[vc_row iron_row_type=”in_container” iron_remove_padding_medium=”” iron_remove_padding_small=”” iron_overlay_pattern=”” iron_parallax=”” iron_bg_video=””][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs alignment=”center” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Wind Chaser 逐風旅人” tab_id=”1593545630968-f9f56c61-68f9″][vc_custom_heading text=”WIND CHASER 逐風旅人” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_column_text]for erhu & piano
for erhu, shinobue, gayageum, percussion
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Program Note:

‘Wind Chaser 逐風旅人‘ takes the listener on a musical journey, and tells a story of love, contemplation, and adventure. Like someone running through the hills, trying to grasp the wind, so does life itself elude us. It can slip through our fingers just as soon as we grab hold of it. Composed for Amely Zhou, this piece showcases the expressiveness, the virtuosity, as well as some special techniques of the erhu.

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30″][iron_audioplayer albums=”3000″ autoplay=”0″ show_playlist=”0″][vc_video link=”” align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1748408185725{border-top-width: 10px !important;border-right-width: 10px !important;border-bottom-width: 10px !important;border-left-width: 10px !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-color: #aaaaaa !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”30″][vc_row_inner iron_bg_video=”” css=”.vc_custom_1595446493347{border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;border-left-color: #000000 !important;border-left-style: double !important;border-right-color: #000000 !important;border-right-style: double !important;border-top-color: #000000 !important;border-top-style: double !important;border-bottom-color: #000000 !important;border-bottom-style: double !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”CONCERTS” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_media_grid element_width=”3″ item=”mediaGrid_BlurWithContentBlock” css=”.vc_custom_1596404250876{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}” grid_id=”vc_gid:1748454021077-e4d73c24-d6b6-5″ include=”1668,1676,1681,2986″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner iron_bg_video=””][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”GALLERY” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_custom_heading text=”Millennium Chinese Music Workshop Autumn Concert” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:15|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_media_grid element_width=”3″ css=”.vc_custom_1595533422423{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}” grid_id=”vc_gid:1748454021077-adf46092-8324-4″ include=”2892,2893,2894,2895″][vc_empty_space height=”5″][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”5″][vc_empty_space height=”5″][vc_custom_heading text=”Amely Zhou Master’s Recital” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:15|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_media_grid element_width=”3″ css=”.vc_custom_1595533428778{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}” grid_id=”vc_gid:1748454021078-b09180c3-f161-0″ include=”2896,2897,2898,2899″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Intersections 交會” tab_id=”1593545662920-471b0545-5aac”][vc_custom_heading text=”INTERSECTIONS 交會” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_column_text css=””]for erhu, yangqin, cello, liuqin, zhongruan
for dizi, erhu, pipa, guzheng
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Program Note:

Taking inspiration from Song Dong’s Communal Courtyard, ‘Intersections 交會’ begins with a melody based in a traditional Chinese musical form: the pentatonic scale. As the piece progresses, the melody begins to be overtaken by other, more robotic rhythms and phrases. Much like the many cities worldwide where traditional customs, architectures and ways of life are being taken over by our modern day technological society, the ideas in this piece continue to change, influence, and fight with one another, creating both harmonies and dissonances. In the end, the basic form of the original melody is still intact, though it has also adapted and changed into something new – something based in tradition, but influenced by the present.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30″][iron_audioplayer albums=”2590″ autoplay=”0″ show_playlist=”0″][vc_empty_space height=”30″][vc_row_inner iron_bg_video=”” css=”.vc_custom_1595446434510{border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;border-left-color: #000000 !important;border-left-style: double !important;border-right-color: #000000 !important;border-right-style: double !important;border-top-color: #000000 !important;border-top-style: double !important;border-bottom-color: #000000 !important;border-bottom-style: double !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”CONCERTS” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_media_grid element_width=”3″ item=”mediaGrid_BlurWithContentBlock” css=”.vc_custom_1624457203559{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}” grid_id=”vc_gid:1748454021078-37001d41-9603-0″ include=”1675,3067″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner iron_bg_video=””][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”GALLERY” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_custom_heading text=”AGO Friday Nights” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:15|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_media_grid element_width=”6″ css=”.vc_custom_1595534255288{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}” grid_id=”vc_gid:1748454021078-423b8668-ca3a-5″ include=”2889,2890″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Moments 片刻” tab_id=”1593545630984-e19df730-1eba”][vc_custom_heading text=”MOMENTS 片刻” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_column_text]for erhu & cello[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Program Note:

