Guoping Zhang, classic accordion

Guoping Zhang
Classic Accordion

Guoping Zhang was born in 1960 and began learning to play the accordion when he was ten years old. It was perhaps inevitable that he chose to play accordion, as his entire family - parents, brothers and sisters are all professional accordionists. At the age of fifteen, Guoping Zhang took the first step in his musical career by joining the Chinese Broadcasting Art Company.

On November 26, 1983 he gave his first accordion recital in the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. It was a great success and the China Record Service published a record and cassette tape of his performance.

At the 1987 Klingenthal International Accordion Competition in East Germany Guoping Zhang was placed sixth and received high praise for his performance. He was the first Chinese accordionist to play in this important event in the international accordion calendar.

Guoping Zhang has performed in Germany, USA, Canada, Poland, Switzerland and France as well as appearances in China's Beijing Music Hall and other major city auditoriums. He has appeared regularly on radio and television.