{"id":11638,"date":"2023-04-04T18:18:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T10:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.artassociation.asia\/?page_id=11638"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:41:49","slug":"fanweitsu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aaaarts.com\/en\/artist\/fanweitsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. FAN Wei-Tsu, Taiwanese Guzheng Artist &#038; Dean of the College of Arts and Professor of the Chinese Music Department at Chinese Culture University, Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeInUp&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672294878957{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;home&#8221;][vc_column color_style=&#8221;light&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1577979786076{padding-top: 150px !important;padding-right: 10% !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 17% !important;background-color: #000000 !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\" size-sm clearfix \"  ><h2 class=\"main-title title uppercase sub-title-con \" style=\"font-size: 55px; \">Dr. FAN Wei-Tsu<\/h2><span class=\"line\" style=\"background: #feed35; \"><\/span><p class=\"sub-title\" >Famous Guzheng Artist &amp; Dean of the College of Arts and Professor of the Chinese Music Department at Chinese Culture University \/ Taiwan<\/p><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1680602767716{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.aaaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680602659-fanweiciartphotor3-e1680602730993.jpg?id=11642) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100vh&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeInUp&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1670217466696{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;reviews&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1680602881054{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.aaaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680602652-fanweicir-e1680602831872.jpg?id=11641) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;600px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column color_style=&#8221;light&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578629675182{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 10% !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 10% !important;background-color: #000000 !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\" size-sm clearfix \"  ><h2 class=\"main-title title uppercase \" style=\"font-size: 40px; \">ABOUT<\/h2><span class=\"line\" style=\"background: #feee35; \"><\/span><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Dr. FAN Wei-Tsu, Dean of the College of Arts and Professor of the Chinese Music Department at Chinese Culture University, received his training at the Northwestern University with Master\u2019s degree and a Ph.D. in musicology (Dissertation: Variant Performances of Franz Liszt\u2019s Piano Music in Early Recordings: A Historical Perspective on Textual Alterations, 1991.) He is also the founder and Artistic Director of Research of Zheng Art and an executive board member of the Association of Chinese Music in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2023, he was invited to join the Asian Art Association Singapore (Chinese Traditional Instruments), serving as a judge for the &#8220;World Guzheng Competition&#8220; and becoming a Lifetime member.&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:p|font_size:14px|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_empty_space]<div class=\"pix_button clear \"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.artassociation.asia\/wgc\/\" title=\"World Guzheng Competition 2023 Official Website\"  target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-outline btn-rectangle  btn-lg white \">World Guzheng Competition \u2b95<\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeInUp&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1670217475033{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;myworks&#8221;][vc_column color_style=&#8221;light&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578629688440{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 10% !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 10% !important;background-color: #000000 !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\" size-sm clearfix \"  ><h2 class=\"main-title title uppercase \" style=\"font-size: 40px; \">Guzheng Research<\/h2><span class=\"line\" style=\"background: #feee35; \"><\/span><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;An award winning performer and composer of Zheng, a Chinese zither, Dr. Fan have been playing extensively throughout Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan and North America, and was listed in the roster of the Arts Tour Program of the Illinois Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts of USA. His major works include: Savor, Reverie, Chaos, \u00c9tudes-Tableaux on Taiwanese Folk Songs, Star Dust, Upon Her Expressive Gaze, Dark Angel, Concerto Dung Lijun, Visions Fugitives, Vision d&#8217;automne, Living Dangerously, Jazz Krakowiak for Zheng Trio, and Concerto Arabesque. An acclaimed soloist in the prominent Yangzhou Zheng Festival, the Beijing Zheng Festival, the First International Guzheng Symposium in Hong Kong. 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