Pianist's travels take her on classical journey

3 months, 1 week ago

Pedaling cross-country to chase dreams

Answers on the way For every rider, there is a reason to cycle. "When the opportunity comes, I will try other routes, like the Sino-Russian Tea Road and the ancient Silk Road," Zhang says. The Sino-Russian Tea Road, stretching for 4,760 km, including 1,480 by water and 3,280 by land, once saw tea from Fujian province carried all the way …

Zhu Chase Dreams Road Zhang

4 months, 1 week ago

Pianist taps understanding to key into audience

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Pianist Wu Peixi plays at Beijing's Mofan Bookstore in July. "Music has been a part of my life, so I understand how much joy it brings to people," Wu Peixi says. "I hope the diversity in the repertoire helps to sustain interest and offers a journey through different emotional landscapes," Wu Peixi says. "Beyond technical skill, the connection a pianist …

Music Play Audience Shanghai Beijing Pianist Concerts

4 months, 3 weeks ago

A player of many ages

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Following the release of her new album, former child prodigy-turned pipa virtuoso set to tour China in October this year, Chen Nan reports. In a whirlwind of excitement and youthful exuberance, pipa maestro Wu Man took center stage with the dynamic Beijing Youth Orchestra for two concerts in the capital last Friday and Saturday. With her signature grace and passion, …

Orchestra

4 months, 3 weeks ago

A player of many ages

China Daily

Following the release of her new album, former child prodigy-turned pipa virtuoso set to tour China in October this year, Chen Nan reports. In a whirlwind of excitement and youthful exuberance, pipa maestro Wu Man took center stage with the dynamic Beijing Youth Orchestra for two concerts in the capital last Friday and Saturday. With her signature grace and passion, …

Orchestra

4 months, 3 weeks ago

A player of many ages

China Daily

Following the release of her new album, former child prodigy-turned pipa virtuoso set to tour China in October this year, Chen Nan reports. In a whirlwind of excitement and youthful exuberance, pipa maestro Wu Man took center stage with the dynamic Beijing Youth Orchestra for two concerts in the capital last Friday and Saturday. With her signature grace and passion, …

Orchestra

4 months, 3 weeks ago

A player of many ages

China Daily

Following the release of her new album, former child prodigy-turned pipa virtuoso set to tour China in October this year, Chen Nan reports. In a whirlwind of excitement and youthful exuberance, pipa maestro Wu Man took center stage with the dynamic Beijing Youth Orchestra for two concerts in the capital last Friday and Saturday. With her signature grace and passion, …

Orchestra

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Man travels 82,000 kilometers in a wheelchair

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Zhang Ji takes a photo. A wheelchair has not become a barrier for 55-year-old Zhang Ji in Shanghai who has traveled 82,000 kilometers and visited 450 revolutionary sites across China in the past six years, CCTV news reported. The generic disease also affected Zhang's late mother, but the mother's life experience taught him an important lesson. His mother, who used …

Zhang

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Undertaking a journey to the West

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A scene from the dance drama, Journey to the West, a collaboration between Chinese and French artists, is touring nationwide and will be staged in Paris on May 21. Journey to the West, by Ming Dynasty writer Wu Cheng'en, follows the adventures of the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang and his three disciples: the animal spirits Sun Wukong, or the Monkey …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Undertaking a journey to the West

China Daily

A scene from the dance drama, Journey to the West, a collaboration between Chinese and French artists, is touring nationwide and will be staged in Paris on May 21. Journey to the West, by Ming Dynasty writer Wu Cheng'en, follows the adventures of the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang and his three disciples: the animal spirits Sun Wukong, or the Monkey …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Undertaking a journey to the West

China Daily

Chinese scholar and translator Dong Qiang, dancer-choreographer Wang Yabin and French composer Laurent Petitgirard at Beijing Dance Academy on April 29. Wang also uses elements of martial arts and traditional Chinese opera in her choreography, such as when dancer Niu Dongyan, who plays Sun Wukong, performs with a wooden stick resembling the Monkey King's golden cudgel, or jingubang, a magic …