‘Moments 片刻’ utilizes the erhu and cello to help evoke the many sceneries and cityscapes of Taiwan. Based off of an Instagram feed of a Torontonian living in Taiwan (images from jungle-covered mountains, to towering skyscrapers), and brought to life with these two instruments. The cello and erhu play off one another, referencing the pentatonic nature of Chinese music, but also delving into some of the extended techniques found in both instruments.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30″][iron_audioplayer albums=”2596″ autoplay=”0″ show_playlist=”0″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/4sM_BgcmfTg” align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1620149465659{border-top-width: 10px !important;border-right-width: 10px !important;border-bottom-width: 10px !important;border-left-width: 10px !important;border-left-color: #aaaaaa !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #aaaaaa !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #aaaaaa !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #aaaaaa !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”30″][vc_row_inner iron_bg_video=”” css=”.vc_custom_1595446645452{border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;border-left-color: #000000 !important;border-left-style: double !important;border-right-color: #000000 !important;border-right-style: double !important;border-top-color: #000000 !important;border-top-style: double !important;border-bottom-color: #000000 !important;border-bottom-style: double !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”CONCERTS” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_media_grid element_width=”3″ item=”mediaGrid_BlurWithContentBlock” css=”.vc_custom_1595446741612{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}” grid_id=”vc_gid:1748454021079-ad189c5c-860c-0″ include=”2654,2535,1678,1683″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Longing 等待” tab_id=”1593545727893-1836d106-c90b”][vc_custom_heading text=”LONGING 等待” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_column_text]for erhu & piano[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Program Note:

‘Longing 等待’ is a duet composed for erhuist Linlin Wang. This contemplative piece reflects someone waiting for their loved one, knowing that they will return to them eventually, yet are still in anguish at being separated from them. Moments of happiness and joy are interspersed as they reflect on the memories of their love.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Dream Traveler 夢想旅⼈” tab_id=”1593662563092-215fab3f-6163″][vc_custom_heading text=”DREAM TRAVELER 夢想旅⼈” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_column_text css=””]for erhu, guzheng, harp & Chinese orchestra[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text css=””]Program Note:

‘Dream Traveler 夢想旅⼈’ tells the story of a young Canadian composer who discovered Taiwan in 2012, and how it changed his life forever. How he developed a dream to move and live there, and travel around the island, seeking adventure and new discoveries.

 

‘Dream Traveler 夢想旅⼈’ progresses through 9 chapters, beginning with ‘Dreams 夢想,’ which depicts the initial awe of discovering Taiwan. It then goes on to describe the forested and mountainous ‘Wilderness 荒野’ surrounding everything, the fast paced and busy ‘Cityscape 城市’ of Taipei, and the advanced and unrelenting ‘Technology 科技’ throughout the island. It continues towards more human concepts such as the ‘Heritage 遺產’ viewed in family gatherings during Chinese New Year, and the deep and unique ‘Culture ⽂化’ permeating every street corner. Afterwards, the ‘Memory 回憶’ of the time living there, as well as the constant ‘Yearning 嚮往’ to visit again bring the piece towards its final chapter. The ‘Nostalgia 鄉思’ of the past decade conclude the piece similarly to the dreams that started it, but developed by every chapter in between.

It was a dream of mine to live in Taiwan, but now looking back after over a decade, it all seems like it was just a dream in retrospect.

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30″][iron_audioplayer albums=”2528″ autoplay=”0″ show_playlist=”0″][vc_empty_space height=”30″][vc_row_inner iron_bg_video=”” css=”.vc_custom_1595446660526{border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;border-left-color: #000000 !important;border-left-style: double !important;border-right-color: #000000 !important;border-right-style: double !important;border-top-color: #000000 !important;border-top-style: double !important;border-bottom-color: #000000 !important;border-bottom-style: double !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”CONCERTS” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_media_grid element_width=”3″ item=”mediaGrid_BlurWithContentBlock” css=”.vc_custom_1748454011197{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}” grid_id=”vc_gid:1748454021079-e1d31ec5-6ce2-3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner iron_bg_video=””][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”GALLERY” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_custom_heading text=”ReNEW” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:15|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Cantarell%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”” fit_bg_text=”0″][vc_media_grid element_width=”3″ css=”.vc_custom_1748454230347{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}” grid_id=”vc_gid:1748454021080-bc1df436-298d-10″][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”5″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]