This album was recorded at two different locations: the Church of Marthalen, Switzerland, and the Auditorium of the Banque de Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Compositional Technique
The piece 'Katyusha' by Gao Ping, a homage to Dmitri Shostakovich, interweaves the Russian folk song 'Katyusha' with fragments of Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony and Youman's 'Tea for Two'.
Performer Biography
Gao Ping is a composition lecturer at the School of Music at Canterbury University in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Performer Biography
Ensemble Pyramide, a Zurich-based group, was founded in 1991 and is known for its unusual instrumentation of flute, oboe, violin, viola, cello, and harp.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Gao Ping, the composer and pianist on this album, considers himself a storyteller who uses music instead of words.
Composer Biography
Gao Ping's music is inspired by his childhood memories of folklore, oral storytelling traditions from his native Sichuan, and Chinese poetry.
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