Feng Xinrui

Feng Xinrui is a Jingyun Dagu performer of the Tianjin Folk Art Troupe. In 1994 she began her studies at the Northern China Academy of Folk Art, and after graduation joined the Tianjin Folk Art Troupe. Her background is in the Luo style of Jingyun Dagu, having received personal instruction from performing artist Luo Yusheng. She inherently possesses many qualities of the Luo style, including her wittiness and her charisma, her sweet voice and her enthralling stage presence. She was recognized as one of the Four Starlets of the Tianjin Folk Art Troupe. In 2008 she performed in the CCTV Sichuan earthquake disaster relief special Gift of Love, and was then selected as a national first-level performer.

After first becoming a member of the Tianjin Folk Arts Troupe, Feng studied under the tutelage of Zhao Xueyi, learning traditional songs such as Ziqi Listens to the Lyre, Red Plum Pavilion, and Wind and Rain; among the pieces she frequently performs are Rearranging the Scenery, Daybreak, Bells in the Sword Pavilion, Boya Destroys the Qin, Paying Respects to Qingwen, The He Family Jade, Down With Cao Cao, and many more.

      Feng Xinrui has received several prestigious awards, such as the 2001 Tianjin Literature and Art New Star Award, first prize in the 2004 Hou Baolin Youth Folk Art Competition, and the 2004 China Folk Art Peony Award, just to name a few. She has performed in Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as abroad in countries such as Australia, and has participated in events like the China Literary Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration, the 2001 Cultural Department Spring Festival Special, and all sorts of large-scale domestic and international performances in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, and so on. She has also appeared in recordings of programs for CCTV and many other television stations. Her revolutionary work and new compositions, which she has created in cooperation with musicians from the Beijing folk art scene, has been very highly praised.