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Chinese Music
Pipa Music - traditional & classical repertoire
Chinese Pipa music in MP3 for free downloading or online listening

"... The bold strings rattled
like splatters of sudden rain,
The fine strings hummed
like lovers' whispers.
Chattering and pattering,
pattering and chattering,
As pearls, large and small,
on a jade plate fall."
-The Pipa Song
Bai Juyi (772-846 AD)
Bai Juyi (Bai Le-Tian) is one of the greatest poets in Chinese history.

The Soul of Pipa
Pipa solo pieces performed by Liu Fang

December 14, 2008: Interview and live performance at the famous Dutch vrijegeluiden TV (music channel).

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December 16, 2008: Concert with Liu Fang and friends - the 1st concert in the series with CONTRASTS IN CHINA.
Liu Fang on Pipa (Chinese lute) and guzheng (Chinese zither), Yoshio Kurahashi on shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), Pops Mohamed on African kora, kalimba, mouthbow and Ziya Tabassian on percussion Intrum grafting (Tombak, framed drum).

live recording, and broadcasted on March 27, 2009, by the Dutch music radio - Concertzender Live.

Recording Technique: Sabrina ter Horst
Production: Rolf Buijs

19 December 2008
20:00 - 21:30 Liu Fang on Dutch Radio - Metamorfosen

Producer:: Sally Farrar

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On March 22, 2007, concert in the KIT Tropentheater with Liu Fang (Pipa, guzheng) and Yoshio Kurahashi (Shakuhachi).
Concert live recording and broadcasted by the Dutch music radio - Concertzender Live.
Recording Technique: Arjan van Asselt
Production: Rolf Buijs

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Mondomix webcasting: Reportage and video clips of Liu Fang's pipa and guzheng solo recital at the Theatre de la Ville of Paris, May 8, 2005 [English] [Français]

Title of the sample pieces and their sources. All pieces are exempted from the original recording either from CBC Radio or from Liu Fang's Albums

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[1]

These three samples are excempted from the same song: "The dance of the Yi people", composed by Wang Huiran, performed by Liu Fang in 1997. [listen to the whole piece ]

Liu Fang interprets this pieces with her unique style which touches the heart of listeners and highly acclaimed in the media and press.
The whole piece is in The soul of pipa Vol. 3

[2]

This sample is derived from from a thaditional pipa solo piece "The Ambush", performed by Liu Fang on June 13, 1999, recorded live by the Society of Radio-Canada (producer: Lorraine Chalifoux)
The whole piece is in The Soul of pipa Vol. 2

[3]

These three samples are excempted from the same song: "The swirling Snow Decorates the evergreen", a traditional pipa solo piece, performed by Liu Fang in 1997.
The whole piece is in The Soul of pipa Vol. 1

[4]

These two samples are derived from from the same song: "The Dance of the Li people", performed by Liu Fang in 1999.

The whole piece is HERE / ICI

[5]

These two samples are derived from from the same piece: "The King Takes off his arnour", performed by Liu Fang on June 13, 1999, recorded live by the Society of Radio-Canada (producer: Lorraine Chalifoux)
The whole piece is in The Soul of pipa Vol. 1

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performed on guzheng
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"How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here will we sit, and let the sound of music
Creep in our ears: soft stillness, and the night,
Become the touches of sweet harmony."
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

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