The Confucius Institute, Venice, in collaboration with Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, and  the Intercultural Institute for Comparative Music Studies of the Giorgio Cini Foundation, organizes two concerts by the Chinese artist Liu Fang:

Monday 8 October 2012, 21.00
Teatro Ca’ Foscari – Santa Marta

Tuesday 9 October 2012, 21.00
Auditorium Santa Margherita

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Liu Fang began playing the pipa when only six years old; she gave her fi rst solo performance at the age of nine and performed for Queen Elisabeth during the sovereign’s official visit to China. Liu Fang completed her music studies at the Shanghai music school, where in addition to the pipa, she also studied the zheng (guzheng), a large antique 21-string zither. After acquiring a considerable reputation and having won many national prizes,
in 1996 Liu Fang moved to Montreal and since the 1990s she has also been greatly acclaimed in the West thanks to her considerable stature as an artist, her remarkable technique and the intensity of her performances.