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STAR AMONG STARS IN CHINESE OPERA , BAO-CHUN LI WAS BORN IN 1950 INTO A FAMILY
OF GREAT THEATRICAL HERITAGE IN CHINA. HIS GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS WERE ALL
CELEBRATED CHINESE OPERA SINGERS, PARTICULARLY HIS FATHER, THE LEGENDARY MR.
SHAO-CHUN LI. FOLLOWING
HIS FATHER'S STEPS, BAO-CHUN LI SPECIALIZES IN BOTH THE "LAO-SHENG"
(BEARDED old MAN) AND THE
"WU-SHENG" (COMBATING HERO) ROLES. ON
TOP OF A VOICE FULL OF VARIETY, HIS GRACEFUL BODY MOVEMENTS AND ADROITNESS IN
COMBATING SCENES have earned him WorlD
ACCLAMATION. IN 1983, HE WAS CONFERRED THE HONORARY DOCTOR DEGREE OF CHINESE
DRAMA AND ARTS BY THE
NORTHERN PONTIFICAL ACADEMY
IN NANTES, FRANCE.
LATER ON, HE MOVED TO THE USA AND HAS BEEN A RESIDENT in
Washington d.c. EVER SINCE.
IN 1987, HE WAS BEQUEATHED THE OUTSTANDING ASIAN ARTIST AWARD BY THE
CHINESE AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL at
the Lincoln cneter.
IN
1989, HE GAVE HIS FIRST PERFORMANCE IN TAIWAN, RECEIVING GREAT RECOGNITION.
IN 1990, he ENTERED A
CONTRACTED PARTNERSHIP WITH Dr. Vivien Ku
of THE KOO FOUNDATION IN TAIWAN AND HAS BEEN playing
as its leading actor in at least TWO PRODUCTIONS ANNUALLY TILL THIS
DATE. IN
ADDITION TO GIVING PERFORMANCES IN TAIWAN, JAPAN, THE USA, AND EUROPE, LI
TEACHES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA IN THE CHINESE CULTURAL UNIVERSITY IN TAIPEI
AND HEADS THE TAIPEI LIYUAN CHINESE OPERA THEATER（台北新劇團）
WHICH IS BASED IN Novel
Hall for
performing arts
京劇藝術家 河北霸縣人，出身戲劇世家，祖父李桂春（小達子）、父親李少春、母親侯玉蘭，都是戲曲名家。九歲由祖父指導練功，十歲進北京戲劇學校，承襲父親風格，專攻文武老生。坐科八年，曾受校長馬連良及王少樓、楊菊芬、徐沅珊、錢元順、茹元俊、茹少筌、馬長禮等老師教導，打下文武技藝功底。文化大革命的衝擊，目睹父親受屈被辱含冤而逝，親身體驗勞動改造種田養豬，也算是一段人生的磨鍊。如今他銘記父親在藝術上嚴格精益的指點，在人生中深刻動情的叮嚀。輾轉的經歷並未使他鬆懈、或放棄繼承父業的意念。
一九八三年榮獲義大利北方戲劇學院榮譽博士。一九八七年榮獲美國紐約林肯中心亞洲傑出藝人。一九九五年受邀於聯合國教科文組織──「國際戲劇協會」第二十六屆年會，擔任專題演講。十年來與辜公亮文教基金會合作，每年至少演出兩檔，不獨積極推創新戲，更致力傳統劇目之整理與演出，並多次率團赴歐、美、日等地展演，宣揚國粹。
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