Wang Yong (musician)

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Wang Yong (王勇; Beijing, 1964) is a Chinese rock and world music musician. He trained as a guzheng player.Andreas Steen, biographical entry in editor Edward L. Davis Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture 2012 " 1964, Beijing Rock musician Wang Yong belongs to the first generation of Chinese rock musicians in the PRC and is now active in the broader field of worldmusic. He began learning the 24string guzheng (zither, see zheng) at age nine under ... In 1996 he issued his best-known album Samsara (往生).