Sound of Tang music
2 years, 11 months ago

Sound of Tang music

China Daily  

Musicians in Tang Dynasty attire play re-created ancient musical instruments at a concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6. The concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, which took place at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6, was one of the most extensive re-creations of the sounds and colors of the Tang Dynasty that historians and musicians have achieved on a stage. To prepare for the concert, Zhao Weiping, a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and his team re-created more than 30 musical instruments from the collection of Shosoin, the treasure house of the Todai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan, where many Chinese cultural relics have kept since they were brought by Japanese envoys in the Tang Dynasty. According to Jing Zuoren, a Beijing-based music critic, public interest in traditional culture has been growing rapidly, as evidenced by the numerous video clips of Chinese music, costumes and other cultural expressions online.

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Ancient Meets Modern: A Symphony of Instruments in Chengdu
2 months ago

Ancient Meets Modern: A Symphony of Instruments in Chengdu

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An impromptu concert takes place in Chengdu, Sichuan province, featuring traditional Chinese musicians and classical musicians. The musicians perform a modern rendition of a popular song from the 1990s, combining disco beats with ancient Chinese melodies. Their performance, released to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, garnered over 15 million views on social media.

Ancient Meets Modern: A Symphony of Instruments in Chengdu
2 months ago

Ancient Meets Modern: A Symphony of Instruments in Chengdu

China Daily  

An impromptu concert takes place in Chengdu, Sichuan province, featuring traditional Chinese musicians and classical musicians. The musicians perform a modern rendition of a popular song from the 1990s, combining disco beats with ancient Chinese melodies. Their performance, released to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, garnered over 15 million views on social media.

Ancient buildings alive with sound of music
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ancient buildings alive with sound of music

China Daily  

Pianist Bao Huiqiao, one of the musicians participating in the Beijing Ancient Architecture Music Festival, which runs until Oct 28. Vaulted ceilings, intricate stonework, and vast open chambers were intended to carry sound in ways that would elevate it, allowing music to linger, echo, and envelop listeners," Zhu says. Zhu also notes that these historical landmarks in the capital were …

Museum strikes ancient notes with replicas
5 months, 1 week ago

Museum strikes ancient notes with replicas

China Daily  

Huaxia Ancient Music Orchestra, the resident ensemble of Henan Museum, revives traditional Chinese music by performing replicas of ancient musical instruments housed in the museum. It's a quarter to 11 in the morning on a regular Tuesday as crowds pack into the Henan Museum in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Central China's Henan province. A corner on the first floor …

Drawing inspiration from ancient artifacts
5 months, 1 week ago

Drawing inspiration from ancient artifacts

China Daily  

"Imagine the anticipation as you approach an exhibit dedicated to ancient civilizations. It's a moment akin to hearing the opening chords of a favorite melody," says singer-songwriter Liu Lian, when asked about her recent visit to Henan Museum in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province. When Liu was invited to a live performance of the Huaxia Ancient Music Orchestra, …

Drawing inspiration from ancient artifacts
5 months, 1 week ago

Drawing inspiration from ancient artifacts

China Daily  

"Imagine the anticipation as you approach an exhibit dedicated to ancient civilizations. It's a moment akin to hearing the opening chords of a favorite melody," says singer-songwriter Liu Lian, when asked about her recent visit to Henan Museum in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province. When Liu was invited to a live performance of the Huaxia Ancient Music Orchestra, …

Museum strikes ancient notes with replicas
5 months, 1 week ago

Museum strikes ancient notes with replicas

China Daily  

Huaxia Ancient Music Orchestra, the resident ensemble of Henan Museum, revives traditional Chinese music by performing replicas of ancient musical instruments housed in the museum. It's a quarter to 11 in the morning on a regular Tuesday as crowds pack into the Henan Museum in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Central China's Henan province. A corner on the first floor …

Drawing inspiration from ancient artifacts
5 months, 1 week ago

Drawing inspiration from ancient artifacts

China Daily  

"Imagine the anticipation as you approach an exhibit dedicated to ancient civilizations. It's a moment akin to hearing the opening chords of a favorite melody," says singer-songwriter Liu Lian, when asked about her recent visit to Henan Museum in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province. When Liu was invited to a live performance of the Huaxia Ancient Music Orchestra, …

