ABOUT

Cui Jian 崔健 is a Korean male Beijing-based Chinese singer-songwriter, trumpeter and guitarist. Cui Jian grew up in a musical family in Beijing—his father was ethnic Korean and a professional trumpet player and his mother was a member of a Korean dance troupe. Cui Jian followed his father to start playing the trumpet at the age of fourteen and joined the Beijing Symphony Orchestra in 1981, at the age of twenty.

PROFILE

  • Chinese /Stage Name: Cui Jian 崔健
  • Korean Name: Choe Geon 최건
  • Birthday: 2 August 1961
  • Birthplace: Beijing, China
  • Ethnicity: Korean
  • Occupation: Singer-songwriter, musician
  • Years active: 1984–present
  • Genres: Rock, punk rock, rap rock, electropunk
  • Labels: Beijing East-West

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