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DescriptionSCS Lunchtime Listens Tuesday 29 October, 2024 1-2pm SOAS Gallery, Lower ground floor Supported by SOAS University Library For our very first Lunchtime Listen, the SOAS Concert Series presents renowned composer and performer Wu Fei, inside the SOAS Gallery, during the upcoming Strange Wonders: Jizi and pioneers of contemporary ink from China exhibition. Wu Fei's solo guzheng/vocal suite “Moon Hunter” draws on the singing form of ancient Chinese poetry. Fei’s original work and improvisations will be woven together with traditional guzheng repertoire, folk songs, and Chinese opera, taking inspiration and influence from the old to create the new. Her performances will be accompanied by descriptions by Wu Fei, that introduce the history of the guzheng beginning more than 2,500 years ago, the regional linguistic character of different singing styles of the Chinese operas, and Fei's own explorative improvisations and experiences of cross-cultural collaborations around the globe.
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ContactFor questions or further details, please email SOAS Concert Series coordinator Georgie Pope on [email protected] More Information“Wu’s work evinces respect for tradition, an interest in what instruments can do, a strong sense of architecture, and good old fashioned showmanship.” — Allmusic.com “ The rapt audience listened as she played the guzheng…and conducted improvised musical sections using traffic batons and light-up gloves.” —The Seattle Times “It was beautiful and complex, imagine a Chinese Joanna Newsom…One of the festival's finest moments.” —Göteborg Post "My soul undergoes a meltdown when Wu Fei's delicate guzheng figures remind us of the frailty of purpose amidst the often overwhelming forces of life." —Paris Transatlantic Magazine "Wu Fei…shocked the sold-out crowd with her slashing, skittering mastery of the zither-like instrument..." —San Francisco Chronicle “Cell phones got alerts that a performance by Chinese guzheng player Wu Fei was at capacity.” — Rolling Stone
Wu Fei Guzheng and Vocalist Wu Fei is a classically trained composer, singer and renowned master of the guzheng — the 21-string Chinese zither. She has taken her music around the world, appearing at such venues as the Forbidden City in Beijing, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Gallery in Washington D.C., MoMA (New York), the Quai Branly Museum in Paris and the Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango Concert Hall in Bogotá . She has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, Vossa Jazz in Norway, the Europalia Festival in Belgium, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
