Daqun Jia: Percussion Works

Featuring

Zhengdao Lu
Stick Game Percussion Ensemble
Gu Feng Percussion Ensemble
Daqun Jia

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Cultural Impact

Jia Daqun's work, Flavor of Bashu, for two violins, piano and percussion, was named a Chinese Classic Musical Composition of the 20th Century by the Chinese government.

Performer Biography

Gu Feng Percussion Ensemble, founded in 2004, has brought Chinese percussion to global attention through successful performances in over 30 countries.

Performer Biography

Stick Game Percussion Ensemble (SGPE), founded in 2000, is one of the foremost Chinese percussion ensembles and has performed internationally with world-famous percussionists.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Jia Daqun's musical concepts, such as lines, harmony, timbre, and structures, are connected to visual plastic arts, stemming from his eight years of painting studies.

Composer Biography

Jia Daqun, the composer, is a senior professor of composition and theory at Shanghai Conservatory of Music and enjoys special government allowances from the State Council of China.

Performer Biography

Lu Zhengdao, the percussion soloist, is an assistant timpanist and section percussionist of the China National Opera Symphony Orchestra since 2007.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded on May 5-6, 2017, at No. 100 Studio, Beijing, China, and is dedicated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music on its 90th anniversary.