The Center for World Music will present two concerts of traditional Chinese music.
Performers:
Pui-Yuen Lui, one of the leading pipa virtuosos in the world, learned traditional classical Chinesem usical instruments from famous masters in Shanghai. Mr. Lui has performed throughout the world, and presently resides in Los Angeles, where he is director of the Los Angeles Chinese Music Association, and the Spring Thunder Chinese Music Association. He was formerly on the faculty of the Center for World Music. He has recorded for Nonesuch, Lyrichord, and the Four-Seas labels.
David Liu is one of the elite younger-generation Chinese musicians. He studied under famous zheng masters and graduated from the Taiwan National Academy of the Arts, majoring in zheng. Since Mr. Liu's immigration to the United States, he has performed throughout North America, and in 1989 he founded the Zheng Hsin Chinese Zither Orchestra of Los Angeles.
Qi-Chao Liu, musicologist, teacher, and bandleader, is proficient on a wide variety of Chinese instruments. He graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Traditional and Western Music, and in 1997, was invited to attend the Asian Pacific Performance Exchange Fellowship Program presented by the School of Art and Performance at UCLA. He has also created CHI Music, a unique form of world music that strives to capture the essence of the human spirit. Background on Chinese Music: The music of China can be traced back thousands of years. One ancient instrument, a zither called the qin (also guqin or chin), has existed in various forms for 4000 years. Its descendent, the zheng (cheng) zither dates from about 200 B.C.E. The sheng is a mouth organ dating from the 12 th century B.C.E. The prototype of the pipa lute can be traced back over 2000 years. Two prominent flutes, the xiao (hsiao), an end-blown bamboo flute, and the dizi (ti-tzu), a transverse flute with membrane, are also approximately 2000 years old. Other Chinese musical instruments not heard in tonight's program include: bowed lutes; the yangqin (yangguqin), a hammered dulcimer that was introduced into China during the 14 th century; and percussion instruments, including drums, stone chimes, wood blocks and clappers, metal bells, gongs, and cymbals. Chinese music employs a 5-note (pentatonic) scale, which can sound austere to the Western ear (accustomed to 7-note scales). A music that uses few(er) scale tones must be well crafted in order to have a lasting interest. Thus, changes in timbre, delicate use of ornaments, and careful melodic variations take on great importance in Chinese music. The texture of Chinese music is typically monophonic or heterophonic. Chinese musical form is most often continuous variation; other musical forms seen are ternary (ABA) and rondo (alternating, as in ABACA).
Admission: $12 - $15
Location:
Smith Recital Hall, SDSU
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182
Monday November 14 - 6:00 PM & 7:30 PM
For more information, please visit:www.centerforworldmusic.org
Performers:
Pui-Yuen Lui, one of the leading pipa virtuosos in the world, learned traditional classical Chinesem usical instruments from famous masters in Shanghai. Mr. Lui has performed throughout the world, and presently resides in Los Angeles, where he is director of the Los Angeles Chinese Music Association, and the Spring Thunder Chinese Music Association. He was formerly on the faculty of the Center for World Music. He has recorded for Nonesuch, Lyrichord, and the Four-Seas labels.
David Liu is one of the elite younger-generation Chinese musicians. He studied under famous zheng masters and graduated from the Taiwan National Academy of the Arts, majoring in zheng. Since Mr. Liu's immigration to the United States, he has performed throughout North America, and in 1989 he founded the Zheng Hsin Chinese Zither Orchestra of Los Angeles.
Qi-Chao Liu, musicologist, teacher, and bandleader, is proficient on a wide variety of Chinese instruments. He graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Traditional and Western Music, and in 1997, was invited to attend the Asian Pacific Performance Exchange Fellowship Program presented by the School of Art and Performance at UCLA. He has also created CHI Music, a unique form of world music that strives to capture the essence of the human spirit. Background on Chinese Music: The music of China can be traced back thousands of years. One ancient instrument, a zither called the qin (also guqin or chin), has existed in various forms for 4000 years. Its descendent, the zheng (cheng) zither dates from about 200 B.C.E. The sheng is a mouth organ dating from the 12 th century B.C.E. The prototype of the pipa lute can be traced back over 2000 years. Two prominent flutes, the xiao (hsiao), an end-blown bamboo flute, and the dizi (ti-tzu), a transverse flute with membrane, are also approximately 2000 years old. Other Chinese musical instruments not heard in tonight's program include: bowed lutes; the yangqin (yangguqin), a hammered dulcimer that was introduced into China during the 14 th century; and percussion instruments, including drums, stone chimes, wood blocks and clappers, metal bells, gongs, and cymbals. Chinese music employs a 5-note (pentatonic) scale, which can sound austere to the Western ear (accustomed to 7-note scales). A music that uses few(er) scale tones must be well crafted in order to have a lasting interest. Thus, changes in timbre, delicate use of ornaments, and careful melodic variations take on great importance in Chinese music. The texture of Chinese music is typically monophonic or heterophonic. Chinese musical form is most often continuous variation; other musical forms seen are ternary (ABA) and rondo (alternating, as in ABACA).
Admission: $12 - $15
Location:
Smith Recital Hall, SDSU
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182
Monday November 14 - 6:00 PM & 7:30 PM
For more information, please visit:www.centerforworldmusic.org
