Spectacular. I just bought a zhongruan on a recent trip to Hong Kong. So, I'm looking for all information, music and videos of the instrument. This is a really unbelievable performance.
No kidding, wow! The way the eastern and western instruments work together along with an AMAZING solo...bits have the energy of Hendrix, don't they?? But even more texture and emotion over the whole. Again, wow...fantastic, thank you so much for posting this.
This is outstanding. So interesting for me as a heavy metal guitarist, lots of pentatonic runs and power chords going on but obviously a very different setting! Can anyone name the soloist? I'd love to check out more of her performances, particularly any unaccompanied pieces...
Her name is Dabby Pan (潘宜彤), she joins at least 2 groups to have music tours all over the world every year. Here is her FB: facebook.com/tongtong.pan.1?fref=ts btw,She's the best Ruan performer in TW.
UKISOCIETY No, but soon i believe. Here is the chamber called "Moving Sound" she joins in TW: facebook.com/amovingsound.taiwan and the music salon in Shanghai www.bandumusic.com/en/index.htm You could ask them if any chances to have performance in UK. btw, she plays Ukulele as well.
Thank you for her name! Now I can tell her, that she is really really so extremly good. May be the best of TW. And one can see that she lives the music with each part of her body.
Thank you @UCc9Tx2ElFOXffDR-TOPtWRw (see below!): It's a Zhong Ruan(中阮) concerto, entitled "Reminiscences of Yunnan"(雲南回憶),and composed by Liu Xing(劉星). It's the most representative piece in Zhong Ruan music~glad you like it😊 (info from Gregor Kropotkin enqiry below) this is Google translation of Kunji into English: 302,289 views12 Nov 2008 Chi-mi Chen 8.61K subscribers 2007 Nanyi Star Concerto －Guo Le Shaolin Temple makes another move Command: Chen Zhongshen Time: March 26, 2007 Venue: New Stage in Taipei City
Gregor Kropotkin It's a Zhong Ruan(中阮) concerto, entitled "Reminiscences of Yunnan"(雲南回憶),and composed by Liu Xing(劉星). It's the most representative piece in Zhong Ruan music~glad you like it😊
Many, many thanks! I shall set about getting hold of a copy of this music. I feel so embarrassed at being so ignorant of Chinese classical music but will take steps to rectify this unfortunate state of affairs, I also like the actual instrument which the artist is playing and will see if I can get hold of one for myself. Very Best Wishes!!!
The composer LIU Xing himself has made a record of this concerto in 1993, and was published by Hugo Productions of Hong Kong. The CD is still available (because it is very popular and was re-released again and again).
Excellent performance. The piece is very modern and exciting, especially the zhongruan solos. Who are the performers? It's nice to see not one, but two "da paisheng" (although it's such a crazy instrument).
@Temanilove yes, and that zhongruan is known as the " ruan shi chun " and so far i've only seen hong kong zhongruan musicians use it. i was interested in getting one by didnt have enough info by then.
特别好！可是，我觉得弄响一点儿会更好。 No western instruments were used in the making of this song. The basses and cellos are the same in every way except shape in both cultures.
En effet l'instrument semble avoir la tète coupée. De plus c'est un mixte entre la guitare européenne (frettes et pont de touche) et l'instrument traditionnel chinois.(clés de tension et cordes ainsi que la forme générale). eul' riolu
From left to right: tenor sheng, alto sheng and soprano sheng There is no bass sheng in this video, The bass sheng is bigger and normally requires the player to hug it while playing.
Matt Goode Whoops I think I was wrong on the translation. My apologies. They maybe called 'Diyin Sheng', or 'Cizhongyin Sheng' in Chinese. Search that for (maybe) better results.
+tpcksh323 Thank you! With that information I was able to locate an MP3 of the entire piece: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S994RI/ I don't know if it's available on CD, but this will do for a start. Very nice composition, and impressive soloist.
+fartwrangler The members of the concert are from the department of Chinese music of Tainan National University of the Arts. Here's the soloist's facebook, facebook.com/tongtong.pan.1. They don't publish the video record or audio of the concerts based on the webpage of the department. However, the mp3 you found are not produced by the department,.
+tpcksh323 Thanks again. I love the instrumentation and the composition; would like to find more works by this composer. As regards the mp3's -- since Amazon is charging money for these, I hope some of that is going to support the University and/or the performers! If not, it should be.
You may search for Hong Kong Hugo Company, which the composer LIU Xing himself, who is also a great Ruan master, has recorded this piece in 1993. This CD is still available (re-produce again and again). I think LIU Xing's version is better than anyone.
超级一流！❤
Whew! So glad I was able to find this again.
完美的演繹！精彩！
超完美
老師~真的太帥了
這是我在網路這麼多版裡面看過最棒的!
獨奏也精彩，樂團水準也超高，完美！
快到一個極點
All I can say, is OUTSTANDING! Bravo!
太厲害了!!好棒!!!
ab-so-lute-ly breathtaking !!! HATS OFF !!!!!! Bravo !!!!
