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Ani Choying

Sunday, 10 April 2011 05:29 jorya

Ani Choying was born in 1971 in Kathmandu, Nepal. She entered monastic life as a means of escape from her physically abusive father, and she was accepted into the Nagi Gompa nunnery at the age of 13. For a number of years, the monastery's resident chant master (who was trained directly by the wife of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche) taught Ani Choying the music that she is famous for performing. In 1994, guitarist Steve Tibbetts visited the nunnery and eventually recorded much of the Tibetan music with Ani Choying on two albums. The recordings, titled Chö and Selwa, were released to critical acclaim. Tibbetts and Ani Choying embarked on small performance tours, which included shows at several historical Tibetan monasteries.

thomasrosenkranz-

Tuesday, 29 March 2011 14:59 jorya

Pianist, Thomas Rosenkranz was the winner of the Classical Fellowship Award from the American Pianists Association in 2003 and became associated with the U.S. Department of State as a Cultural Ambassador. Since then, his performance career has taken him across Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. During recent years, he has performed concerts in many of the major cities of Asia, including Beijing, Chengdu, Dalian, Jakarta, Shenyang, Taichung, Tainan, and Tokyo as well as performances at the Shanghai New Music Week 2008, Carthage International Festival in Tunisia and the Lincoln Center Festival in New York City. He has appeared as soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony, the National Orchestra of Beirut, and the Northwest Chamber Orchestra among others.

In addition to his position as assistant professor of music at the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, USA, Mr. Rosenkranz gives master classes and extended residencies throughout the world, including the Shanghai Conservatory, Shenyang Conservatory, Higher Institute of Music of Beirut, Higher Institute of Music of Tunis, Tunghai University of Taiwan, as well as Northwestern University, the Idyllwild School of the Arts, and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in the United States. During the summer he serves as a faculty member at the Soundscape Festival in Italy, the Vianden Festival in Luxenbourg and at the Bali International Music Camp in Indonesia. He was recently named visiting professor of piano at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu, China for 2011.

Mr. Rosenkranz completed an undergraduate degree at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he studied with Robert Shannon and earned graduate degrees at the Eastman School of Music (MM, DMA), where he studied with and was a teaching assistant to Nelita True. He continued his studies with Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen in Paris as a recipient of a Presser Foundation Award for Music. His recordings are available on the Nonesuch, Cantaloupe, Tzadik, and Albany labels.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 April 2011 15:16

Jin Xing Dance Theatre Shanghai(CN)

Tuesday, 15 March 2011 08:38 jorya

Jin Xing Dance Theatre Shanghai(CN)

Jin Xing Dance Theatre was established in1999 as the first independent contemporary dance ensemble in China

The company performed extensively in Asia, America and Europe. He repertoire includes major works such as Shanghai Tango(2000), Carmina Burana (2000), Shanghai Beauty(2005), Made in China-Return of the Soul(2007) and The China Project(2009).

The company currently exists of 15 dancers representing different regions and minorities in China. Thanks to its founder, artistic director and choreographer Jin Xing the company represents the leading contemporary dance troupe in China.

Dancers with Jin Xing

Jin Xing

Jin Xing (directly translated: golden star) started her remarkable life journey 1967 in Shenyang in Liaoning province. She was born to parents from the country’s Korean minority at a time when China was caught in the throes of the Cultural Revolution. At the age of nine, she managed to get herself enrolled in the famous military dance ensemble in Shenyang, whose teacher belonged to the top of classic ballet in China. Since then Jin Xing’s history reads like row after row of superlatives.

At the age of 17 she received the Best Dancer of China Award. With 19 she became the first Chinese dancer to win a grant in New York from the Asian Cultural Council of America and the American Dance Festival. Amongst others she studied with Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham and Jose Limon. In 1991 she won the "Best Choreographer Award" of the American Dance Festival for her creation "Half Dream". Jin Xing then decided to move to Europe. There followed educational visits and appearances with various ensembles in Rome and Brussels. In 1993 after a total of six years in the western world Jin Xing returned to China where she became teacher for the National Choreography and Modern Dance Training workshops commissioned by the Chinese Ministry of Culture. In 1994 she resigned as Colonel from the Chinese military dance company.

This move out of the Chinese establishment didn’t slow down Jin Xing. In contrary she continued her successful career with the creation "Black and Red" which received the Ministry of Culture award – first time this award was given to a contemporary dance performance. In the beginning of 1996 she accomplished to set up “Beijing Modern Dance Ensemble” the first modern dance troupe in Beijing. She is leading her own ensemble since 1999, the "Jin Xing Dance Theatre"

relocated to Shanghai in 2000. It’s the country’s first independent modern dance and performing group. With excellent productions like "Shanghai Tango", "Carmina Burana", “Shanghai Beauty”, the solo dance creation “The Closest The Furthest” and her latest work “The China Project” the company was much acclaimed both nationally and internationally with appearances at festivals such as La Biennale di Venezia, Dance Umbrella London, Impulstanz Vienna and Steps in Switzerland etc. Besides her achievements in the field of dance Jin Xing confirmed her versatile talent as jazz singer and with leading roles in theatre plays and movies.

Following her mission to develop the culture in her home country Jin Xing founded in March 2006 “Shanghai Dance Festival” as the first independent dance festival in China. Her strong engagement in the cultural world received international recognition. End of 2004 she was awarded as honorary member of ELIA, the European League of Institutes of the Arts. In November 2006 she received the honorary doctor degree of Dartington College of Arts in the UK.

Jin Xing not only represents a new generation of China today. Her name means more as a synonym for courage, freedom, self-responsibility and the endless power of an artful spirit.

Last Updated on Sunday, 17 April 2011 14:37

Yang Jing

Monday, 14 March 2011 13:18 jorya

Yang Jing is a Pipa virtuoso and composer. Miss Yang found her distinctive musical character through studies of the ancient pieces of

an ancient culture and the most contemporary music of the world. Her concerto repertory includes composers from different culture

backgrounds."Yang Jing's music combines a deep cultural background and an extreme power of understanding music with a

virtuoso technique. Bursting with creativity she celebrates the coming of a new era in music." (Music Weekly). "... Yang Jing

on the pipa is indeed a virtuoso of a Heifetz-like quality..." (The Sunday Telegraph, London).

Last Updated on Sunday, 17 April 2011 13:22

Iannis Xenakis

Friday, 28 January 2011 13:52 wangqijin

Iannis Xenakis was an ethnic Greek, naturalized French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers.Xenakis pioneered the use of mathematical models such as applications of set theory, varied use of stochastic processes, game theory, etc., in music, and was also an important influence on the development of electronic music.

Among his most important works are Metastaseis (1953–4) for orchestra, which introduced independent parts for every musician of the orchestra; percussion works such as Psappha (1975) and Pléïades (1979); compositions that introduced spatialization by dispersing musicians among the audience, such as Terretektorh (1966); electronic works created using Xenakis's UPIC system; and the massive multimedia performances Xenakis called polytopes. Among the numerous theoretical writings he authored, the book Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition (1971) is regarded as one of his most important. As an architect, Xenakis is primarily known for his early work under Le Corbusier: the Sainte Marie de La Tourette, on which the two architects collaborated, and the Philips Pavilion at Expo 58, which Xenakis designed alone.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 April 2011 04:49

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