Drawing inspiration from ancient artifacts
5 months, 1 week ago

Drawing inspiration from ancient artifacts

China Daily  

"Imagine the anticipation as you approach an exhibit dedicated to ancient civilizations. It's a moment akin to hearing the opening chords of a favorite melody," says singer-songwriter Liu Lian, when asked about her recent visit to Henan Museum in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province. When Liu was invited to a live performance of the Huaxia Ancient Music Orchestra, …

Meeting looks at music's global context
1 year, 2 months ago

Meeting looks at music's global context

China Daily  

Shanxi Gong Family wind and percussion musicians. The third international conference on contemporary studies of Chinese music in a global perspective, Contrast and Convergence in Chinese Music, took place at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing from Oct 20 to 23. Issues, such as "music research under global cultural flows", "research on the contemporary value of Chinese traditional music" …

Meeting looks at music's global context
1 year, 2 months ago

Meeting looks at music's global context

China Daily  

Shanxi Gong Family wind and percussion musicians. The third international conference on contemporary studies of Chinese music in a global perspective, Contrast and Convergence in Chinese Music, took place at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing from Oct 20 to 23. Issues, such as "music research under global cultural flows", "research on the contemporary value of Chinese traditional music" …

Artists find common tunes while presenting traditional Chinese music in Bangkok
1 year, 3 months ago

Artists find common tunes while presenting traditional Chinese music in Bangkok

China Daily  

Former Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's spouse Naraporn Chan-ocha presents a Thai traditional art gift to the School of Music with Nanjing University of the Arts on Friday in Bangkok. Wang and other artists shone at a concert of traditional Chinese instrumental music and appeal of intangible cultural heritage in Chinese classical music held at Princess GalyaniVadhana Institute of Music. …

Artists find common tunes while presenting traditional Chinese music in Bangkok
1 year, 3 months ago

Artists find common tunes while presenting traditional Chinese music in Bangkok

China Daily  

Former Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's spouse Naraporn Chan-ocha presents a Thai traditional art gift to the School of Music with Nanjing University of the Arts on Friday in Bangkok. Wang and other artists shone at a concert of traditional Chinese instrumental music and appeal of intangible cultural heritage in Chinese classical music held at Princess GalyaniVadhana Institute of Music. …

Adding art to ancient architecture
1 year, 4 months ago

Adding art to ancient architecture

China Daily  

Pipa virtuoso Wu Man performs with nanyin orchestra Dianshui Nanyue in Quanzhou, Fujian province. Music festival held in heritage structures heralds start of Quanzhou's drive to bring a fresh perspective to its cultural inheritance, Xu Lin reports. Virtuoso Wu Man skillfully plucks the strings of a Qing Dynasty pipa alongside young musicians playing instruments like the nanyin pipa, which dates …

Adding art to ancient architecture
1 year, 4 months ago

Adding art to ancient architecture

China Daily  

Pipa virtuoso Wu Man performs with nanyin orchestra Dianshui Nanyue in Quanzhou, Fujian province. Music festival held in heritage structures heralds start of Quanzhou's drive to bring a fresh perspective to its cultural inheritance, Xu Lin reports. Virtuoso Wu Man skillfully plucks the strings of a Qing Dynasty pipa alongside young musicians playing instruments like the nanyin pipa, which dates …

Plucking at the strings of the nation's heart
1 year, 6 months ago

Plucking at the strings of the nation's heart

China Daily  

Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage lists that not only bear witness to the past glories of Chinese civilization, but also continue to shine today. In this installment, we discover why guqin, a musical instrument with a history spanning three millennia, still strikes a chord with Chinese music lovers. Zide Guqin Studio uses modern …

An instrument of knowledge
1 year, 6 months ago

An instrument of knowledge

China Daily  

The Zide Guqin Studio is most notable as a folk music ensemble that incorporates guqin and other musical instruments. CHINA DAILY Apart from learning and working, they also formed an NGO that organizes guqin gatherings for fellow enthusiasts, resembling the traditional salons frequented by scholars and literati in ancient China. Listed as "the four friends of literati", alongside chess, calligraphy …

