Esplanade Chinese Chamber Music – Soulmates: A Pipa & Ruan Recital

Pipa: Zhang Yin
Zhongruan: Cheng Tzu Ting

Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbank / Yang Dajun
Pipa Words / Qin Wenchen
Whirling Rains / He Zhenzhen
Air Swimming / Dion Grahm
The Spring of Jiangnan / Ning Yong

Two consummately skilled young SCO musicians—Zhang Yin and Cheng Tzu Ting—demonstrate Chinese plucked lute music with the elegant and refined pipa and profound and gentle zhongruan. Yang Dajun’s arrangement of the classic piece Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbankand Qin Wenchen’s composition Pipa Words will take you on a journey from the ancient to the modern styles of pipa. He Zhenzhen’s Whirling Rains and Ning Yong’s The Spring of Jiangnan let you indulge in the longing for rain via the intoxicating sounds of the ruan. The two musicians will also perform Dion Grahm’s composition Air Swimming with percussion.

Ticket Prices: $28 / $18*
(Prices before SISTIC fee)
* Concession Price