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MUSIC: YOUNG TALENTS / OLD MASTERSChen Qijun (solo zheng), San Chuan trio (3 zhengs), Wang Yayu (pipa), Tu Weigang (pipa)
This concert combines the best string instrumentalists in China: old masters of the pipa and zheng playing with young instrumental virtuosos. Traditional play combined with adventurous atypical variations, grand master and exceptional pipa player Li Guangzu meets Zhao Cong, a promising young pipa soloist of the China National Traditional Orchestra. Both Beijing performers demonstrate a completely different way of playing the pipa. One of the best classical zheng players is Chen Qijun. His introverted and almost meditative play stands in contrast to the vivacious play of the San Chuan Trio. These three zheng players, all of them graduates from the China Conservatory in Beijing, invent new roles for the Chinese cither by combining the play of the three instruments. |