What is Liu Dehai?
[[File:Dehai Liu, un grand maître du Pipa au musée Guimet (5153867190).jpg|right|200px]] '''Liu Dehai''' ({{zh|s=刘德海|hp=Liú Déhǎi}}; 13 August 1937 &ndash; 11 April 2020) was a Chinese [[pipa]] player. He was born in [[Shanghai]]. Liu studied and began played at the [[Central Conservatory of Music]]. He became a professor there in 1957. In 1964 he was transferred to the [[China Conservatory of Music]]. He also performed for the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]]. His works include ''Little Sisters on the Grassland'' ({{zh|c=草原小姐妹}}, pipa concerto), ''Music at Sunset Time'' ({{zh|c=夕阳萧鼓}}, symphonic poem for a pipa player and a symphony orchestra) and other pieces.<ref>{{in lang|zh}} Li Guanghua. ''Liu Dehai'', ''Encyclopedia of China'' (Music&Dance Edition), 1st ed.</ref> Liu died on 11 April 2020 in [[Beijing]] at the age of 82.<ref>[http://www.bjd.com.cn/a/202004/11/WS5e918e47e4b0df866aa94f84.html 琵琶大师刘德海病逝，终年82岁] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411170218/http://www.bjd.com.cn/a/202004/11/WS5e918e47e4b0df866aa94f84.html |date=2020-04-11 }} {{in lang|zh}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Dehai}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Chinese musicians]] [[Category:People from Shanghai]] {{bio-stub}}