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La Scena Musicale, Artist Review >>
Lan Tung inhabits a space of paradox: as a soloist and collaborator, a performer and composer, she sits at the crossroads between the East and the West, innovation and tradition. No wonder she founded an ensemble named Birds of Paradox. That particular project brings together Indian, Celtic and Chinese musical influences, but her many other projects—the JUNO-nominated Orchid Ensemble, the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, and Tandava being the main ones—are no less melting pots of style.
Taiwanese-born erhu player Tung is based in Vancouver, but her playing takes her on extensive, diverse tours. Often, she’s soloing with an orchestra one week and playing for a visual arts/media or dance performance the next. In between gigs she studies fiddle-instruments around the globe with players of all stripes—from the erhu, with principal players in China, Taiwan, Canada and the U.S. to improvisation with violinist Mary Oliver in Amsterdam, Hindustani classical music with Kala Ramnath in Bombay, Egyptian music and maqam with Dr. Alfred Gamil in Cairo, graphic scores and improvisation with Barry Guy in Switzerland, and vocal music and music therapy, to boot. Her projects straddle world, new, chamber, orchestral, and multidisciplinary music. The myriad influences show up in her compositions and improvisations. 12/01/11 >> go there
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