 New compositions and reconstructions (dapu) for the qin by TSE Chun-Yan | 
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TSE Chun-Yan
TSE Chun-Yan has been interested in music since his young age, playing the harmonica from age six until he picked up Chinese music in his twenties. From 1973, he learned the zheng from CHOI Ngar-Si, and studied music theory and composition under KWAN Sing-Yau from 1974. From 1983, he started studying the qin under KWAN Sing-Yau, LAU Chor-Wah and Master TSAR Teh-Yun, a grand master of the Fan Chuan School. He composed a number of new qin pieces and had numerous public performances as a qin soloist in Hong Kong. He had also performed in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and London. His personal CD of qin music, The Oil-Lamp Flickered, was published in July, 2001. Besides traditional pieces, the CD contained six of his own compositions. One of his compositions, "Composition in Yifan Mode" has been selected as one of the test pieces in the Grade 6 qin examination in China. He had research articles on the qin published in periodicals including Musicology in China. TSE Chun-Yan is a medical doctor by profession. He has retired in 2005 and is now studying in the Chinese University of Hong Kong for PhD in Ethnomusicology.