Dizi concerto: "Lovely Home Country" (可爱的家乡) by Cai Jingmin (蔡敬民)

Karl Barton plays a concerto for dizi (Chinese bamboo flute) with the Florida State University Chinese Music Ensemble.

The title of this piece is "Lovely Home Country" (可爱的家乡, Ke Ai De Jia Xiang), by the noted dizi player, teacher, and composer Cai Jingmin (蔡敬民, b. Jiangsu, China, 1939), who served for many years as a professor of dizi in Nanjing.

This performance took place on Sunday, November 15, 1992 in the Opperman Music Hall at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, United States.

Barton, a professional flutist and educator in Tallahassee, Florida, was at the time a student of Ming Li, who was the director of the Florida State University Chinese Music Ensemble.

Other musicians include:

Mario Rey, dizi
Jane Florine, dizi
Cynthia Wong, dizi
David Badagnani, sheng (mouth organ)
Hanzhi Zheng, yangqin (hammered dulcimer)
Ai-Lin Chen, guzheng (zither)
Greg Turbeville, guitar
Huiyuan Zhang, erhu (fiddle)
Ming Li, erhu
Erica Lessie, cello
Tobin Fowler, double bass

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[TheMousehouse5]

Why is this white guy from Pittsburg playing the solo in a Chinese Ensemble?

Karl, you have gotten a lot better since Duquesne, I'm impressed... Jean :)

[dbadagna]

@TheMousehouse5

This was recorded in 1992. Did Karl go to Duquesne before that?

[Roarsaysthemouse]

Pittsburgh, excuse me...