Plucking at the strings of the nation's heart
1 year, 6 months ago

Plucking at the strings of the nation's heart

China Daily  

Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage lists that not only bear witness to the past glories of Chinese civilization, but also continue to shine today. In this installment, we discover why guqin, a musical instrument with a history spanning three millennia, still strikes a chord with Chinese music lovers. Zide Guqin Studio uses modern …

An instrument of knowledge
1 year, 6 months ago

An instrument of knowledge

China Daily  

Tang Bin is a founding member and the artistic director of the Zide Guqin Studio. CHINA DAILY When ancient Chinese mentioned qin, a word that now refers to a range of instruments, it would be likely that they were only talking about one instrument — guqin, the seven-stringed zither. The ethereal timbre and elegant appearance of guqin have long elevated …

An instrument of knowledge
1 year, 6 months ago

An instrument of knowledge

China Daily  

Tang Bin is a founding member and the artistic director of the Zide Guqin Studio. CHINA DAILY When ancient Chinese mentioned qin, a word that now refers to a range of instruments, it would be likely that they were only talking about one instrument — guqin, the seven-stringed zither. The ethereal timbre and elegant appearance of guqin have long elevated …

An instrument of knowledge
1 year, 6 months ago

An instrument of knowledge

China Daily  

Tang Bin is a founding member and the artistic director of the Zide Guqin Studio. CHINA DAILY When ancient Chinese mentioned qin, a word that now refers to a range of instruments, it would be likely that they were only talking about one instrument — guqin, the seven-stringed zither. The ethereal timbre and elegant appearance of guqin have long elevated …

Plucking at the strings of the nation's heart
1 year, 6 months ago

Plucking at the strings of the nation's heart

China Daily  

Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage lists that not only bear witness to the past glories of Chinese civilization, but also continue to shine today. In this installment, we discover why guqin, a musical instrument with a history spanning three millennia, still strikes a chord with Chinese music lovers. Zide Guqin Studio uses modern …

Plucking at the strings of the nation's heart
1 year, 6 months ago

Plucking at the strings of the nation's heart

China Daily  

Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage lists that not only bear witness to the past glories of Chinese civilization, but also continue to shine today. In this installment, we discover why guqin, a musical instrument with a history spanning three millennia, still strikes a chord with Chinese music lovers. Zide Guqin Studio uses modern …

An instrument of knowledge
1 year, 6 months ago

An instrument of knowledge

China Daily  

Tang Bin is a founding member and the artistic director of the Zide Guqin Studio. CHINA DAILY When ancient Chinese mentioned qin, a word that now refers to a range of instruments, it would be likely that they were only talking about one instrument — guqin, the seven-stringed zither. The ethereal timbre and elegant appearance of guqin have long elevated …

Japan echoes traditional tunes with artists from HK Chinese Orchestra
1 year, 8 months ago

Japan echoes traditional tunes with artists from HK Chinese Orchestra

China Daily  

A pipa plays during the concert by Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra in Tokyo on March 31. From the 7th century to the present day, Japan has been incorporating Chinese music and instruments into its own culture, creating a unique blend of Japanese and Chinese musical traditions, which eventually evolved into the traditional Japanese music we know today," Yan said. As …

Music concerts to perform Tang poetry in the US
1 year, 11 months ago

Music concerts to perform Tang poetry in the US

China Daily  

Suzhou's performance in 2020. Poetry from the Tang Dynasty is the glory of traditional Chinese culture and they will be performed in songs in two upcoming concerts. The concerts, one in Philadelphia on Jan 6, 2023 and the other in New York on Jan 7, will be performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra with artists from international young singers art festival …

Nanjing to hit high notes
2 years, 6 months ago

Nanjing to hit high notes

China Daily  

Orchestra musicians perform at the news conference announcing details of the festival on May 27. "We've prepared for the Nanjing Music Festival since 2019, which aims to showcase the beauty of traditional Chinese music," says composer Li Shaosheng, who is also the executive director of the Nanjing Music Festival. "Traditional Chinese music has gained a large fan base among young …