Dance French Chinese Wang Dong Journey Yabin

8 months, 1 week ago

The keys to global success

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Pianist Lang Lang is touring worldwide, with stops in major concert halls, and performing with top symphony orchestras. The repertories he has chosen to play during the tour cover a wide range of composers, including Schumann's Kreisleriana, Op 16, an eight-movement composition for solo piano, which as Lang says is "very dramatic". Besides working with top troupes, such as the …

Lang China Daily Concert Perform Pianist Carnegie Hall

8 months, 1 week ago

The keys to global success

China Daily

Pianist Lang Lang is touring worldwide, with stops in major concert halls, and performing with top symphony orchestras. The repertories he has chosen to play during the tour cover a wide range of composers, including Schumann's Kreisleriana, Op 16, an eight-movement composition for solo piano, which as Lang says is "very dramatic". Besides working with top troupes, such as the …

Lang China Daily Concert Perform Pianist Carnegie Hall

8 months, 1 week ago

Chinese pianist Lang Lang honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star

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Chinese pianist Lang Lang attends his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles, California, the United States, on April 10, 2024. Chinese pianist Lang Lang was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Wednesday, in the category of live performance. "Internationally renowned pianist Lang Lang has sold millions of albums worldwide, topping …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Chinese pianist Lang Lang honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star

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Chinese pianist Lang Lang attends his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles, California, the United States, on April 10, 2024. Chinese pianist Lang Lang was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Wednesday, in the category of live performance. "Internationally renowned pianist Lang Lang has sold millions of albums worldwide, topping …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Composer's memories help shape the future

China Daily

Dance production, See, with inspiration from the rugged beauty of the Inner Mongolian autonomous region, is performed in Beijing in March. Xue Tingzhe can still recall his first piano lesson with his Japanese teacher when he was 6, after he had moved to Japan with his parents, who were pursuing medical degrees. Xue, who was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, …

Japan Xue

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Composer's memories help shape the future

China Daily

Dance production, See, with inspiration from the rugged beauty of the Inner Mongolian autonomous region, is performed in Beijing in March. Xue Tingzhe can still recall his first piano lesson with his Japanese teacher when he was 6, after he had moved to Japan with his parents, who were pursuing medical degrees. Xue, who was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, …

Japan Xue

9 months, 1 week ago

A key figure promotes the city

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Mario Alonso Herrero participates as the tourism ambassador in Shanghai city's celebration of the Chinese New Year plays a recital at Shanghai Oriental Art Center in 2022. Spanish pianist Mario Alonso Herrero has been appointed as ambassador in the promotion of Shanghai as an international tourist destination. In Shanghai, he has played at the 97-year-old Shanghai Concert Hall, the Shanghai …

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9 months, 1 week ago

A key figure promotes the city

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Mario Alonso Herrero participates as the tourism ambassador in Shanghai city's celebration of the Chinese New Year plays a recital at Shanghai Oriental Art Center in 2022. Spanish pianist Mario Alonso Herrero has been appointed as ambassador in the promotion of Shanghai as an international tourist destination. In Shanghai, he has played at the 97-year-old Shanghai Concert Hall, the Shanghai …

Music Spain China Chinese Shanghai Alonso Herrero

10 months ago

A new way to key into classical music

China Daily

Lang particularly emphasizes the importance of cultivating an interest in listening to and learning classical music for young piano players. CHINA DAILY If Frederic Chopin's music can be described as an apple pie with whipped cream on top, then Franz Liszt's would taste spicy, Johann Sebastian Bach's could be likened to fine bread, and that of Ludwig van Beethoven would …

Music Classical Music Way

10 months ago

A new way to key into classical music

China Daily

Lang particularly emphasizes the importance of cultivating an interest in listening to and learning classical music for young piano players. CHINA DAILY If Frederic Chopin's music can be described as an apple pie with whipped cream on top, then Franz Liszt's would taste spicy, Johann Sebastian Bach's could be likened to fine bread, and that of Ludwig van Beethoven would …

Music Classical Music Way

1 year, 2 months ago

An animated performance

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Under the baton of conductor Zhang Jiemin, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the Liu Sola and Friends Band performed the symphonic dance, The Legend of Monkey King, in Beijing. "In her musical world, she shows her unlimited imagination, just like the Monkey King's magical power, making 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects." …

