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Cui Jian

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Chinese rock musician of Korean descent

Person · Open Library

Born
(1965
Died
)
Works
1

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Film & TV

Beijing, China

Cui Jian, a famous rock artist and a leader of Chinese rock music, is known as the father of Chinese rock music. The famous song is "Nothing to My Name" in 1986.

Known for

  • Wham! 10 Days in China — Self2026
  • From London to Shanghai — Self2024
  • 踏上新征程2024北京卫视跨年之夜2023
  • My 1980's2019
  • 崔健“滚动三十”2016工体演唱会2016
  • Round Table2016
  • China Star — Self2015
  • Transcendence — Self2013
  • SINGER — Self2013
  • 20 Years of Original Chinese Music2011

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Sweden

Discography

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
16,835
Total plays
298,026

Tags

rockchinesechinese rocksinger-songwriterChina

Cui Jian (born August 2, 1961) is a native Beijinger, trumpet player, guitarist and composer. Cui Jian, or "Lao Cui" (old Cui) is considered to be a pioneer in Chinese rock music and the first Chinese artist to break away from conventional Chinese popular forms and incorporate a rock style into his songs. In his later works, he has begun to experiment with rap music as well, adding a drummer/MC to his band for The Power of the Powerless (1998). Cui <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/%E5%B4%94%E

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Cui
Gender
male
Citizenship
China
Place of birth
Beijing
Languages spoken
Chinese
Native language
Chinese
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.cuijian.com
Image
CuiJian2 2007 Hohaiyan.jpg
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Commons category
Cui Jian
name in native language
崔健
date of birth
1961-08-02
McCune–Reischauer romanization
Ch'oe Kŏn
Revised Romanization
Choe Geon
start of work period
1984-00-00
Sources (3)

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Gallery (2)