The sound of traditional music goes online
2 years, 7 months ago

The sound of traditional music goes online

China Daily  

Musicologists He Yun and Zhang Shuzhen interviewing two folk musicians of Miao ethnic group in 1957. Lopes suggested Qiao to bring them to UNESCO's attention and from 1994 to 1995 the Music Research Institute of the Chinese National Academy of Arts was in contact with the Memory of the World program, and applied for UNESCO assistance in making recordings of …

The sound of traditional music goes online
2 years, 7 months ago

The sound of traditional music goes online

China Daily  

Musicologists Wang Shixiang and Meng Xianfu doing research about ancient Chinese musical instrument Bianzhong. This is why we have a deep sense of responsibility to preserve these audio materials," says Han, adding that since many of the early musical materials in China was mainly kept orally, audio materials are crucial. According to Han, the launch of the digitalized sound archives …

The sound of traditional music goes online
2 years, 7 months ago

The sound of traditional music goes online

China Daily  

Wire recording of Chinese folk musician Hua Yanjun, also known as Abing, by Chinese musicologist Yang Yinliu. Among the most important repositories are six works by Hua Yanjun, also known as Abing, a blind Chinese musician specializing in erhu and pipa. His compositions for pipa and erhu, including erhu piece, The Moon Reflected on the Erquan Spring, one of Hua's …

A celebration of traditional music
2 years, 8 months ago

A celebration of traditional music

China Daily  

Conductors Liu Sha, Lyu Jia and Li Xincao. "The sounds of traditional Chinese musical instruments are very different from Western musical instruments, which were totally new to me. "Those musicians are very sensitive to the sounds of their musical instruments and they helped me understand the music works as well as their musical instruments." Like their names suggest, traditional Chinese …

Sound of Tang music
2 years, 11 months ago

Sound of Tang music

China Daily  

Musicians in Tang Dynasty attire play re-created ancient musical instruments at a concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6. The concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, which took place at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6, was one of the …

Sound of Tang music
2 years, 11 months ago

Sound of Tang music

China Daily  

Musicians in Tang Dynasty attire play re-created ancient musical instruments at a concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6. The Tang Dynasty marked an important period of cultural prosperity in Chinese history, says Nusileti Wajiding, chairman of the musicians' association of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The …

Sound of Tang music
2 years, 11 months ago

Sound of Tang music

China Daily  

Musicians in Tang Dynasty attire play re-created ancient musical instruments at a concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6. The concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, which took place at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6, was one of the …

Sound of Tang music
2 years, 11 months ago

Sound of Tang music

China Daily  

Musicians in Tang Dynasty attire play re-created ancient musical instruments at a concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6. The Tang Dynasty marked an important period of cultural prosperity in Chinese history, says Nusileti Wajiding, chairman of the musicians' association of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The …

Sound of Tang music
2 years, 11 months ago

Sound of Tang music

China Daily  

Musicians in Tang Dynasty attire play re-created ancient musical instruments at a concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6. The concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, which took place at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6, was one of the …

Sound of Tang music
2 years, 11 months ago

Sound of Tang music

China Daily  

Musicians in Tang Dynasty attire play re-created ancient musical instruments at a concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6. The Tang Dynasty marked an important period of cultural prosperity in Chinese history, says Nusileti Wajiding, chairman of the musicians' association of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The …

Sound of Tang music
2 years, 11 months ago

Sound of Tang music

China Daily  

Musicians in Tang Dynasty attire play re-created ancient musical instruments at a concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6. The concert, Music Along the Silk Road－Echo of the Tang Dynasty, which took place at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on Jan 6, was one of the …

Music that takes the high ground
3 years, 5 months ago

Music that takes the high ground

China Daily  

Tang Shengsheng performs with the Amne Machin music group from Golog at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House. She brought together Heping and 11 other musicians from the Golog Song and Dance Troupe, who play traditional folk instruments, including a flute made of the bone from the eagle's wing, the Tibetan Dharma Drums, which have a history dating back …

Music that takes the high ground
3 years, 5 months ago

Music that takes the high ground

China Daily  

Tang Shengsheng performs with the Amne Machin music group from Golog at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House. She brought together Heping and 11 other musicians from the Golog Song and Dance Troupe, who play traditional folk instruments, including a flute made of the bone from the eagle's wing, the Tibetan Dharma Drums, which have a history dating back …