Liu

1 year, 2 months ago

British pianist tours China

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Pianist Sir Stephen Hough made his debut during the Beijing Music Festival with a recital on Oct 12. Pianist Sir Stephen Hough made his debut during the Beijing Music Festival with a recital on Oct 12, featuring music pieces, including Scriabin's Fifth Piano Sonata, Debussy's Estampes and Liszt's Dante Sonata. On Oct 29, he will return to the capital with …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Renowned pianist to play key works

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Pianist Yin Chengzong will play one of his famous repertoire, the piano concerto, The Yellow River, in Beijing on Oct 1. Pianist Yin Chengzong, 82, will play part of his famous repertoire, the piano concerto The Yellow River, which was adapted by Yin himself from the cantata of the same title by Xian Xinghai, during a concert at the Forbidden …

Beijing Concert Piano Yin Music Works

1 year, 4 months ago

Young pianists find keys to success

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Renowned Israeli pianist Arie Vardi, 86, during a masterclass at the inaugural Tianjin Juilliard Piano Festival. Yoheved Kaplinsky, the chair of the piano department at the Juilliard School in New York, gives a masterclass at Tianjin Juilliard during the school's inaugural piano festival. Along with the chair of the piano department at the Juilliard School in New York, Yoheved Kaplinsky, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

A fantastic journey

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Pianist Wang Zitong performs at Beijing Concert Hall on June 15, as one stop of her first China tour. Young pianist Wang Zitong embarks on her first national tour, performing her carefully curated recital Fantasy Pentaprism, Cheng Yuezhu reports. With a recital titled Fantasy Pentaprism, young pianist Wang Zitong curates five works that form a distinct emotional journey, while striving …

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1 year, 4 months ago

A fantastic journey

China Daily

Pianist Wang Zitong performs at Beijing Concert Hall on June 15, as one stop of her first China tour. Young pianist Wang Zitong embarks on her first national tour, performing her carefully curated recital Fantasy Pentaprism, Cheng Yuezhu reports. With a recital titled Fantasy Pentaprism, young pianist Wang Zitong curates five works that form a distinct emotional journey, while striving …

China Wang Wang Zitong Fantastic Journey

1 year, 4 months ago

Pianist with a poet's soul

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Luo, 24, engages in a musical conversation between the East and the West on her new album. CHINA DAILY Luo also invited veteran Chinese composer Guo Wenjing, Chinese poets Ouyang Jianghe and Xi Chuan. Luo Wei wrote poems for the music works she plays, which brings a new dimension to them and allows the audience to understand them from a …

Music Chinese Luo China Wei

1 year, 4 months ago

Pianist with a poet's soul

China Daily

Luo, 24, engages in a musical conversation between the East and the West on her new album. CHINA DAILY Luo also invited veteran Chinese composer Guo Wenjing, Chinese poets Ouyang Jianghe and Xi Chuan. Luo Wei wrote poems for the music works she plays, which brings a new dimension to them and allows the audience to understand them from a …

Music China Chinese Wei Luo

1 year, 4 months ago

Pianist with a poet's soul

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Pianist Luo Wei performs a concert in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on July 28, kicking off her nationwide tour in support of her latest album titled Gazing. CHINA DAILY Inspired by Western composers' views of the Orient, the music on Luo Wei's latest album has compelled the musician to write verse of her own. For the new album, Luo recorded pieces …

Music Album East Chinese Piece Spanish Oriental

1 year, 4 months ago

Pianist with a poet's soul

China Daily

Pianist Luo Wei performs a concert in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on July 28, kicking off her nationwide tour in support of her latest album titled Gazing. CHINA DAILY Inspired by Western composers' views of the Orient, the music on Luo Wei's latest album has compelled the musician to write verse of her own. For the new album, Luo recorded pieces …

Music Album East Chinese Piece Spanish Oriental

1 year, 4 months ago

Pianist with a poet's soul

China Daily

Pianist Luo Wei performs a concert in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on July 28, kicking off her nationwide tour in support of her latest album titled Gazing. CHINA DAILY Inspired by Western composers' views of the Orient, the music on Luo Wei's latest album has compelled the musician to write verse of her own. For the new album, Luo recorded pieces …

