[NEohioPAL] Famous Chinese musician Sun., 3/2 at Hiram College

[David Badagnani]

~~~ Rare Northeast Ohio appearance by one of China's most renowned musicians ~~~


GUO YAZHI'S WORLD OF WINDS: THE LEGEND OF SUONA

《郭雅志的管乐世界 -- 唢呐传奇》

A concert of traditional Chinese music
3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 2, 2014
Frohring Recital Hall (corner of Dean Street and S.R. 700)
Hiram College

Hiram, Ohio

A Hiram Community Trust Event
Free and open to the public; no tickets required (arrive early for best seats)

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Making his first Northeast Ohio appearance, the internationally renowned virtuoso multi-instrumentalist Guo Yazhi (郭雅志) will present a colorful showcase concert at Hiram College's Frohring Recital Hall on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 3 p.m. In the program, Guo will play more than ten different traditional Chinese wind instruments, displaying the charm and subtlety of such rarely heard instruments as the xun (an ancient clay ocarina dating back 7,000 years); the guanzi and shuangguan (single and double oboes with clarinet-like tone); and various sizes of suona (a shawm with metal bell). Pieces to be performed include "Tapping Jujubes," "Phoenix-Tail Bamboo Under the Moonlight," and "A Hundred Birds Court the Phoenix," among others.

Guo will be accompanied for several selections by the area's own Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble, whose instruments include the dizi (bamboo flute), sheng (mouth organ), erhu, gaohu, yehu, and tihu (fiddles), pipa and yueqin (lutes), drums, gongs, and other percussion.


This program is sponsored by the Music Department and the Hiram Community Trust.  For more information contact Professor Tina Dreisbach at (330) 569-7539.

About the visiting artist:

Guo Yazhi (b. 1966) is China's premier performer of the suona, also playing nearly 30 other musical instruments such as the guanzi, bawu, and saxophone. A native of Shanxi province in northern China, he trained at the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he taught for several years following his graduation.  He has released a dozen CDs, performed as a soloist with orchestras throughout China and around the world, and frequently appears on CCTV, China's national television network (see video links below). In June 1998 he was selected by the Chinese Ministry of Culture as one of China's most outstanding musicians, and was invited to give a solo performance for the heads of state during President Clinton’s visit to Beijing. Between 1999 and 2011 he served as principal suona performer for the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, winning a Hong Kong Arts Development Award for Best Artist (Music) in 2012. Also a performer of
 jazz and popular music (often in combination with traditional Chinese music), he has invented a sliding reed device that allows the suona to be played chromatically, and is currently studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.


More information about the concert:


http://news.hiram.edu/?p=9432

http://www.hiram.edu/majors-and-minors/music/calendar
https://www.facebook.com/events/182316701967056/‎

Guo Yazhi videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caZknSYWr7Y
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/CetEQoZuS5Y/?FR=LIAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPGjG9CW36A
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