Yu Xunfa

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yu (俞).

Yu Xun-fa (俞遜發) (January 8, 1946 – January 21, 2006), was a Chinese flute player who invented the wind-instrument known as the koudi.^[1] Born in Shanghai, he popularized the art of the flute in Chinese culture during the 1970s.^[2]

Yu Xunfa
Born	8 January 1946 Shanghai
Died	21 January 2006 (2006-01-22) (aged 60) Shanghai
Genres	world music
Instrument(s)	dizi, koudi
Labels	China Record Corporation

Biography

In elementary school, Yu studied Chinese flute. He participated in the Shanghai "Red Children" Troupe in 1958, and studied under dizi performer Lu Chunling as a disciple.

In 1971, Yu invented koudi - a small flute made from bamboo. During the 1970s he was most active; touring parts of Europe, Canada,^[3] and Asia. He died January 21, 2006, due to liver cancer.

Discography

• Zhu: Symphonic Fantasia - In Memory of Martyrs for Truth; Sketches in the Mountains of Guizhou; Symphony No. 4 (1995)
• Lake View on a Moonlit Autumn Night (1996)
• MASTERPIECES on Chinese Wind Instruments: A Visit to Suzhou (2004)
• Master of Chinese Traditional Music: Di Flute Perform Fish Xunfa (2005)
• Song Of Plum Blossom (2006)

Compilations

• Treasure of Traditional Music Vol. 3 (1997)
• Anthology Of Chinese Traditional and Folk Music: DIZI Vol. 5 (1994)