Chinese music: Flute, Banjo, Citer and Erhu

performed by Lu Chunling, Li Yi, Xu Fengxia and Zhang Zhenfang in Amsterdam.
The two stars of the ensemble are the 85 year old Lu Chunling (standing on the picture with his flute) and the 72 year old Li Yi (sitting, holding his banjo). Lu is a master of the bamboo flute. His instrument and virtuosity lead him to play in front of well known people as Queen Elizabeth II and Mao Zedong. The lively and lovely grandpa told the audience during the performance that he has been in the Netherlands 50 years ago, quite some things have changed since his first visit, when he was in his mid-30s. Li Yi is a recognized player of the Chinese banjo. Xu Fengxia (behind her citer on the picture) and Zhang Zhenfang were contributing to the great performance with their instruments, the citer and the erhu.

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[thesopranosrules]

fuck that guy is doing alright for 85...

[soulglow8]

What is the title of this piece of music? Any background info on what the theme is supposed to describe?Composer?

You stated that this performance took place in Amsterdam. When? Are there other pieces of flute/ erhu/ guzheng played in this concert ?

What is a Chinese banjo? Is it similar to Pipa?

Thank you very much for sharing this video!

[Zero11270]

@soulglow8 I know of the Sanxian, which is a 3 stringed instrument very very similar to a banjo in design and somewhat in sound.

[pattycarabelli]

very nice, thank you for sharing

[Jasonzize]

@77777XYZ i guess you probably have watched too much CNN or BBC stuff, lol! those medias are the nightmares makers

[thiagobpinheiroo2007]

Nice song!! Greetings from Brazil!!!

[littledustball]

@77777XYZ ....i doubt you've ever even been to china before :/ and what does that have anything to do with music? you just hate for the sake of hating. stop replacing your racist ideas with these bullshit "facts". And do you know how many japanese has killed chinese people? a ridiculous amounts. You guys had beheading contests with chinese villagers, experimented on them for fun, and were no better to the chinese than the nazis were to the jewish people. Remember the Massacre of Nanjing?

[gadussito]

77777xyz no doubt china and it`s capitalist ways diskised by a comunist party is very bad. What about USA diskised as a democracy or Europe or Africa or Australia, Some better some worst. And what does that got to do whit peoples art and musical traditions? Sory about my english

[kagemusha168]

@77777XYZ You do know the KMT did the same thing right?

[77777XYZ]

china has all kind of evil things, so many death camp, secret police, etc etc,,,,,,,china is most hell place in the world, communist kill their against people without any permission necessary, chinese communist party killed historical amount of people, china is perfectly lawless zone for anythings