Yu Xunfa

Yu Xunfa
Born8 January 1946
Shanghai
Died21 January 2006 (2006-01-22) (aged 60)
Shanghai
Genresworld music
Instrument(s)dizi, koudi
LabelsChina Record Corporation

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]

  1. ^ Hu, Liang (2004). "The Scale of Koudi". Instrument. 7: 78–80.
  2. ^ "Welcome to music". CCNT.com.cn. Retrieved 29 March 2014.