Performance highlights with pipa and string quartet and orchestra (concerto)

Pipa (lute) and Guzheng (Zither) concerts

Liu Fang - virtuoso performer of Chinese pipa and guzheng
Performance Highlights

Concerts with Ensembles and symphony orchestra (pipa concerto) and pipa and string quartet

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

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The following clicp is an extract (4 min.) from a documentary by CBC TV (BravoCanada) broadcasted on January 12, 2008, 8:30pm.

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Liu Fang's solo concert at TFF Rudolstadt festival on July 9, 2006, recorded live and broadcasted on ARD TV in Germany.

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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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(The following is a partial list. Click HERE for updated information and upcoming concerts)

August 4, 2006: Festival Les Escales de Saint Nazaire. Liu Fang received the prestigious French Academie Charles Cros Award.
August 1, 2006: concert at Lewes Guitar Festival, England.
July 15, 2006: Festival des musiques du monde les suds à Arles, France
7-9 July, 2006: Rudolstadt festival, Germany (July 8, 8pm: solo concert at the City Theater, live broadcasting by West Germany Radio (WDR)
July 9, 3:30pm: Solo concert at the City Church, recorded by Bavarian Radio and TV.
July 9,9:30pm: solo performance at the closing program.)
May 10-13, 2006: WOMAD Festival in Caceres, Spain
May 8, 2006: Liu Fang solo recital at the Theatre de la Vill in Paris.
January 31, 2006: pipa concerto - click here for detailed information and music sample (MP3).
November 16, 2005: Liu Fang participated the concert "Melody dialogue among civilizations" dedicated to the 60 anniversary of UNESCO, Congress Hall of UNESCO, Paris.
October 2, 2005: Radio-Concert au baut du Monde, Montreal.
May 2005: pipa solo concert at the Bath International Music Festival, UK.
March 2005: Solo concert tour in Holland.
February 2005: Concert tour, Jeunesses Musicales Canada.
Januery 13, 2005: pipa and string quartet (Belgium national radio).
September 17-19, 2004: Liu Fang pipa and guzheng solo recitals Festival Notes d'Equinoxe Delémont, Switzerland. (Radio-Suisse)
July 28, 2004 30th Summer Film School 2004, REDUTA Hall, Masarykovo namesti, Uherske Hradiste, Checz Republic.
July 23-25, 2004, Liu fang performed solo pipa at the 2004 WOMAD festival in Reading, Berkshire, UK. On the Siam Stage she performed in front of 20,000 listeners. (BBC interview)
June 29, 2004: Liu Fang pipa and guzheng solo recital at "Les Orientales" - Festival de Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, France (Radio interview)
20.05.2004: Concert with Malcolm Goldstein - duet pipa and violin for improvized music - at the Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France, a great success (see pressreview).

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, 8:00 p.m.: Pipa and guzheng solo recital, Lilian Piercey Concert Hall HALIFAX, NS, Canada (CBC Radio Two recording)
November 7, 2003: BBC World Service concert dedicated to the World AIDS Day, Concert, Mermaid theatre, London, UK. (BBC World Service recording and broadcasted in 43 languages all over the world)
October 14-21, 2003: Liu Fang perform 3 concerts with the orchestre des pays de Savoie, CHAMBÉRY, France. Director : Graziella Contratto
April 5, 2003: Concert with Liu Fang, Oliver Schroer, and Ziya Tabbasian presented by Musique-Multi-Montreal. (Radio-Canada recording)
October 13, 2002: Pipa and guzheng recital by Liu Fang , with some pieces accompanied by percussionist Ziya Tabassian, Chapelle Rideau of the National Art Gallery in Ottawa. (Radio-Canada recording)
May 23, 2002: Liu Fang (pipa and guzheng) performed with Alla (oud), public concert for Traditional and improvisational music, Auditorium of Radio-France, Paris, France. ( Radio-France (France-Culture) recording)
March 27, 2002: Solo recital - Chinese traditional and classical music, Pierre-Mercure hall, The Society of Centre Pierre-Peladeau, Montreal (Quebec) Canada. (Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts).
March 6, 2002: Concert with the Quebec Society of Contemporary Music (SMCQ, conductor: Walter Boudreau), World premiere of Melissa Hui's composition for pipa and nine western instruments. Centre-Pierre-Peladeau, Montreal. (Radio-Canada recording)
November 15, 2001: Pipa concerto, with Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (guest conductor: Daniel Kawka), Zhou Long's "Tian Ling" (Nature and Spirit), salle Claude-Champagne de l'Université de Montréal. (Radio-Canada recording)
October 24, 2001 Concert Traditional classic Vietnamese music and improvization. (with Prof. Tran Van Khe and Pham Duc Thanh). Redpath Hall, McGill University, Montreal (Quebec), Canada. (Supported by Canada Council for the Arts, Radio-Canada recording)

Liu Fang performed guzheng with ensemble in Venice

September 22, 2001: 7th CHIME conference, Venice, Italy, Liu Fang performed Zheng for two world premieres: "Stockhausen in Gallipoli" composed by Giovanni Mancuso for Quartet d'archi, Clarinet, Zheng, percussion, orchestrina da la tavola. "Five Chinese poems" composed by Janet Maguire for Bass, percussion, clarinett, guzheng, and cello. She also performed pipa for Zhou Long's composition "Soul" for pipa and string quartet.
September 13-16, 2001: World premiere "The Palace of the Cinnabar Phoenix", composed and directed by R. Murray Schafer. (CBC Radio recording)

May 24, 2001: Liu Fang performs Melisaa Hui's "Rush" with the Alcan Quartet at Festival of Strings of the Future, International String Quartet Festival in Ottawa, ON, Canada. (CBC Radio and local TV recording)
25.01.2001: solo recital at the Radio-France, live-recording and broadcasting. (Radio-France recording)
June 12, 2000: Concert classical Indian and Chinese music - a cross-over, with Debashish Bharracharya and his group, Festival d'ét?de Québec, Quebec City. (Local TV recording)
May 18, 2000 Oriental classic music, Trio, with Yegor Dyachkov (cello) and Yoshio Kurahashi (shakuhachi). Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal (Supported by Canada Council for the Arts, Radio-Canada recording)

Liu Fang performed with Tran Van Khe on October 23, 2002

April 30, 2000: Chinese and Arabic Music - a cross-over", Duet with Farham Sabbagh (al-ud and arabic percussions), Montreal
February 7-17, 2000: Concert Tour with the Nishikawa Ensemble from japan. Montreal - Ottawa- Quebec Citiy - Toronto, premiered compositions by Diego Luzuriaga, David Loab, and Yoshiharu Takahash.
November 21, 1999: Trio with George Gao (erhu virtuoso) and Anna Guo (Yang qin), Sala de Conciertos, Biblioteca Luis Angel Ararango, Santafe de Bogota D. C., Columbia.
September 17, 1999: Two pipa concertos with Moravic Symphony Orchestra at the 5th CHIME conference, Prague, Czeck: "Ghost Opera" composed by Tan Dun and "The King Chu Doffs his Armour" composed by Zhou Long (Conductor: Wang Jin).
July 28, 1999: World premiere of Melisaa Hui's composition "Rush" for pipa and string quartet, Vancouver Recital Society. (CBC recording)
June 13, 1999 Chinese Traditional Music and the Music of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907), Radio Concert, Salle Pierre Mercure, Montreal (Quebec), Canada. (Supported by Canada Council for the Arts, Radio-Canada recording)

"What are some definining characteristics of Chinese classical music that you convey in your music?"
- Interview with Paula E. Kirman

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