On December 6th Cheng Yu premiered her 5-stringed pipa music at a concert hall in Seoul, South Korea with Korean musicians. It is the first 5-stringed pipa performance since the 1920s, when both the 4-and 5-stringed Korean pi'pa disappeared. She performed Gyewon Byeon's compositions and recorded the music for a CD which will be published under a major Korean record label in spring 2006.
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Cheng Yu rehearsing with four Korean kayagum players |
Recording Project: Heart
of The musicians of the UK Chinese Ensemble worked with composer Robert Foster to record an album named Heart of Asia in one of the
Four performances at the Royal Academy of Arts 10, 17, 22 and 23 November 2005, 6:00 – 8.30pm
Six musicians
from the UK
Chinese Ensemble played
traditional and modern Chinese music at the Royal
Academy of Arts in conjunction with the China Arts Exhibition: The
Three
Emperors 1662–1795.
Venue:
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Cheng Yu presented a paper "Creating the lost Tang (8th century) five-stringed pipa for the 21st century" at the conference of The British Forum for Ethnomusicology and the AHRB Research Centre for Cross-Cultural Music and Dance Performance.
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Further information: http://www.shef.ac.uk/music/staff/js/BFEConf.htmlVital Arts recorded Chinese music played by by Cheng Yu to include on a CD compilation.
Cheng Yu performed with other Chinese artists. Organised by the Camden Youth Group. 7:00pm
Cheng Yu and the UK Chinese Ensemble gave lunch time and evening concerts of Chinese music for the Chinese Treasures Exhibition.
Venue: Portland Square, Plymouth.
Lunch time: 1 - 2pm; evening: 6pm.
399 Edgware Road, Colindale, London NW9 0JJ
Venue: Dixie Grammar School, Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, Leics BV13 0LE
Venue: Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2
Milstead, Near Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 0AH
Venue: Studio Theatre, The Castle, Castle Way, Wellingborough NN8 1XA
Venue: Zoological Society Of London Conference Centre
London Zoo, Outer Circle, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY
Presented by the UK Chinese Ensemble
Venue: Coronation Hall, Ulverston, Cumbria
A lunchtime concert presents a diverse programme which crosses and combines the cultures of India, China, the Middle East and Western music on one stage.
Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London EC1.
The UK Chinese Ensemble will be playing a lunchtime concert at the colourful 3-day World Music Festival. Four musicians will play both solo and ensemble music with a selection of traditional and modern Chinese pieces. Instruments used will be pipa (4-stringed lute), erhu (2-stringed violin), dizi (bamboo flute) and yangqin (hammered dulcimer).
Venue: Whitby Pavilion Complex, North Promenade, Whitby, North Yorkshire.
Cheng Yu and the UK Chinese Ensemble will be playing this evening as part of the celebration for the inauguration of the SOAS Centre of Buddhist Studies.
Venue: Brunei Gallery, Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Univ. of London, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Cheng Yu has been commissioned by Youth Music to write a children's song. The song, called "Jasmine Flower" is to be published at the end of 2004 as part of a book, entitled "Singbook", with an accompanying CD. Cheng Yu and The UK Chinese Ensemble will be recording in London’s Whitfield Studio.
"Singbook" consists of songs from different cultures with arrangements and accompaniments. It will be published in December 2004.
The British Library held an exhibition of treasures from the Silk Road during the summer months. For this important event, manuscripts and paintings from all parts of the old silk route were brought together again for the first time since their discovery at the beginning of the 20th century.
The British Library, 96 Euston
Road, London NW1 2DB
1-2pm, 3 August 2004
Purcell Room, South Bank Centre
Afternoon, 31 July 2004
Following the
success of the 2003 qin
(guqin - Chinese 7-string zither) summer school, there was a one
week Chinese Music Summer School on July 24th -
30th 2004, giving seven full days of expert tuition on Chinese
instrumental music, at the Royal Academy of Music in London. The tutors
were: guqin master Professor Li Xiangting, pipa
virtuoso Cheng Yu, dizi master Ning Baosheng,
and erhu
soloist Hu Bin. It was part of the
Summer Music School programmes organised by Asian Music Circuit (AMC). The
week provided a rare opportunity to learn and explore Chinese music in
the UK. Classes were open to all takers, beginners and advanced.
For details, please see our special report.
7.30 pm, 29 July 2004
Purcell Room, South Bank Centre
Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral,
Cambridge.
7:30pm 23 July 2004