Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Changes in China
Living in New Zealand, we see lots of Asia people around.
Being violin makers and repairers, we see some Asia people (especially young) playing violin family instruments.
We also see, what happens in a musical instruments market - more and more of them is produced in China.
So, it was not a surprise, when I read article from 13/5/2005 'Shanghai Daily news':
She began playing the violin before she was four and has won awards all over the world. Now Hilary Hahn has added Shanghai to her crowded concert schedule, writes Michelle Qiao.
"The young Menuin is back" was the reaction of Shanghai music critic Li Yanhuan when he first heard the playing of American violinist Hilary Hahn -- over the telephone -- in 1997. But this Sunday, a Shanghai audience will be able to hear the Grammy Award-winning musician in person when she gives her first recital in the city.
"I thought she was just another ordinary, if beautiful, violinist when I saw her innocent face on her first album," says Li, who is also council member of Shanghai Symphonic Music Lovers' Association...
Hilary Hahn also maintains a busy concert schedule with appearances in front of orchestras worldwide. They include the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony and the New Jersey Symphony. She was named "America's best young classical musician" by Time magazine in 2001...
These words appeared in a China newspaper.
this article, along with other, shows that Western classical art (aspecially music) becomes more and more popular in Asian countries.
Dr. Ces Kul, violin maker
www.kulviolins.com
Being violin makers and repairers, we see some Asia people (especially young) playing violin family instruments.
We also see, what happens in a musical instruments market - more and more of them is produced in China.
So, it was not a surprise, when I read article from 13/5/2005 'Shanghai Daily news':
She began playing the violin before she was four and has won awards all over the world. Now Hilary Hahn has added Shanghai to her crowded concert schedule, writes Michelle Qiao.
"The young Menuin is back" was the reaction of Shanghai music critic Li Yanhuan when he first heard the playing of American violinist Hilary Hahn -- over the telephone -- in 1997. But this Sunday, a Shanghai audience will be able to hear the Grammy Award-winning musician in person when she gives her first recital in the city.
"I thought she was just another ordinary, if beautiful, violinist when I saw her innocent face on her first album," says Li, who is also council member of Shanghai Symphonic Music Lovers' Association...
Hilary Hahn also maintains a busy concert schedule with appearances in front of orchestras worldwide. They include the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony and the New Jersey Symphony. She was named "America's best young classical musician" by Time magazine in 2001...
These words appeared in a China newspaper.
this article, along with other, shows that Western classical art (aspecially music) becomes more and more popular in Asian countries.
Dr. Ces Kul, violin maker
www.kulviolins.com
