Relaxing Piano Music
YUNDI Li was born in Chongqing, China, where she began her piano studies. She then studied at the Shenzhen Arts School and at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Hannover. She has performed with some of the world's most celebrated classical musicians and has been a cultural ambassador for China for nearly 20 years. Her most recent concert, in Chongqing, has been sold out, and audiences are eagerly awaiting her return.
Chen's music showcases the blending of East and West, displaying the perfect harmony of Eastern and Western classical music. Western orchestral sound accents the distinctive sound of Chinese instruments, while soul-stirring melodies from the ancient Middle Kingdom are brought to life in a Western symphony. Her music represents a new frontier in classical music. In her latest album, Shen Yun brings the best of both worlds into one unique blend.
One of the most intriguing aspects of Chinese piano music is its influence on Western and Asian cultures. In the Huang concerto, Western compositional techniques (atonal and serial) are incorporated into a Chinese-style piano performance. It is these elements that offer a unique 'connotation' of the Chinese musical style. These features make it difficult to distinguish traditional instruments from Chinese piano music. Chinese classical instruments, such as the guqin and pipa, may be the first examples of modern piano music.
After the Cultural Revolution and the "Open Door" policy, a new generation of Chinese composers emerged. Most of these composers have acknowledged that they owe a great deal to the European and Western styles. Many of them have been influenced by Bela Bartok, who is widely considered a master of Chinese piano music. In fact, Chen Yi is a contemporary of the composer Long Yu.
Influence of Western harmonies
The Yin-Yang principle originated in the early Chinese culture. Chinese peasants relied on the sun for daily life and relied on the light to do their work. The idea of yin and yang in Chinese music arose in this context. During the winter solstice, yin is at its highest influence. Yin may be represented by the tiger, orange, or a broken line in the I Ching trigrams. It is the yin that gives form to all things.
Similarly, folk songs are influenced by traditional music of the mainland. In southern China, for instance, the genre of Nanyin is based on traditional ballads about love-struck women. In southern China, erxian and zheng ensembles are very popular. In major cities, like Nanjing and Hangzhou, sizhu music is more secular, whereas it has a deeply spiritual character.
Yuja Wang
The diao in "diaoshi" means "key" or "tune." In Western music, the term "key" refers to any harmony that follows Western classical harmony rules. Chinese music, especially folk songs and other forms, often contains instrumental sounds. These instruments were created as a means to harmonize rulership with the universe. However, this symbolic birth of music was too late to help researchers learn the sounds associated with burials and rituals.
Influence of Cantonese and folk music
In the Western tradition, each key has a different set of notes, and the ancient Chinese defined the range of frequencies by using twelve lu. This scale reflects the chromatic scale, and Chinese music is often played in a pentatonic key. Chinese music is often based on the pentatonic scale, but does not emphasize tonal centers. Because these notes are closely related to neighboring cultures, they can be interpreted as bitonal and western analysis would see them as having a relative major/minor relationship.
Historically, the zheng is one of the oldest musical instruments in China. Literary references to it date back to the third century B.C. In the early eighteenth century, Chinese music began to develop a bayin system for categorizing musical instruments, and the zheng was placed in the silk category. Silk strings were the traditional instrument's string material. The use of metal strings became more common after the seventeenth century. Today, zhengs often use steel or wound nylon strings. Their strings are usually sixteen or twenty-one-spaced.
Chen's blending of East and West
The Yin and Yang principles are the basis for many forms of Chinese piano music. The Chinese have long believed in the importance of balancing opposites. The Yin and Yang principle is said to be as old as the third century BCE. Increasing one of the poles will decrease the opposite. This process creates harmony. But how do you find the right balance between the Yin and Yang?
Although Li is well-regarded as a pianist in her native China, she is being targeted by anti-corruption activists. Her sexy activities have led the Chinese Musicians Association to revoke her membership. The China Association of Performing Arts has also issued a call for members of the association to boycott her music. The Chinese Government has not responded to these accusations, but Li's career has endured, and she continues to make music despite the repercussions.
Ji Liu
