Luk Wai Chun - Jazz Pipa (2015)
Zhuxi Wang, pipa
USA premiere
Jazz Pipa. The Pipa is a Chinese traditional plucked string instrument. This piece aims to combine Jazz musical elements such as improvisational passages, swung rhythms and chord progressions with traditional performance practice - "wen" (civil - lyrical, slow and expressive) or "wu" (martial - rhythmic, fast) and Pipa techniques such as lun and jiaxian in order to show another possibility in Pipa music and demonstrate a fusion of different musical languages.
LUK WAI CHUN is currently a Master’s student in composition at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), studying composition with Professor Lee Wan Ki Wendy, focusing on the fusion of Chinese and Western musical elements in Contemporary Music. He won the Outstanding Individual Award and the Hong Kong Composers' Guild mentor program scholarship in the 20th School’s Creative Music Showcase with “War of Ferocity”.
ZHUXI WANG serves on the board of the professional association of pipa virtuosos at the China Nationalities Orchestra Society. She was professionally trained by pipa master, Grammy Award nominee Wu Man. Ms. Wang won numerous awards in both national and international music competitions, has toured Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau as a soloist or the principal performer of multiple orchestras. zhuxipipa.com
Musical Dialogues Across Continents: IcM Closing Concert
Experimental Theater, Conrad Prebys Music Center
Sunday, February 28th, 2016
Acknowledgements:
Elisabet Curbelo, Concert Curator
Lei Liang, Acting Chair, Department of Music
Leticia Ng, Designer, Videographer and Photographer
Daniel Ross, Public Events Manager
Special thanks to the call-for-works selection committee:
Xavier Beteta, Elisabet Curbelo, Stephen Lewis, Ori Talmon, and Kevin Zhang
This event is sponsored by The Department of Music, The Division of Arts and Humanities, The Graduate Student Association,
and The Ibero-American Music Student Association
Intercultural Music Conference and Concerts 2016 Organizing Committee:
Tommy Babin, Xavier Beteta, Joshua Charney, Elisabet Curbelo, Siu Hei Lee, Cheng-I Wang

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