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Zgang Guoping was born in 1960
and began learning to play the accordion when he was ten years
old. In November 1983 he gave his first accordion recital in the
Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. It was a great success
and the China Record Service released a record and cassette tape
of his performance.
At the 1987 Klingenthal International
Accordion Competition, Zhang Guoping was placed 6th and was the
first Chinese accordionist to play at this, one of the most prestigious
accordion competitions. Zhang Guoping has performed in Germany,
USA, Canada, Poland, Switzerland and France as well as appearances
in China's Beijing Music Hall and other major city auditoriums.
He has appeared regularly on radio and television.
Not often, do I get have the chance
to review accordion recordings from China, and I was pleased to
receive this one, which proves that the accordion as a classical
instrument, is developing in that part of the world with great
speed. Zhang Guoping is obviously in control of his instrument,
performs with confidence and rhythmical stability. Although Zhang
Guoping plays this selection of 12 Scarlatti's Sonatas with breathless
technical freedom, I would have liked to hear it more refined
stylistically and tonally.
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