Liu Fang
Liu Fang (Chinese刘芳; * 1974 in Kunming, Yunnan Province) is a Chinese musician. It is as an interpreter of traditional Chinese music on pipa and guzheng instruments ( Zheng ) internationally known.
Life
Liu Fang began at the age of six years, the pipa (Chinese lute) to learn and soon gave it public performances as a child prodigy, including a concert for the British Queen during her visit to China. Liu Fang has received numerous awards and completed in 1993, the Shanghai Conservatory. With her move to Montreal in 1996 began an international career, with concert performances and solo recitals, including the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris and the Philharmonie in Liège, Belgium for Liu Fang. She plays traditional music and modern Western compositions. In June 2001 she received an award from the " Canada Council for the Arts " and in 2006 she was awarded the French Academie Charles Cros Award, the French " Grammy ", the Academy Charles Cros awarded.
Discography
' Solo albums: '
- Chinese Traditional Pipa Music: Oliver Sudden Productions Inc, Canada / USA, 1997
- The soul of pipa, vol. 1: Chinese Pipa Music from the classical tradition, Philmultic, Canada, 2001
- The soul of pipa, vol. 2: Chinese classical Pipa Music: from the ancient to the recent, Philmultic, 2003
- Emerging Lotus: Chinese traditional guzheng music, Philmultic, 2005
- The soul of pipa, vol. 3: Pipa Music from Chinese folk traditions, Philmultic, 2006
' Duo et ensembles '
- Musique chinoise: solo, duo, et avec orchester de chambre, Philmultic, 1999
- Arabic and Chinese music: Liu Fang et Farhan Sabbagh, Philmultic, 2000
- Mei Hua - Fleur de prunier: ATMA Classique, Canada, 2004
- Le son de soie: Accords-Croisés/Harmonia Mundi, Paris, 2006
- Changes - Duo pipa & Guitar: Philmultic, 2008
- Along the Way - Duo pipa & violin ( with Malcolm Goldstein ): Philmultic, 2010
Prices
- Future Generations Millennium Prize, June 2001
- Academy Charles Croc prize, 2006