好棒 ，值得收藏.
哈哈，我有刘星的所有专辑，还有一张和俄罗斯国家管弦乐团合作的云南回忆，我最喜欢的是“湖”“一意孤行”专辑。
Thank you for sharing! This energetic and beautifully performance! The solist woman dominates the instrument with masterfully !
作曲者没有去过云南
李白没走过蜀道
也许，心中有了，眼前自现吧
Ruan might be the most accessible way to get western musicians playing along. It really does have a rock or heavy metal sensibility in many songs.
本当に素晴らしいです。
Eye opening performance! Amazing skill!
好棒啊！
thx all my friends
敬佩!
百聽不厭~
Brilliant in every sence. Thanks very much for sharing this video here!
太棒了 赞赞
Love it awesome Xie xie ❤️
this is definitely one of the best yun nan i ever heard.
The lady lute player rocks - thanks for sharing!
That was totally Amazing!! Bravo!!!!
still fantastic!
i'm in love with this song :)
This is so CRAZY !!
A feast to the ears !
Unbelievable! Incredible!
Spectacular. I just bought a zhongruan on a recent trip to Hong Kong. So, I'm looking for all information, music and videos of the instrument. This is a really unbelievable performance.
No kidding, wow! The way the eastern and western instruments work together along with an AMAZING solo...bits have the energy of Hendrix, don't they?? But even more texture and emotion over the whole. Again, wow...fantastic, thank you so much for posting this.
阮的声音跟吉他真像。闭上眼听就跟吉他一样
This is outstanding. So interesting for me as a heavy metal guitarist, lots of pentatonic runs and power chords going on but obviously a very different setting! Can anyone name the soloist? I'd love to check out more of her performances, particularly any unaccompanied pieces...
Her name is Dabby Pan (潘宜彤), she joins at least 2 groups to have music tours all over the world every year. Here is her FB: facebook.com/tongtong.pan.1?fref=ts
btw,She's the best Ruan performer in TW.
Alan Ho Looking for a recording to buy. Has she any albums? Thanks
UKISOCIETY No, but soon i believe. Here is the chamber called "Moving Sound" she joins in TW: facebook.com/amovingsound.taiwan
and the music salon in Shanghai
www.bandumusic.com/en/index.htm
You could ask them if any chances to have performance in UK.
btw, she plays Ukulele as well.
Thanks for the info
Thank you for her name! Now I can tell her, that she is really really so extremly good. May be the best of TW. And one can see that she lives the music with each part of her body.
OMG... at @7.04.... the soloist was smilling..... thats the hardest part of the whole song.....
Ridiculously good..
@mtmt88 In fact, this piece of work was composed by the composer "劉星" (Liu, Xing) of China.
admiro muito o povo oriental, são incríveis em tudo o que fazem!
高水準演出
这也太厉害了
台灣，國立台南藝術大學
excellent!
好境界
Remarquable, original a tout point de vue.
太棒了
百聽不厭~~>_
Thank you @UCc9Tx2ElFOXffDR-TOPtWRw (see below!):
It's a Zhong Ruan(中阮) concerto, entitled "Reminiscences of Yunnan"(雲南回憶),and composed by Liu Xing(劉星).
It's the most representative piece in Zhong Ruan music~glad you like it😊
(info from Gregor Kropotkin enqiry below)
this is Google translation of Kunji into English:
302,289 views12 Nov 2008
Chi-mi Chen
8.61K subscribers
2007 Nanyi Star Concerto
－Guo Le Shaolin Temple makes another move
Command: Chen Zhongshen
Time: March 26, 2007
Venue: New Stage in Taipei City
very impressive.
6:50 The METAL begins XD
mrkrud e
Ya
the ruan is so nice!
Increíble Interpretación :D
Felicidades!
Saludos desde México
El País de Taco y el Mariachi
great!
Awesome.
she can really play!
Man! I wanna go to a musical concert! Where Asian people play at! For theyre the best in the world! >.
好耶！
Absolutely MARVELLOUS!!!!!
Does anyone know the name of this piece of music and its composer?
Gregor Kropotkin
It's a Zhong Ruan(中阮) concerto, entitled "Reminiscences of Yunnan"(雲南回憶),and composed by Liu Xing(劉星).
It's the most representative piece in Zhong Ruan music~glad you like it😊
Many, many thanks! I shall set about getting hold of a copy of this music.
I feel so embarrassed at being so ignorant of Chinese classical music but will take steps to rectify this unfortunate state of affairs, I also like the actual instrument which the artist is playing and will see if I can get hold of one for myself.
Very Best Wishes!!!
The composer LIU Xing himself has made a record of this concerto in 1993, and was published by Hugo Productions of Hong Kong. The CD is still available (because it is very popular and was re-released again and again).
Excellent performance. The piece is very modern and exciting, especially the zhongruan solos.
Who are the performers?
It's nice to see not one, but two "da paisheng" (although it's such a crazy instrument).
