李和曾

简介

Li Hezeng was a Chinese Peking opera artist born in Beijing on February 11, 1922, and died on January 19, 2001. He graduated from the Beijing Opera Vocational School in the "He" division and studied for many years under the master Gao Qingkui. He later worked with the Peking opera troupe in the Soviet area and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1949. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he worked at the Peking Opera Experimental Troupe No. 1 under the Ministry of Culture's Opera Improvement Bureau. In 1955, he became deputy head and later head of Troupe No. 2 of the China Peking Opera Theatre upon its establishment. On December 16, 1961, he became a disciple of master Zhou Xinfang alongside Li Shaochun and others, thus combining the Gao school vocal tradition with the Qi (Yi) school artistic characteristics. He performed in Australia, New Zealand, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, the United Kingdom, Japan, the Soviet Union, Hong Kong, and Macau. Among his notable students are Xin Baoda and Nimaocai.