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The Fifth Anniversary Concert of PKU
Bamboo Flute Institute Held in Beijing
Concert Hall PKU NEWS 2010--06—08
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Peking University, June 8, 2010: On the evening of June 5th, a concert celebrating
the fifth anniversary of PKU Bamboo Flute Institute was held in Beijing Concert Hall.
PKU President Zhou Qifeng attended the concert and watched the brilliant
performance.
The mission of PKU Bamboo Flute Institute, which was founded in 2005, is to
promote Chinese folk music. At 7:30 p.m. on June 5th, all seats were occupied in
Beijing Concert Hall; the audience was anticipating an auditory feast of traditional
Chinese music presented by members of PKU Bamboo Flute Institute. Dr. Bi
Minghui, the instructor of the institute, gave an account of the foundation and
development of the institute, expressing his deep love for the institute and ardent
expectations of its members.
―The Beautiful Bambusa Multiplex‖, the concluding piece of music at the past concert
―Beyond the Clouds‖ of PKU Bamboo Flute Institute, was the opening piece this time,
which conveyed the institute‘s founding principles: Inheritance and Innovation. The
soft and sweet-sounding melodies of Bau and Gaohu were in perfect harmony with
the whole orchestra; the lyrical style tunes with a rich Yunnan flavor won wild and
prolonged applause from the audience.
The concert combined traditional Chinese ethnic music with modern original music
and also invited some elements of foreign music in accordance with the idea of
Western and Chinese, traditional and modern music going hand in hand. Zhang
Xianyao, the current president of the Institute, performed ―Happy Encounter‖, a piece
of the northeast China‘s hearty and unrestrained style with the orchestra; the
Chinese zither, pipa and flute trio ―The Cresting Moon‖ showed a deep and dreamy
passion for classics. As for the modern part, ―Beyond the Clouds‖ a new piece of
Chinese folk music composed by Guo Wenjing, a famous composer, aroused the
imagination of its listeners with three-dimensional sound effect, eccentric percussion
and original ecological style tunes; Xia Guangyu‘s performing piece ―The Torrents of
Spring‖ was adapted from ―Song on the Wusuli River‖, depicting the spectacular
scene of hundreds of boats striving to flow with its highly melodious tune; the
far-reaching melody of ―The Ringing Camel Bells‖ brought blessings from Northwest
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