@Temanilove yes, and that zhongruan is known as the " ruan shi chun " and so far i've only seen hong kong zhongruan musicians use it. i was interested in getting one by didnt have enough info by then.
Sublime !!!!!!
潘宜彤大師級
EXLENTE
少林魔指。我該更好好練功了。
A tinge of minimalism
那把中阮快邊變成另外一種琴惹啦😭
簡暐哲 本來中阮就是發展的這樣，作曲家是把中阮發展到淋漓盡致而不是把中阮變成另種琴
那你對中阮的認識太少了，樂團裡中阮都是伴奏為主，沒有太大難度，獨奏的技巧就多了
They are the students of music school, so we can not compare ourselves with them. To play well is their profession.
what a stunningly attractive woman
ME HUBIERA GUSTADO NACER EN EL ORIENTE
叹为观止
田馥甄 我不知道風是在那一個方向吹
特别好！可是，我觉得弄响一点儿会更好。
No western instruments were used in the making of this song. The basses and cellos are the same in every way except shape in both cultures.
😍🎻🎺💯
its in gdgd tuning
She is outstanding. Is she from Taiwan and does she make her living exclusively as a zhongruan soloist?
She is from Taiwan
Ritchie Blackmore, is that you?
加油, 才學一年還有更牛的你還沒看過
Please tell me where can I find 更牛的?
Polar Bear 作曲家劉星自己演奏的，雨果唱片公司
En effet l'instrument semble avoir la tète coupée. De plus c'est un mixte entre la guitare européenne (frettes et pont de touche) et l'instrument traditionnel chinois.(clés de tension et cordes ainsi que la forme générale).
eul' riolu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruan_(instrument)
I also love Metallica
Wow.....
快到連影像都來不及...
💯💯❤
I like
樂隊裡有無雙樂團成員\\^0^//
陳詩涵(二胡)
林予涵(美聲,柳琴)
好像都是南藝出身的
劲 ！！！！
是主耶穌基督使我們平安喜樂健康
Can you please tell us the name of this zhongruan soloist?
潘宜彤
Thank you all tem sup..........!
这是把阮当吉他弹啊~~
conney408 中阮跟吉他是不同的，這是中阮的特色，是吉他根本做不到的，中阮是難多了
Muy bueno (Y)
The 2 pipe organ like instruments in close up around 4'30, are they some kind of bass sheng?
From left to right:
tenor sheng, alto sheng and soprano sheng
There is no bass sheng in this video,
The bass sheng is bigger and normally requires the player to hug it while playing.
Ong Zhi Yang i think u meant baritone sheng
Natheniel Becken
I can't find a source that refers to it as baritone sheng.
Matt Goode Whoops I think I was wrong on the translation. My apologies. They maybe called 'Diyin Sheng', or 'Cizhongyin Sheng' in Chinese. Search that for (maybe) better results.
Matt Goode BTW 'diyin' is Chinese for 'bass', and 'cizhongyin' for tenor.
Wow. Where can I get a CD of this?
Would someone transliterate the title, composer, and soloist names for an English speaker, please?TIA.
+fartwrangler Zhongruan Concerto " Remembrance of Yunnan " third movement : Allegro machinery
+tpcksh323 Thank you!
With that information I was able to locate an MP3 of the entire piece:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S994RI/
I don't know if it's available on CD, but this will do for a start.
Very nice composition, and impressive soloist.
+fartwrangler The members of the concert are from the department of Chinese music of Tainan National University of the Arts. Here's the soloist's facebook, facebook.com/tongtong.pan.1. They don't publish the video record or audio of the concerts based on the webpage of the department. However, the mp3 you found are not produced by the department,.
+tpcksh323
Thanks again. I love the instrumentation and the composition; would like to find more works by this composer.
As regards the mp3's -- since Amazon is charging money for these, I hope some of that is going to support the University and/or the performers!
If not, it should be.
You may search for Hong Kong Hugo Company, which the composer LIU Xing himself, who is also a great Ruan master, has recorded this piece in 1993. This CD is still available (re-produce again and again). I think LIU Xing's version is better than anyone.
@linanqikiki I wouldn't be suprised, most of them probably started playing when they were 2 :)
pity the video is slightly off sync but still
5stars!
Does anyone know where I can get the sheet music for that?
I'd be really grateful!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhongruan
for reference
中阮
What is the instrument called the girl in red is playing......sounds a bit like a banjo or mandolin, but clearly isn't.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhongruan
她是如此可爱
@spinblast no... the ruan head isnt broken
Is this ruan in cello tuning or something different?
Ruan is GDGD, but cello is CGDA
What stringed instrument is the soloist playing? I don't think it's a Pipa based on body shape.
It's Zhong-yuan 中阮, meaning "Middle-sized Yuan"
Man Chun Kam I think u meant Ruan, not Yuan. And 'alto', not 'middle-sized'.
Natheniel Becken
The zhong (中) in zhong-ruan means medium, not alto.
Matt Goode If you wish to put it this way, then yes. But you might want to believe in a native Chinese speaker.
Christopher Holubowicz