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Traditional Chinese Music (Pipa): 小月儿高 - The Moon is High

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The traditional piece 小月儿高 (The Moon is High) is based on an old melody from the Chong Ming Island area, situated in the Yangtze River Delta in southern China. The gentle and delicate composition shows the contamplative, romantic side of the Pipa.
About the artist:
Zhang Jingyu, born in Beijing, began playing the pipa at the young age of four. Due to her extraordinary talent, she received lessons from three of Chinas most renowned pipa masters: Li Guanghua, Zhang Qiang and Wu Yuxia. Through her parallel studies of pipa and voice, she developed her gifts as a versatile and virtuosic interpreter of Chinese music.
In June of 2000, Mrs. Zhang gave her first solo pipa and vocal concert in Beijing. Since arriving in Germany, she has enchanted over 100 audiences in numerous cities: Berlin, Strasbourg, Munich, Hamburg and Leipzig, just to name a few. She has given solo concerts for the German Chancellor, the Vice-President of China, the German Ambassador to China and other prominent guests. Her listeners enjoy her virtuosic performance on the pipa and are fascinated by the sounds of traditional Chinese music.

More information at: http://www.chinese-music.de

Das traditionelle Stück 小月儿高 (Kleiner Mond am hohen Himmel) ist eine alte Melodie aus dem Gebiet der Chong Ming Insel im Mündungsgebiet des Yang Zi Flusses in Südchina. Die zarte Komposition zeigt die ruhige, romantische Seite der Pipa.

Zhang Jingyu,
geboren in Peking, begann schon als vierjähriges Mädchen, das traditionelle Instrument Pipa zu erlernen. Aufgrund ihres außergewöhnlichen musikalischen Talents wurde sie in der Folge von drei der bekanntesten Pipa-Meistern in China, Prof. Li Guanghua, Prof. Zhang Qiang sowie Prof. Wu Yuxia, unterrichtet und entwickelte sich durch ihr Gesangsstudium zu einer erstklassigen und vielfältigen Interpretin der chinesischen Musik.
Im Jahre 2001 kam sie für ihr Studium nach Deutschland und hat seitdem in Berlin, München, Hamburg, Straßburg, Koblenz, Leipzig, Dortmund und vielen weiteren Städten über hundert Konzerte gegeben, darunter Solo- Auftritte für Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder, den Vizepräsidenten der Volksrepublik China, Herrn Xi Jinping, die chinesische Botschaft in Berlin, den Deutschen Botschafter in China, Herrn Dr. Schäfer, die Frau des Bundespräsidenten, Frau Rau, und andere prominente Gäste.
Ihr ausdrucksstarkes Spiel besticht durch ihre freie Fingerfertigkeit und ihre Leidenschaft, die sich auf das Publikum überträgt und die Seele berührt.

Weitere Informationen unter: http://www.chinese-music.de

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  • stunning technique...beautiful tune...your right it does produce beautiful imagery...thanks jingyu

  • It's a pleasure to watch you play - passionate and graceful. Keep it up!

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  • I CANNOT WAIT FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!! THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON!!!!

  • I wonder if in can do power accords and stuff pike i love rock'n'roll on this kinda instrument...

  • epic

  • Great Music !!!

  • very good =)

  • You are a true artist. Played with immense feeling. Really great. Refreshing,

  • @1234ppo000

    all introduced from china

  • Why do this stuff is so fantastic? These instruments and sounds...Awesome...it just the stuff i was searching for...Something so new for my ears...for my days

  • I'm going to China tomorrow! :D

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