Music Album East Chinese Piece Spanish Oriental

1 year, 4 months ago

Pianist with a poet's soul

China Daily

Pianist Luo Wei performs a concert in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on July 28, kicking off her nationwide tour in support of her latest album titled Gazing. CHINA DAILY Inspired by Western composers' views of the Orient, the music on Luo Wei's latest album has compelled the musician to write verse of her own. For the new album, Luo recorded pieces …

Music Album East Chinese Piece Spanish Oriental

1 year, 4 months ago

Pianist with a poet's soul

China Daily

Pianist Luo Wei performs a concert in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on July 28, kicking off her nationwide tour in support of her latest album titled Gazing. CHINA DAILY Inspired by Western composers' views of the Orient, the music on Luo Wei's latest album has compelled the musician to write verse of her own. For the new album, Luo recorded pieces …

Music China Young Album East Chinese Wei

1 year, 5 months ago

Journey from the West

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Petitgirard, dancer-choreographer Wang Yabin and Dong Qiang, renowned scholar, translator and dean of the Yenching Academy of Peking University. "I was impressed by his idea, and we soon decided to work together," recalls Wang, adding that Dong Qiang, a renowned scholar and translator, who is the dean of the Yenching Academy of Peking University and the chair of the French …

Dance West Chinese Wang Piece Journey Peking University

1 year, 5 months ago

Journey from the West

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French composer Laurent Petitgirard conducts the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest during the recording of the symphonic piece Journey to the West in the Hungarian capital in 2021. CHINA DAILY French composer completes 53-year quest to create a musical dance drama of classic Chinese novel, Chen Nan reports. In 1966, for his 16th birthday, French composer Laurent Petitgirard's elder brother gave …

West French Chinese Wang Journey Petitgirard Yabin

1 year, 5 months ago

Journey from the West

China Daily

French composer Laurent Petitgirard conducts the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest during the recording of the symphonic piece Journey to the West in the Hungarian capital in 2021. CHINA DAILY French composer completes 53-year quest to create a musical dance drama of classic Chinese novel, Chen Nan reports. In 1966, for his 16th birthday, French composer Laurent Petitgirard's elder brother gave …

West French Chinese Wang Journey Petitgirard Yabin

1 year, 5 months ago

Journey from the West

China Daily

French composer Laurent Petitgirard conducts the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest during the recording of the symphonic piece Journey to the West in the Hungarian capital in 2021. CHINA DAILY French composer completes 53-year quest to create a musical dance drama of classic Chinese novel, Chen Nan reports. In 1966, for his 16th birthday, French composer Laurent Petitgirard's elder brother gave …

West French Chinese Wang Journey Petitgirard Yabin

1 year, 11 months ago

Young pianist's concert tour ends at Beijing Concert Hall

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Seventeen-year-old pianist Huang Zixuan performed in a concert conducted by Liu Ming at the Beijing Concert Hall on Jan 13. At the concert, Huang performed French composer Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major with Beijing Union Symphony Orchestra. This concert marks the last stop of his recent tour, with two concerts already held in Guangdong province's Shenzhen and Guangzhou. …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Couple finds travel helps them see new horizons for humankind

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Zhang Xinyu and Liang Hong have visited many exotic destinations in South America, which is recorded in the documentary Top Land. Following the adventures of a Chinese couple in exotic places in South America, the new season of the documentary Top Land is airing on the video-sharing platform Mango TV. Zhang Xinyu, 45, and his wife Liang Hong, 43, used …

Zhang

2 years, 1 month ago

Couple finds travel helps them see new horizons for humankind

China Daily

Zhang Xinyu and Liang Hong have visited many exotic destinations in South America, which is recorded in the documentary Top Land. Following the adventures of a Chinese couple in exotic places in South America, the new season of the documentary Top Land is airing on the video-sharing platform Mango TV. Zhang Xinyu, 45, and his wife Liang Hong, 43, used …

