Guo Yue (simplified Chinese:
郭跃; traditional Chinese: 郭躍; born 1958 in Beijing, China) is a renowned virtuoso of the
dizi (Chinese bamboo flute) and
bawu (Chinese free reed pipe). As a young boy Guo Yue experienced the Cultural Revolution. In 1982 Yue left China and, with the help of his third sister Yan who was living in England, he studied the silver flute at the Guildhall School of Music. He plays many kinds of the bamboo flute and currently lives in London, recording for
Peter Gabriel's Real World label. His other great love is cooking, and he often combines cookery with f…
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