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Artist Feature/Interview
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NUVO, Artist Feature/Interview >>
The Orchid Ensemble has been blending traditional Chinese sounds with contemporary Western art music and a variety of global influences for 14 years. The Vancouver-based trio features the talents of Lan Tung, a Taiwanese master of the erhu (a 2-stringed violin), Jonathan Bernard, a Canadian-born, classically-trained percussionist, and Mai Han, a Chinese virtuoso of the zheng (a 21-string zither).
Media coverage of the Orchid Ensemble often cites the group's virtuosity but under-emphasizes the intense soul and passion the trio imbues deeply within each note. That passion jumps out at the listener, even via YouTube: Witness a performance of the Ashkenazi Jewish melody "Ya Ribon," in which Lan Tung coaxes screams, cries and moans out of her erhu, sounding like a delta blues picker.
I spoke with Bernard via phone from his home in Vancouver. 09/22/11 >> go there
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