Humankind Zhang

2 years, 7 months ago

Journey to grassroots

China Daily

Six entertainers- cross-talk performer Yue Yunpeng, actor Chen Feiyu, singer Huang Zitao, and actors Lin Gengxin, Zhang Ruoyun and Wang Yanlin－experience the life of ordinary workers on The New Journey. Based on the pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang to India in the 7th century, the novel by Wu Cheng'en in the Ming Dynasty gives a detailed and imaginative description …

Journey

2 years, 7 months ago

Journey to grassroots

China Daily

Six entertainers- cross-talk performer Yue Yunpeng, actor Chen Feiyu, singer Huang Zitao, and actors Lin Gengxin, Zhang Ruoyun and Wang Yanlin－experience the life of ordinary workers on The New Journey. Based on the pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang to India in the 7th century, the novel by Wu Cheng'en in the Ming Dynasty gives a detailed and imaginative description …

Reality Shows Journey

2 years, 7 months ago

Journey to grassroots

China Daily

Six entertainers- cross-talk performer Yue Yunpeng, actor Chen Feiyu, singer Huang Zitao, and actors Lin Gengxin, Zhang Ruoyun and Wang Yanlin－experience the life of ordinary workers on The New Journey. Based on the pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang to India in the 7th century, the novel by Wu Cheng'en in the Ming Dynasty gives a detailed and imaginative description …

Reality Shows Journey

2 years, 7 months ago

Journey to grassroots

China Daily

Six entertainers- cross-talk performer Yue Yunpeng, actor Chen Feiyu, singer Huang Zitao, and actors Lin Gengxin, Zhang Ruoyun and Wang Yanlin－experience the life of ordinary workers on The New Journey. Based on the pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang to India in the 7th century, the novel by Wu Cheng'en in the Ming Dynasty gives a detailed and imaginative description …

Reality Shows Journey

2 years, 7 months ago

Croisements Festival's ambassador pianist Wu Muye shares his love of music

China Daily

Since its launch 17 years ago, the Croisements Festival has continued to foster Franco-Chinese cultural dialogues with an exceptional scope and diversity. It invites the public to embark on a journey where ideas are expressed through visual arts, fashion, performance, music, literature, and of course, motion picture. In this interview, pianist Wu Muye, one of the ambassadors of this year's …

Wu Muye Muye Shares

2 years, 7 months ago

Croisements Festival's ambassador pianist Wu Muye shares his love of music

China Daily

By Li Wenrui | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2022-05-09 07:30 Since its launch 17 years ago, the Croisements Festival has continued to foster Franco-Chinese cultural dialogues with an exceptional scope and diversity. It invites the public to embark on a journey where ideas are expressed through visual arts, fashion, performance, music, literature, and of course, motion picture. In this interview, pianist …

Li Wenrui Wu Muye Croisements Festival

2 years, 7 months ago

Croisements Festival's ambassador pianist Wu Muye shares his love of music

China Daily

Since its launch 17 years ago, the Croisements Festival has continued to foster Franco-Chinese cultural dialogues with an exceptional scope and diversity. It invites the public to embark on a journey where ideas are expressed through visual arts, fashion, performance, music, literature, and of course, motion picture. In this interview, pianist Wu Muye, one of the ambassadors of this year's …

Wu Muye

2 years, 7 months ago

Croisements Festival's ambassador pianist Wu Muye shares his love of music

China Daily

By Li Wenrui | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2022-05-09 07:30 Since its launch 17 years ago, the Croisements Festival has continued to foster Franco-Chinese cultural dialogues with an exceptional scope and diversity. It invites the public to embark on a journey where ideas are expressed through visual arts, fashion, performance, music, literature, and of course, motion picture. In this interview, pianist …

Li Wenrui Wu Muye Festival Shares Pianist Wu

2 years, 7 months ago

Croisements Festival's ambassador pianist Wu Muye shares his love of music

China Daily

Since its launch 17 years ago, the Croisements Festival has continued to foster Franco-Chinese cultural dialogues with an exceptional scope and diversity. It invites the public to embark on a journey where ideas are expressed through visual arts, fashion, performance, music, literature, and of course, motion picture. In this interview, pianist Wu Muye, one of the ambassadors of this year's …

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