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A photo with Xia Yuyan and Zhang Yongyun while recording Ebb and flow yesterday afternoon:
And a few photos from time spent researching suona 唢呐 late last week with performer Hou Yan Qiu, in preparation for a project with electronics next year:
In Beijing for the month with percussionist Zhang Yongyun, pipa player Xia Yuyan, and writer & interdisciplinary artist Autumn Tsai for performances of my new work Ebb and flow.
A few images from rehearsal yesterday:
Posters for the two performances and talks taking place this month in Beijing and in Qingdao:
I visited Heidelberg last week to catch Xia Yuyan’s concert with Jiang Shaofeng at the opening of the CHIME Collection:
It was wonderful to see/hear them both in Germany and also to discuss with Yuyan drafts for our upcoming nanpa/percussion collaboration for September.
Video from the premiere in April with percussionists Xinyi Zheng and Yongyun Zhang. Text from the poem by Zheng Xiaoqiong:
A few photos from Sylvia’s premiere of Points of return in Colombia last month during Festival Mujeres en la Música Nueva:
I am back from a busy month in China, where I was carrying out research in preparation for upcoming works.
I spent time learning about Nanpa 南琶 from Xia Yuyan for a future piece…
…as well as with Wang Meng, learning more about Nanxiao 南箫 (pictured) and shakuhachi (尺八, 尺六):
I also spent a few days in Hangzhou researching Sanxian 三弦 for a separate project with Professor Chen Jingjing at the Zhejiang Conservatory:
