Meetings on Chinese vocal music

The Intercultural Institute of Comparative Music Studies has organised a series of events on the theme of singing in Chinese music in collaboration with the Ca’ Foscari University, Venice and the European Foundation for Chinese Music Research (CHIME), Leyden.
The workshop will be in the Institute’s usual format, and this year it will be directed by Gong Linna, a particularly versatile singer whose interests range from experimentation in contemporary music to ethnomusicological research into peasant songs. Gong Linna will also hold teaching sessions for singers and vocalists on various Chinese music singing techniques as used, for example, by peasant singers, the Beijing Opera, and performers of contemporary music.
In addition to the sessions on singing technique held by Gong Linna, Frank Kouwenhoven, the director of CHIME, will give two lecturers with video and audio recordings on the various singing styles found in Chinese music and theatre. The lectures are specifi cally addressed to students in the Department of East Asia Studies of Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, which jointly organised the whole initiative with the aim of providing an opportunity for the scientifi c study and dissemination of this topic and to enable an Italian public to become acquainted with the wealth and variety of Chinese music.

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