游学志 (You Xuezhi)
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游学志 (You Xuezhi)

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Ocarina Dreamer – You Xuezhi
“Everything I pursue is because I have never forgotten that first hope...”

You Xuezhi is a name known to everyone involved with the ocarina in Taiwan. His fame began with his first album of ocarina music, Happening Upon the Ocarina, re-leased in 2003. In the years since, he has released eleven more albums and many books about the ocarina. The sale of physical albums has declined but that has not af-fected A-Zhi’s creative output. He continues on his own path toward realizing his oca-rina dream.

Because so many people think of the ocarina as “just a toy,” A-Zhi has worked very hard to show its possibilities as a musical instrument. This includes his work as founder of the Taiwan Ocarina Group, which gives everyone a play to come together and play music every day. The group offers public performances of ocarina music every year in Taiwan, and travels abroad to perform in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, and other places. They work together with international ocarina players and get a lot of inspiration from that cooperation. A-Zhi’s persistence and energy remain as strong as they were when he started, over a decade ago.

If you ask this ocarina dreamer A-Zhi what keeps him going, he will say, “I want eve-ryone to see that I am always getting better.” This is the simple and focused attitude that has kept A-Zhi going as he pursues his ocarina dream.

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