Zhou, Long: Su / Pianogongs / Taiping Drum / Wild Grass / Taigu Rhyme / Chen, Yi: Monologue / Chinese Ancient Dances

Featuring

Nikola Atanasov
Na Wu
Michelle Yip
Can Gao
Keith Lipson
Zhou Long

Xu Yang Zhao
Eli Marshall
Beijing New Music Ensemble
Yi Chen

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Recording & Production

The recording sessions took place in the China Record Company's studio in Beijing, which has not changed much in three decades.

Recording & Production

This album is the debut CD for the Beijing New Music Ensemble, the only independent musical ensemble dedicated to new music in China.

Composer Biography

Zhou Long and Chen Yi, the composers on this album, were trained side-by-side at the Central Conservatory in Beijing and Columbia University in New York.

Performer Biography

The Beijing New Music Ensemble, the performers on this album, is a young, vibrant group from diverse backgrounds that has performed across greater China and in South Korea.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Despite their close ties, composers Chen Yi and Zhou Long maintain distinct compositional identities, reflecting their early histories and individual personalities.

Composer Biography

Zhou Long and Chen Yi, the composers, are also marriage partners and teaching colleagues at the Conservatory of the University of Missouri - Kansas City.