performer

Lu Chunling Lu Chunling (; 14 September 1921 – 22 May 2018) was a Chinese dizi player and music educator. Lu learnt how to play pipa and dizi from a neighbour, who was an amateur musician, in his childhood. He left school at about 15, and worked a taxi ...

as a disciple. In 1971, Yu invented

- a small flute made from bamboo. During the 1970s he was most active; touring parts of Europe, Canada, and Asia. He died January 21, 2006, due to liver cancer.

Discography

* Zhu: Symphonic Fantasia - In Memory of Martyrs for Truth; Sketches in the Mountains of Guizhou; Symphony No. 4 (1995) *Lake View on a Moonlit Autumn Night (1996) * MASTERPIECES on Chinese Wind Instruments: A Visit to Suzhou (2004) * Master of Chinese Traditional Music: Di Flute Perform Fish Xunfa (2005) * Song Of Plum Blossom (2006)

Compilations

* Treasure of Traditional Music Vol. 3 (1997) * Anthology Of Chinese Traditional and Folk Music: DIZI Vol. 5 (1994)

References

Deaths from liver cancer 1946 births 2006 deaths {{China-musician-stub