Block B is coming back to Europe with their tour Block B 2017 LIVE BLOCKBUSTER IN EUROPE in February 2017. The popular boy group from South Korea will once again be bringing their powerful performances throughout Europe via the following cities: Amsterdam, Helsinki, Lisbon, Budapest, and London, starting February 24, 2017. Just like Block B’s […]
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Student Violist Yue Yu from Shenzhen picked for top Welsh orchestra
Christmas has come early for one Birmingham Conservatoire student in the UK, as she has been selected to join a prestigious Welsh orchestra. Violist Yue Yu from Shenzhen, China will be performing with Sinfonia Cymru from next year, along with two fellow students. Founded in 1996, Sinfonia Cymru is a chamber orchestra made up of […]
GLOBAL VOICES SERIES – Sam Yung London based composer and musician
This feature is part of an on-going series of interviews by Yinsey Wang with East Asian voices around the globe. The series aims to introduce perspectives from different walks of life. Sam Yung is a London-based composer and musician. With an enormous passion for beautiful melodies and invoking the emotions of his audiences, he has […]
British Chinese artist Le Fil’s new music video – Taxi
City lights, cab rides and urban landscapes feature in Le Fil’s new music video for Taxi – a sultry and pulsing electronic pop track that describes an adventurous late-night encounter with a taxi driver. With its iconic opening line, Le Fil takes us on a voyeuristic journey through the electric streets of London in this […]
British Chinese artist Andy Leung launches pioneering lifetime project
British Chinese artist and music producer Andy Leung will release his first single (Organ 2016) for his lifetime project on 18th November 2016. And thereafter for the rest of his career, he will release a song on the last Friday of every month. Music for life When asked why he decided to release a song […]
Leah Dou sets out on her first musical steps in Europe supporting British pop band BASTILLE
Leah Dou was born into one of the most famous musical families of modern China; while Faye Wong was to become one of the most popular contemporary female singers in Asia, Leah’s father Dou Wei was forging his own reputation as a hip, alternative, uncompromising singer and songwriter. And then there is her father’s sister […]
The China National Peking Opera Company will return to London
The China National Peking Opera Company will return to London to the Peacock Theatre from 13 – 15 October with a double bill of The General and the Prime Minister and The Legend of the White Snake. The returning visit is part of the Company’s 2016 international tour and a proud part of the Sadler’s […]
台湾震撼的打击乐欧洲巡演 首次降临伦敦Barbican艺术中心
继在北京的演出售罄之后,伦敦巴比肯艺术中心将迎来一场集合众艺术家的精彩绝伦的打击乐演出 —— 台湾朱宗庆打击乐团(Taiwan’s Ju Percussion Group)首次光临伦敦。 演出将在10月5日举行,这是其在欧洲巡演的其中一站,为了庆祝乐团30周年纪念日,乐团将在四个欧洲的首都城市进行巡回演出。而有幸迎来乐团的四个音乐厅分别是:比利时的布鲁塞尔皇家美艺厅(Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels)、荷兰的阿姆斯特丹音乐厅(Musiekgebouw, Amsterdam)、德国的柏林音乐厅(Konzerthaus, Berlin),以及最后一站伦敦的巴比肯艺术中心(The Barbican Centre in London)。 这著名的打击乐团在感官上融合了亚洲传统,西方经典以及当代打鼓,将音乐技巧展现到极致。这令人振奋的舞台效果与完美无缺的细心编排展现了它的异国情调,演奏了超过三百种打击乐器,如锣,鼓,木琴,狮鼓,以及印尼的竹制乐器。 朱宗庆打击乐团的曲目荟萃别具特色,带着台湾的心跳震撼着世界。这样的演出,不仅仅对热衷鼓乐和打击乐的狂热粉丝,同样对于所有喜爱优雅和美丽的观众来说,都是一场真正的视听感官盛宴。 朱宗庆于1986年创立了打击乐团,至今已经演出了超过2500场,他们超凡的音乐表现力和表演技巧风靡全球,俘虏了各地观众的心,同时彻底改变了台湾打击乐。 打击乐团至今已经在28个国家举办过巡演,并通过他们完善的教学体系培养了超过130,000名打击乐器乐者,同时他们受委托创作了多达214篇乐曲。 朱宗庆乐团的成长反映了当代打击乐在台湾岛上的发展,同时也逐渐成为了国家的财富。 在朱宗庆乐团成立之初,很多台湾人对于打击乐流派并不熟悉。多亏了乐团的活跃,使得朱宗庆乐团在岛屿上很快成为了家喻户晓的名字。1987年,该乐团离开了音乐厅, 开始了一系列的室外演出,例如在各个旅游景点和历史建筑前表演。该乐团还专门为儿童表演,除了努力发现更多的潜在观众,朱宗庆乐团还与跨界艺术家合作,打破打击乐的局限性。 早在今年, 朱宗庆入选国际打击乐艺术协会名人堂。打击乐艺术协会成立于1972年, 名人堂表彰了为打击乐在打击乐表演,教育、研究、学术、管理,作曲以及产业中最受人推崇的专业领导者。打击乐艺术协会从成立之初,仅将这最高荣誉颁给120名鼓手及打击乐乐手,其中包括朱宗庆,林戈·斯塔尔(Ringo Starr),依芙琳·葛兰妮爵士(Dame Evelyn Glennie) 和 斯蒂芬·莱奇(Stephen Reich)。 朱宗庆打击乐团将于10月5日的晚上19:30分在伦敦巴比肯艺术中心演出。 为了回馈Nee Hao 读者对本杂志多年的支持,感谢乐团慷慨,现为大家提供乐团伦敦演出门票20% off的优惠码 : 88998 更多信息及购票咨询 请致电巴比肯票务中心: 0207 638 8891 或 浏览 www.barbican.org.uk. 20% Off Code, Quote – 88998Click on advert […]
Celebrate Chinese National Day with China’s flagship choral work at Cadogan Hall
There will be a unique performance of The Yellow River Cantata and other Chinese choral music on Saturday Oct 1st in London, given by the Chopsticks Choral Society. Some of you may have heard of this flagship work (or at least the piano concerto version), a “classic” as popular in China as perhaps the Messiah […]
London: Taiwan’s stunning percussion show comes to The Barbican for the first time
By Libby B Following a recent sell-out performance in Beijing, London’s Barbican Centre will be the host to a breath-taking performance of virtuosic drumming and powerful theatre as Taiwan’s Ju Percussion Group heads to London for the first time. The show takes place on 5 October and forms part of a European tour to celebrate […]