About the instrument
The er-hu is a Chinese two-stringed bowed instrument — more specifically a spike fiddle, also called a southern fiddle and known in the West as the Chinese violin. It is played as a solo instrument and in small ensembles and large orchestras, and is the most popular of the huqin family of traditional bowed strings used by the various ethnic groups of China. It is a remarkably versatile instrument, at home in traditional music and in contemporary arrangements including pop, rock and jazz.
Chin-Wen Deng
Chin-Wen Deng earned a B.A. at Soochow University in Taipei, Taiwan and an M.M. at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where she held a departmental assistantship as a part-time lecturer in the Music Department. Her performances include a master's degree recital at Rutgers and a senior recital at Soochow University. Ms. Deng plays double bass and er-hu in addition to piano. She has performed at the National Concert Hall and elsewhere with her high school and college orchestras in Taiwan in the double bass section, and played er-hu with the Chinese orchestras of her elementary and middle schools in concerts across Taiwan and on tour in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Er-hu lessons are part of our private lesson program.