The concert is organized by the Chinese American Association of Central Ohio.
The event is co-sponsored by the Institute of Chinese Studies and The Chinese
Student and Scholar Society of OSU, with the support of Ohio Arts Council, Asian
American Community Center, Weaving Pine Foundation, Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

TIME: Sunday, January 26, 3:00-5:00pm ::: Reception 5:20-6:00pm
PLACE: Weigel Hall Auditorium, OSU
TICKET INFORMATION: 882-5871; 841-0401; dai.21@osu.edu; cyu@ccad.edu
$35; 20; 10
(children under 5 years of age not admitted)

THE 2003 CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT


Ms. WANG Changyuan
GUZHENG: It has been known since the days of the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.).
Its soundboard is made with wutong wood (firmiana platanifolia), red sandal wood for its sides and bottom. Since the 1950s the plucked instrument has
21 steel strings and is tuned to pentatonic scale which can be easily tuned
to the Western scale by moving each individual frets.

Featured artists: Ms. WANG Changyuan is considered one of the best guzheng
performers in the world.

Ms. MA Li 		 

GUZHENG:
Ms. MA Li represents the upcoming young generation’s new Interpretation of guzheng music.

 

Ms. QIN Xueling 		 

BEIJING OPERA: The best known form among various types of Chinese operas. The
performers are trained in singing as well as in dancing.

Featured artist: Ms. QIN Xueling is the 1994 recipient of the Plum Blossom
Award, the highest award for the Beijing opera.
 
20TH CENTURY COMPOSITION: Music for soprano and 7 instruments, including pipa and guzheng. Lyric is by one of the most gifted female poet LI Qingzhao of Song
Dynasty.

Featured composer: Mr. GAO Weijie is one of the leading composer of China.

Karen HAN
ERHU: Also known as Huqing, or Nanhu, known since Tang Dynasty (628-907), the two-stringed instrument is tuned to fifth and bowed between the two strings.
The sound box is covered with python skin. 

Featured artist: Karen HAN holds a master’s degree with honors in Performance
Arts from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She is an internationally renowned erhu virtuoso, composer, and vocalist. She has performed for visiting foreign dignitaries at Beijing as well as at the White House, and as erhu soloist with
symphony orchestras. Currently Karen has 13 CDs in circulation. She is considered for Grammy Award for the “Best Instrumental Solo Performance with Orchestra.”


BAO Jian
GUANZI: It was called “bili” in the ancient time. Drawings of this instrument have been discovered in carvings dating back to 460 B.C. It is a cylindrical double reed related to the duduk, duduki, and bili of Eastern Europe, Persia, Armenia, and Georgia. Bili is usually made of rosewood and is associated with Buddhist and
Taoist music, while guanzi is of bamboo and associated with village music of the
southern China.

Featured artist: BAO Jian is the winner of the 1998 Pro Musics International
Award.

Frederick Chiu
PIANO: Featured artist: Frederick Chiu graduated with honors from the Indiana University and from the The Julliard School. He is the recipient of the 1996 Avery Fisher Career Grant for outstanding achievement and excellence in music. Of his performance critics have reviewed as “a pianistic genius”, “Chiu has reinvented a form of virtuosity…a phenomenon that must be heard.” Frederick Chiu records exclusively for harmonia mundi usa. His release of three rarely played Sonatas of Mendelssohn was chosen as “Record of the Year” by Stereo Review, and considered “among the most soul-satisfying releases of the past few years” by the Wall Street Journal. Most recently, in a review of the Chopin 12 Etudes and Rondos, Classic CD described Chiu as “a lyricist at heart.”

Program

 

Part I. Traditional Chinese Music

           

Guzheng (古箏)                         Wang Changyuan 王昌元

                                                                                             Ma Li 馬麗

Stream on the High Mountain (高山流水) - Solo, Wang

Fighting the Typhoo (戰台風) – Duet

Night Escape of Lin-Chon (林冲夜奔) – Solo, Ma

    

Chinese Opera Dance (拾玉鐲)          Qin Xueling 秦雪玲  

                                                                                                        

Thoughts of Rain (雨思)                            CCM Ensemble

           Composition by Gao Weijie 高為杰

 

Erhu (二胡)                                         Karen Han 韓華奇

Guzheng (古箏)                                            Ma Li 馬麗

Melodys from the Night Fishermen (漁舟唱晚)                                

 

Guanzi (管子)                                           Bao Jian 鮑健

Sheng (笙)                                        Hu Gianbing 胡建兵 

Parting at Yang Guan (陽關三疊)

Da Chee Ban (大起板)

 

Columbus Chinese Chorus                    哥城華人合唱團 

Love on the Tea Mountains (茶山情歌)

Reminiscing (回憶)

Ode on White Clouds – Farewell to a Friend (白雲歌)

 

Intermission

Part II.  Frederic Chiu and Friends

                                   

Piano Solo                                      Frederic Chiu 裘元樸

A boat on the ocean - Ravel

Moon set on the ancient temple - Debussy

Pagodas – Debussy

 

Distant Voices - Gao Ping (遙遠的聲音 - 高平)

Butterflies - Chen Pei Schen (雙蝴蝶變奏曲 - 陳培勛)

 

Beijing Opera                                     Qin Xueling 秦雪玲

                                                        Frederic Chiu 裘元樸

Red Lantern (紅燈記)

 

Erhu  (二胡)                                        Karen Han 韓華奇 

                                                                   Frederic Chiu 裘元樸

Czardas – Vittorio Monti

           

Piano Solo                                        Frederic Chiu 裘元樸

To Be Announced