Jensen Horn-Sin Lam, the artistic director of Ensemble Les Amis Shanghai, is a professor for Chamber Music and Viola at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where an 'Atelier of Chamber Music' is named after him.
Composer Biography
Xiaoyong Chen, the composer, was a student of György Ligeti, a Hungarian-Romanian composer, and maintained a close friendship with him until Ligeti's death in 2006.
Compositional Technique
A central principle of traditional Chinese art music, focusing on the nuanced fading away of each individual note, is reinterpreted by composer Xiaoyong Chen using Western instruments.
Recording & Production
This album was commissioned by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the first independent music institution of higher education in China, founded in 1927.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Xiaoyong Chen, the composer, integrates profound ideas of Chinese philosophy into his Western compositional concepts.
Album & Artwork
The album's cover features a famous observation by Laozi, an ancient Chinese philosopher, which states, 'A great sound is inaudible, a great image is formless.'
Composer's Artistic Vision
The composer Xiaoyong Chen's music explores issues of identity and belonging, including the fundamental question of whether it is possible to understand a foreign culture.
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