Resumé

Resides in Montreal (Quebec) Canada since 1996.

Born: 1974, Kunming (Yunnan), China.
Education:
   1988-90: Kunming School for the Arts
   1990-1993: Shanghai Conservatory for Music
   2001: Studied "music improvisation" with Prof. Tran Van Khe in Paris in Paris, supported by Canada Council for the Arts.
Performance highlights:
   Debut concert in Kunming in 1983.
   Performed for the Queen of England in 1985.
   Toured Japan in 1986.
   Since 1998 Liu Fang has given numerous concerts all over the world (see the highlights below).
Awards:
   1983-89: A number of prize in various Provincial competitions held in Yunnan, China.
  1988 - First prize for pipa at the national competition held in Chengdu (Sichuan), China.
   2001 - Future Generation Millennium Prize awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts.
   2006 - L'Académie Charles Cros Award (France).

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A brief introduction to Chinese music from the traditional classical tradition

About Liu Fang and her music - in a time when tradition is overwhelmed by the search for "modernity" among musicians nowadays, why Liu Fang's playing of this ancient traditional music can touch the hearts of so many listeners?

PHOTOS

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Press reviews

“The empress of pipa - one of the greatest virtuosos" - L'actualité (Québec).

“… one musician, but ten talented fingers!". - Sir Ian McKellen.

“Superb sensitivity and unrivaled dramaturgic feeling." - Mondomix (France).

“...the magic of the music of Liu Fang, divine mediator.." - World (France).

“... Masterful, graceful and riveting...” - BBC London (England).

“...so beautiful, so touching..." - Le Monde de la Musique (France)

"... Liu Fang’s total devotion to her playing has moved her beyond perfect execution to the creativity & flexibility that marks a true musician. ... " - fROOTS Magazine (UK)

“...delicate and sensational..." - De Volkskrant (The Netherlands).

“… A veritable feast for the ears, eyes, heart and soul" - Prof. Dr. Tran Van Khe (Paris).

"... a veritable feast of alluring sounds, ranging from the eloquent and lyrical to the flamboyant and percussive. The varied soundscape produced by one player and one instrument is quite dazzling…” - Dr. Janette Sanger, The Wholenote Magazine (Toronto).

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We recommend for the two excellent solo demo pieces at WOMEX. , one for solo pipa and one for solo guzheng. More pieces may be found in MYSPACE. If you are interested, we can send you demo CD and DVD by post.
 

Liu Fang on German TV

Liu Fang on CBC TV

 
More video demo can be found by clicking on the following links:
(1) pips solo; (2) Guzheng solo; (3) Youtube; (4) Myspace
 

Concerts (Highlights)
The most prominent presentation for solo recitals in the past years

• May 23, 2009: solo concert at Le festival Mawazine Rythmes du Monde (Maroc Cultures présente), Espace Chellah, Rabat, Maroc.
• April 25, 2009: solo concert at the Telus Theatre at at the Chan Centre, UBC campus, Vancouver, BC Canada.
• December 18, 2008: Solo concert in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, presented by Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (www.cultural.org.ae)
• November 20, 2008: Solo concert at the Thalia (Symphony Space), NYC, New York, presented by the World Music Institute.
• October 20, 2008: solo concert at the WOMEX (World Music Expo) in Seville, Spain.
• October 3, 2008: solo concert at Museo do Oriente, Av. Brasília, Doca de Alcântara (Norte), Lisbon, Portugal.
• May 2, 2008: solo concert at the Bray Jazz Festival, Ireland.
• April 26, 2008, 21:00h: solo recital, Centro Cultural La Cam, Alicante, Spain.
• April 5, 2008: solo recital, Salle Pierre-Mercure(Centre Pierre Peladeau, Montreal, QC, Canada).
• February 22, 2008, 7.30pm: solo recital, National Centre for Early Music, York, UK.
• October 13, 2007: solo recital at the Quai Branly Museum, Paris, France.
• September 18, 2007: Solo recital: The International Music Festival (SettembreMusica Torino Milano), Teatro Baretti, Turin, Italy.
• September 17, 2007: Solo recital at the First Edition of MITO SettembreMusica (The International Music Festival Milan-Turin), Sagrestia del Bramante, Milano, Italy.
• 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.
• May 10, 2006: Solo concert at WOMAD Festival in Caceres, Spain.
• May 8, 2006: Liu Fang solo recital at the Theatre de la Vill in Paris, France.
• May 22, 2005: pipa solo concert at the Bath International Music Festival, UK.
• September 17, 2004: Solo concert at the Festival Notes d'Equinoxe Delémont, Switzerland (recorded live by Radio-Suisse)
• July 23, 2004, solo concert at the 2004 WOMAD festival in Reading, Berkshire, UK (press reviews).
• November 7, 2003: Liu Fang performed two solo pieces at the 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. The host of the concert, Sir Ian McKellen said to the audiance and to the listeners of the radio after Liu Fang's performance: "There was just one musician, but ten talented fingers." see press reviews)
  
  
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Solo Albums

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Albums for Various collaborations:

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Contact & Booking information:

Philmultic Management and Productions Inc.
8191 Montview, Ville Mont Royal,
Quebec, Canada H4P 2P2

Tel: ++1 (514) 482-6750
Fax: ++1 (514) 344-9974 (or -2657)
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