Wong Lok-ting: huqin/erhu & Jason Lau: guzheng: kinesisk koncert
Aftenens to musikere stammer begge fra Hong Kong, hvor de er uddannet på hhv. The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts og Chinese University of Hong Kong. De er nu bosat i London.
Guzheng (eller zheng) og erhu (eller huqin) er to vigtige klassiske kinesiske instrumenter. Guzheng er en brætzither med et varierende antal strenge (ofte 21, men det kan variere) spændt ud over en aflang resonanskasse. Hver enkelt streng er delt af en flytbar stol, og som oftest anslås strengene på den ene side af denne, mens forskellige effekter kan skabes på den anden side af stolen. Erhu er et strygeinstrument – normalt med to strenge - der holdes lodret og stryges med en bue. Nedenfor følger links til optagelser med aftenens to musikere.
The concert will consist of traditional, arranged and new music for guzheng (plucked zither) and erhu (two-stringed bowed spike fiddle). They will play duets and also solo pieces.
Guzheng and Erhu have a little bit of duo tradition, but the music we choose are not one of those. Of the duets we choose, 4 are new compositions or new arrangements. Only 1 (Buddhist temple bells) could be regarded as a type of traditional ensemble music. We will play this piece with yehu (a variation of bowed fiddle used in Cantonese music) as the lead instrument.
Two recordings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrIHv1Jmcig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4aorAA0L10
Wong Lok Ting: Huqin
Wong Lok-ting is a young Huqin virtuoso who graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) with a Bachelor's degree in Music in 2001, where she majored in Erhu under Tong Leung-tak, with a double minor in Banhu (also under Tong) and in Guqin under Leung Lai-wan. During her studies, she was awarded a number of scholarships to further her training in the Mainland under Huqin masters Chen Yaoxing, Min Huifen, You Jishun, Li Heng, Shen Cheng and more. She was awarded a Master's degree in Music (Performance) at the HKAPA in 2012, Majoring in Gaohu under the supervision of Yu Qiwei. In 2005, she formed the Huqin ensemble, ‘Hulala', with other alumni of the HKAPA to promote new compositions in Huqin. Wong Lok-ting was with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra between 2006 and 2018, serving first as Huqin player and later as Huqin Co-principal and Gaohu Principal. She has gone on many touring performances with the Orchestra, and performed solo and ensemble, and as the lead player in many overseas concerts. Wong’s Erhu is often heard in films and television of Hong Kong, such as the film “Kung Fu Hustle”, television drama series including “Beyond The Realm Of Conscience”, “Rosy Business”, “Succession War”, “Deep in The Real of Conscience” and “The Story of Yanxi Palace” After moving to the United Kingdom, Wong and friends formed the music group ‘Brew Ensemble’, as the group’s music director, the ensemble aiming for a free and open environment to bridge East and West music and culture.
Jason Lau: zheng/guzheng
Jason studied music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and obtained his BA(music) with first-class honours in 2002 and M.Phil. (Ethnomusicology) in 2007. He has worked freelance for Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (zheng player) and Hong Kong Sinfonietta (percussionist). Apart from Western Classical and Chinese traditional Music, Jason has been active in popular and commercial music arena, participating extensively in movie music and popular music making. Jason has been zheng instructor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Education University of Hong Kong, and lecturer at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and HKU Space Community College. Jason is the zheng player of a Hong Kong based fusion band SIU2, which has toured in major cities in Europe, Asia, and Australia during the past 15 years. He is also a zheng tutor at the Department of Music at Royal Holloway University of London.
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