I’m very excited to announce that my piece ‘Reorientation’ - for Di, Erhu, Pipa, Yangqin, Guzheng, Ruan, Sheng will be played by the Chai Found Music Workshop in Taipei City on November 28, 2009 at 19:30.
My music has offically travelled further than I!
The address is No. 4, Lane 187, Minzu W. Rd. Datong District, Taipei City
The brief was to compose a piece which explored the principles of the Wu XIng philosphoy from a European perspective. (more about that below the program)
節目 ﹣ Concert Program
劉韋志 [台灣]: 坤：在地平線之間 - 給七位演奏家與電聲
Wei-Chih Liu [Taiwan] : Kun: “Amidst the Horizon” for 7 musicians and electronics
林茵茵 [台灣]: 五行之戀──武俠篇 - 為簫與笛,古箏,琵琶,笙,二胡
Yin-Yin Lin [Taiwan]: The Mutual Affection among the Five Elements — An Episode of the Martial Arts Saga
for Xiao and Di, Guzheng, Pipa, Sheng, Erhu
王韻雅 [台灣]: 無形韻 - 為笙、二胡、琵琶與揚琴
Yun-Ya Wang [Taiwan]: Wu Xing Yun - for Sheng, Erhu, Pipa and Yangqin
周書蘋 [台灣]: 埜水 - 為琵琶,笛,古箏,二胡
Shu-Pin Chou [Taiwan]: Inundation - for Pipa, Di, Guzheng, Erhu
中場 / Intermission
Brian Ledwidge Flynn [愛爾蘭]: 重新定位 - 為笛，二胡，琵琶，揚琴，古箏，阮，笛
Brian Ledwidge Flynn [Ireland]: Reorientation - for Di, Erhu, Pipa, Yangqin, Guzheng, Ruan, Sheng
Elena Lebedeva [俄羅斯]: 水色 - 為笛，琵琶，揚琴，阮，笙
Elena Lebedeva [Russia]: Watercolours - for Di, Pipa, Yangqin, Ruan, Sheng
Martijn Vanbuel [比利時]: 五金行 - 為笛,二胡,琵琶,揚琴,揚琴,柳琴,阮,笙
Martijn Vanbuel [Belgium]: Wu Jin Hang - for Di, Erhu, Pipa, Guzheng, Yangqin, Liuqin, Ruan, Sheng
Peter Bjuhr [瑞典]: 生命的五動 - 為中胡,曲笛,古箏,琵琶,揚琴,柳琴,笙
Peter Bjuhr [Sweden]: Life in 5 Movements - for Zhonghu, Qudi, Guzheng, Pipa, Yangqin, Liuqin, Sheng
Information on the Wu Xing from the Chai Found Music Website
Wu Xing is an important and influential concept in Eastern philosophy up to the present day. The 5 elements, which are connected in an overcoming and a destroying cycle have proven their validity in several thousand years. They had (and still have in a somewhat concealed way) an immeasurable impact on Chinese thought, culture, social behavior, and everyday life. As Wu Xing is not a notion in modern life anymore, it seems acceptable to revive this intriguing, self-sustaining metaphor of what our existence is about. Just as it is the case with music, the five elements are always in motion, and their mutual impact and overall, ever-shifting balance can only be experienced as time passes by.
The use of Wu Xing as a theme for a composition contest stands in line with Chai Found Music Workshop’s interests and areas of activity: combining the old with the new, infusing tradition with modernity, creating contemporary music with its history in mind: Wu Xing features eight world-premieres of new music on traditional instruments.
The project is two-fold: a Taiwanese and a European portion are brought together in a concert and on a CD. By involving composers from opposite ends of the world, Wu Xing aims at bridging two forms of culture. Thus, European composers can discover a new and fresh idea here, while Taiwanese composers can re-interpret their own venerable cultural background and develop their ideas and music by working with a first-class Chinese chamber music ensemble.
I’m delighted to be invovled and would like to thank the organisers and ensemble for having me on board. Here’s to a great concert!
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