久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Culture
Home / Culture / Music and Theater

Composition salutes cherished heritage

Dunhuang and the Palace Museum celebrated in piece that acts as a dialogue spanning thousands of years, Chen Nan reports.

By Chen Nan | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-04-30 09:04
Share
Share - WeChat
The Hong Kong Gaudeamus Dunhuang Ensemble performing A Dialogue between Dunhuang and the Palace Museum — Across 2,000 Years of Chinese Heritage in Beijing last Tuesday. CHINA DAILY

When he was a sophomore student at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a major in composition, Kam Shing-hei made his first trip to the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Gansu province.

He was overwhelmed by the UNESCO World Heritage Site, which is known for nearly 500 caves carved into cliffs between the 4th and 14th centuries.

"I was intrigued by the exquisite murals and sculptures. After returning to Hong Kong, I read lots of books about Dunhuang and learned about the murals. It seemed that I was ushered into a new world," says Kam.

Later, the young musician returned to Dunhuang a number of times. After graduating, he joined the Hong Kong Gaudeamus Dunhuang Ensemble as its composer-in-residence and is now its artistic director.

Last year, the ensemble premiered A Dialogue between Dunhuang and the Palace Museum — Across 2,000 Years of Chinese Heritage, a concert featuring compositions by Kam and another composer-in-residence at the ensemble, Chu Kai-yeung.

The concert was held in Quanzhou, Fujian province, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, and Haikou, Hainan province. Last Tuesday, the ensemble brought the concert to Beijing and on the following day, it was staged in Tianjin. It was the first time for both cities to host the concert.

As young musicians played ancient musical instruments, the audience also enjoyed giant murals from the Mogao Caves projected onto the big screen behind the stage.

"Although the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang and the Palace Museum in Beijing are from two different eras, spaces and realms, they both link together and express 2,000 years of Chinese culture. Through this concert, the historical dialogue between the two world heritage sites is told through nine pieces," says Kam.

The Palace Museum is also known as the Forbidden City, China's imperial palace from 1420 to 1911.

Musicians of the ensemble play work in Beijing inspired by the Mogao Caves. CHINA DAILY

The composer adds that the idea for the concert started in 2022 when he was invited to compose music to mark the opening of the Hong Kong Palace Museum.

"The murals are colorful, so is the architecture of the Palace Museum in Beijing. Their colors inspired me to write music," says Kam, adding that Chu, who was studying composition with Guo Wenjing at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, wrote music inspired by the Palace Museum.

"He (Chu) told me that he went to the Palace Museum almost every week and he felt so touched and inspired when he visited the museum," adds Kam.

One of the pieces that Chu wrote is named after the museum. In it, he portrays the magnificent imperial palace by using instruments, such as the pipa (a four-stringed Chinese lute), the ruan (a traditional plucked instrument) and the sheng (ancient Chinese wind instrument).

Chu also wrote a piece titled Sorrow of a Changsha Woman, which features two ruan and a sheng, adapted from ancient Chinese compositions studied by the renowned scholar and polymath Jao Tsung-i.

In Fugue in C Major, Kam borrowed the ancient Chinese compositions found in Dunhuang and combined them with a fugue, a compositional technique mostly used in Western classical music. He was also inspired by the murals of the Mogao Caves, especially the hand gestures, which led him to write Offering.

For the concert, Kam also composed Thank You for Your Time, which he dedicated to the people working at the two ancient sites, guarding and preserving their treasures.

"We also call the concert 'a tale of heaven, earth and humans'. The Mogao Caves in Dunhuang is like a heaven to us. The Palace Museum is on Earth. The people who work at the two sites connect their history to the present day," Kam adds.

Composer Kam Shing-hei.CHINA DAILY

The idea of launching the Hong Kong Gaudeamus Dunhuang Ensemble started with Leonie Ki Man-fung, the ensemble's honorary director and founder, who took a group of aspiring young musicians from Hong Kong to visit the Mogao Caves in 2017, many of them seeing the site for the first time.

The first cave they visited was Cave 112. It is dimly lit, and only four people are allowed inside at a time. They had to be extremely careful not to touch or damage the murals, which feature the famous image of the goddess playing a pipa behind her back.

"When we had dinner that night, the students cried, telling me how much they loved and were touched by the murals. It was at that moment that I was inspired by this profound experience to establish an orchestra," says Ki, a major figure in the advertising industry of Hong Kong.

In 2018, she founded the Hong Kong Gaudeamus Dunhuang Ensemble. By adapting ancient Dunhuang musical scores, Ki hopes to share Dunhuang's art and culture with people from around the world and give the Chinese ancient scores a modern touch.

"Dunhuang was a place where culture, ideas, religion, and art from different countries met," says Ki. "Hong Kong also plays a role as an East-meets-West hub for international cultural exchange.

"When we performed in Dunhuang on Sept 15, 2018, in front of the famous nine-floor Big Buddha Cave No 96, with support from the Dunhuang Academy, I felt very proud," Ki says.

Most Popular
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产cao| 国产二区精品 | 国产在线综合一区二区三区 | 久草资源免费 | 国产精品一区久久 | 萌白酱在线喷水福利视频 | 国产成人精品免费视频大全办公室 | 国产福利一区二区在线精品 | 国产欧美日韩高清专区手机版 | 男女性男女刺激大片免费观看 | 综合网站| 久久香蕉国产观看猫咪3atv | 日韩欧美在线播放视频 | 亚洲欧美另类色妞网站 | 国产成人精品一区二区三在线观看 | 拍拍拍又黄又爽无挡视频免费 | 在线看片a| 久久久久88色偷偷免费 | 国产美女精品视频 | 欧美成人免费网在线观看 | 99性视频| 色播亚洲视频在线观看 | 亚洲 自拍 另类 欧美 综合 | 亚洲天堂网在线播放 | 亚洲国内 | 韩国欧美一级毛片 | 毛片亚洲毛片亚洲毛片 | 久久99精品一级毛片 | 国产精品日韩欧美在线第3页 | 国内自拍在线视频高清 | 免费播放欧美毛片欧美aaaaa | 日韩欧美在线精品 | 久久久免费网站 | 国内精自品线一区91 | 日本三级全黄三级a | 波多野一区二区三区在线 | 亚洲依依成人综合在线网址 | 天天欲色成人综合网站 | 性欧美videos俄罗斯 | 中文字幕曰韩一区二区不卡 | 亚州欧美 |