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Evening Concert - 'Courtly Gestures' Date: 1/24/2007; 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM Location: McIntosh Theatre, E.V. Moore Building, School of Music, 1100 Baits Drive, Ann Arbor Host Department: Institute for the Humanities Yang Wei, Chinese pipa master The UM Institute for the Humanities is pleased to present “Courtly Gestures” as this year’s Jill S. Harris Memorial event. Yang Wei’s Visiting Artist residency is supported by the Center for World Performance Studies. Detailed Information Yang Wei, master of the pipa, a Chinese stringed instrument, will present a free concert, “Courtly Gestures,” at 8 pm, on Wednesday, January 24, at the McIntosh Theater in the Moore Building of the U-M School of Music on North Campus. Born in China in 1960, Yang Wei began studying various Chinese instruments at age 6 before concentrating at 13 on the pipa, a pear-shaped, four-stringed lute-like instrument that Chinese have played for more than 2,000 years. Wei says the Chinese adapted the pipa from the North African instrument, the oud, “which Chinese musicians became familiar with through the global trade routes of the ancient world.” At 18, Wei performed as a pipa soloist with the National Shanghai Orchestra and went on to take first prize in an international competition held in China. He moved to the United States in 1996 and lives in suburban Chicago. He says he combines his “desire to honor the musical heritage of my homeland with Western influences of my new home.” The 15 CDs he has produced include a variety of Western classical and folk masterpieces he has adapted to the pipa. Wei concertizes throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. Since 2000, he has toured with cellist Yo Yo Ma with the Silk Road Project, appearing in this country at such venues as the Ravinia International Music Festival, the Lincoln Center and the Chicago Symphony Center. He has served as artist-in-residence for the Chicago’s Art Institute and regularly delivers international music lectures to a range of audiences of all ages. He has also been instrumental in commissioning new works by prominent composers of Chinese ancestry, including University of Michigan professor of composition Bright Sheng. Free and open to the public. Contact Information Doretha Coval humin@umich.edu 734 936 3518 |
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