London Chinese Chamber Music Ensemble + Band in London, EN

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ABOUT

The London Chinese Chamber Ensemble

Based in London, England, we perform for the major chinese cultural festivals exploring traditional ancient repertoire (over 1500 years old); classical repertoire (last 500 years); contemporary 19th century chinese repertoire and current repertoire on ethnic chinese instruments.

We have a diverse membership from many countries and nationalities. Most of us are solo instrumentalists who perform with a western instrument and bring diaspora interest into the repertoire which we play; some of our ensemble members are enthusiast players who join to grow their ensemble skills and performance experience and others are session musicians or visitors who join from time to time.

From March 2024 we will be running bamboo flute [dizi] and erhu [2 string chinese fiddle] workshops for newcomers at our home base in Bloomsbury [London]. Interested learners and newcomers to chinese instruments welcome. If you happen to be interested in the non-pop side of chinese music repertoire, drop us a line.

Screen name:

London Chinese Ensemble

Member since:

Oct 13 2023

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years together:

13

Gigs played:

50 to 100

Age:

26 years

Influences

As an ensemble our influences are as diverse as the members who come. We are also solo instrumentalists in our own field and teach dizi/xiao flute; erhu (string fiddle); the chinese pear shaped lute (the pipa) and classical guitar. We have an active erhu [string section]; a liuqin section [willow leaf lute] and recruiting second dizi flute players.

We work primarily in English although every ensemble member is bilingual or multilingual and fluent in reading western and chinese music notation (percussionists clearly don't have this requirement!).

Members Of Band

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EQUIPMENT

We have an erhu section; a dizi/xiao bamboo flute section; guzheng/keyboardist players; liuqin and pipa players in the ensemble as well as doubling on guanzi, zhonghu, gehu, yueqin, guzheng and temple blocks. Percussion duties are usually split between ensemble players.

Concert Performance falls on Saturday 17th February 2024.

MUSIC