Toya's outfit consists of a white graphic tee with a red collar and a purple hoodie underneath a grey jacket with black and white accents, and black ripped jeans with a red belt and long grey straps attached to the back. His hair is short and bicolored, the right side a dark blue, the left a light blue. Toya has sharp grey eyes and a mole under the corner of his left eye. He is classmates with Nene in Class 1-B at Kamiyama High School. Even after joining Vivid BAD SQUAD, he still operates under the BAD DOGS unit with Akito. He sang together with Akito under the name BAD DOGS before forming Vivid BAD SQUAD with An and Kohane. As such, he started performing street music to rebel against his father and eventually met Akito while singing on the street. His father would isolate Toya and force him to study classical music at all hours of the day, causing him to despise his father, and by association, the entirety of classical music. In 2006, Xueping’s violin has been awarded A Certificate of Merit for Violin Tone in International Violin Making Competition held by Violin Society of America.Toya's father was a famous classical musician and trained Toya and his two older brothers in classical music from a very young age, specifically piano and violin. In January 2004, Yo-Yo Ma used his cello performed with musicians from the Silk Road Ensemble at the Peabody Essex Museum and expressed his surprise that the instrument was made by a Chinese luthier. Except regular Strad model, he also made Montagnana and Guadagnini Copy for the growing demand among musicians and solo performers who want to get a smaller instrument was more expressive in tone. Xueping’s cello also underwent a similar transformation during these years.
This varnishing style, not only makes an instrument’s appearance with a unique, beautiful looking, also produce a very firm, quality sound. The Various Italian model being added to his instruments making by each follow year, the way he finished varnish alternate to a traditional French oil varnishing. He selected excellent aged European wood, for his violins and developed the Golden-brown varnish that became a trademark of his work. The materials he used also helped to create his unique effects. It was during this time that he perfected his violin design, instead creating violins that blended the qualities of the dark, rich tones of his previous instruments with the brighter sounds. The years from 2003 to 2007, he has been receiving special instructions from a knowledgeable French maker. In the past 14 years, the arching was changed, the various degrees of thickness in the wood were more exactly determined, and the varnish was more highly colored.
In 1993, Xueping Hu settled his own workshop in Beijing, China, his originality began to show through his alterations of Strad's models with a light, transparent golden varnish.
During 1980’s, he served as a pupil in workshops of Quan Zheng, who is the renowned violin making Master in China. Xueping Hu is a reputable Chinese Luthier, a crafter of stringed instruments such as violin, viola and cello.
0 kommentar(er)