Music that takes the high ground
3 years, 5 months ago

Music that takes the high ground

China Daily  

Tang Shengsheng performs with the Amne Machin music group from Golog at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House. She brought together Heping and 11 other musicians from the Golog Song and Dance Troupe, who play traditional folk instruments, including a flute made of the bone from the eagle's wing, the Tibetan Dharma Drums, which have a history dating back …

Traditional music modernizes to beat of the future
3 years, 7 months ago

Traditional music modernizes to beat of the future

China Daily  

The Magnificent China concert, presented by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, features more than 10 ethnic music instruments. The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra kicked off its new music season on May 15 with the premiere of its Magnificent China concert. Wang Yunfei, the composer of Magnificent China, says the team has rich experience in creating new composition pieces using ethnic music instruments. …

Traditional music modernizes to beat of the future
3 years, 7 months ago

Traditional music modernizes to beat of the future

China Daily  

The Magnificent China concert, presented by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, features more than 10 ethnic music instruments. The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra kicked off its new music season on May 15 with the premiere of its Magnificent China concert. Wang Yunfei, the composer of Magnificent China, says the team has rich experience in creating new composition pieces using ethnic music instruments. …

Tang-era riches
3 years, 8 months ago

Tang-era riches

China Daily  

The Xi'an Symphony Orchestra and its chorus will stage Chang'an in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday. Chang'an, a symphony concert themed on Tang Dynasty poetry, premiered in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, on Nov 14. The concert will be staged by the Xi'an Symphony Orchestra and Xi'an Symphony Orchestra Chorus at Beijing's National Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday …

A modern twist to the guqin , a zither that resonates through time
3 years, 8 months ago

A modern twist to the guqin , a zither that resonates through time

China Daily  

Artists from Zi De Guqin Studio play traditional Chinese instruments while wearing ancient attire. CHINA DAILY Stepping into Zi De Guqin Studio in Shanghai's Pudong, one finds skateboards resting against the wall on which ancient Chinese music instruments are hung. Zi De's creations, most of which are music videos featuring artists in ancient Chinese costumes performing traditional Chinese instruments, have …

A modern twist to the guqin , a zither that resonates through time
3 years, 8 months ago

A modern twist to the guqin , a zither that resonates through time

China Daily  

Artists from Zi De Guqin Studio play traditional Chinese instruments while wearing ancient attire. CHINA DAILY Stepping into Zi De Guqin Studio in Shanghai's Pudong, one finds skateboards resting against the wall on which ancient Chinese music instruments are hung. Zi De's creations, most of which are music videos featuring artists in ancient Chinese costumes performing traditional Chinese instruments, have …

Creative dance revives cultural heritage
3 years, 9 months ago

Creative dance revives cultural heritage

China Daily  

Blending augmented reality tech, the show on Henan TV for the Lantern Festival gala on Feb 26 offered the audience a visual tour of the Henan Museum, as the dancers represented female musicians depicted on Tang tri-colored pottery at a banquet during Tang Dynasty. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying tweeted on Monday that "beauty comes from creativity," commending a …

Creative dance revives cultural heritage
3 years, 9 months ago

Creative dance revives cultural heritage

China Daily  

Blending augmented reality tech, the show on Henan TV for the Lantern Festival gala on Feb 26 offered the audience a visual tour of the Henan Museum, as the dancers represented female musicians depicted on Tang tri-colored pottery at a banquet during Tang Dynasty. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying tweeted on Monday that "beauty comes from creativity," commending a …

Dance show on Tang Dynasty wins hearts
3 years, 10 months ago

Dance show on Tang Dynasty wins hearts

China Daily  

A poster of the dance show Night Banquet in Tang Dynasty Palace A dance show which recreates Tang Dynasty scene has gone viral online, winning much acclaim from netizens. Titled Tang Gong Ye Yan, the show presents the process from making preparations to performing by a group of female musicians at a banquet in Tang Dynasty. Fourteen dancers wearing jumpsuits …

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