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Lin Shicheng (林石城; 1922-2006) was a Chinese pipa player. His teacher was Shen Haochu (沈浩初; 1899–1953). .

Chi Cheng, (born July 15, 1970) was a US musician, playing bass in the rock band Deftones. Cheng held a BA in English Literature from UC Davis and was the only member of the band with such an accomplishment. He was the author of a collection of poetry entitled the Bamboo Parachute, released in 2000 as a spoken word album. He was a practicing Buddhist, and maintained an interest in Taoism and Shamanism. After being put in a coma following a car accident on November 4th, 2008, Cheng passed away on April 13th, 2013 from a cardiac arrest. .

Schengen consists of Nick, Ian, and "non-playing Helen." Nick, who also records as "Jelly Antler" and "Cep," was previously a member of Bovine Slug; while Ian, also known as "Markinch vs the Clouds," was formerly associated with Blind Panic and Mule. What they describe as "a shared love of electronica, reverb, [and] analogue synths" is manifested in the complex and varied electronic music to be found on their initial 2006 Make Mine Music album The Beijing of Our Career, subsequent EP's ep (MMM), EP+ (an expanded version of ep) and Nyplex ep, and 2008's Ce Gil album (Distant Music). .

Born in Beijing China, Cheng Yu is well-known pipa soloist. At 13, she won the Chinese National Youth Competition of Traditional Music Instrument Performances and, in 1981, was admitted the Xian Conservatory of Music to continue her pipa studies and also to study the guqin. She moved to the UK in 1988 where she has performed with many organizations and co-founded the UK Chinese Ensemble. In 2004, she completed her PhD on the ancient music of Xi'an at the University of London. The pipa is a fretted, four-string lute, closely related to the European lute. The qugin or qin is...