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music in china

Posted December 13th, 2012 - 3:15 am by

from Qingdao, China (Permalink)

大家好,

我是俄国/德国的音乐家,一个年旅行欧亚的,认识音乐家们,艺术家们,作家们等等,因为我想要体会,协作,共享知识.

dear friends,

im a german-russian musician travelling through eurasia to meet traditional and more modern related musicians, artists, creative people in general to get inspired, to exchange knowledge, to collaborate and so on. ill cross the border from mongolia somewhen the next days, have no fixed route yet. probably first beijing.
by the way, is it possible to extend a 2-weeks visa?

so if you are interested or know people, can provide me with information p.e. where to play a concert, where to learn different vocal techniques, where to record interesting sounds (i collect sounds as well) or want to invite me for spiritual or other activities, i would be grateful :)

and if someone wants to join me, i have nothing against it.
invitations for couches are welcome, too ;)

oh and: does someone know how to get to the dong people (famous for polyphony) in southern china?

谢谢你们
katia

Posted December 13th, 2012 - 6:57 am from Zhuhai, China

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Posted December 14th, 2012 - 12:28 pm from Karamay, China

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Posted December 17th, 2012 - 5:18 am by

from Qingdao, China (Permalink)

thank you already for your advice, ill try my luck.

any other recommendations concerning my other questions? :)

Posted December 17th, 2012 - 2:52 pm from Zhuhai, China

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Posted December 17th, 2012 - 7:18 am by

from Beijing, China (Permalink)

Hi!Ich bin ein Beijinger.
In Sanlitun oder Wudaokou findest du schöne Kneipen,damit du Musik machen kannst.Aber es ist nicht so einfach,ein Platz zu finden.
Actually a public square is the best place to play music in Beijing(not Tian'anmen),like the square in front of Wudaokou Hualian Plaza,Zhongguancun Plaza or Sanlitun SOHO.Casually,people will gather around&become audience if a band or a singer play music there.

Posted December 18th, 2012 - 8:33 pm from Invercargill, New Zealand

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Posted December 24th, 2012 - 3:02 am by

from Vannes, France (Permalink)

Ni Hao Katia,
You might find interesting to listen those tracks (remixed from original recordings) :
https://soundcloud.com/kink-gong
Laurent also mix those sounds together http://official.fm/tracks/2aWg
and a documentary trailer is visible here :
http://davidarthurharris.com/small_path_music.html

Interesting stuff to me : i wish to share. He might be able to give u info.

Mathias did a trip about jew harp from Europe back and forth by land, here is an article, you might be able to exchange with him. http://mathias.lazuro.net/2011/11/cd-mongol-mongolia-and-china/

To me you can find music in cities, from here to there you ll find good traditionnal musicians as they can live from it in some places. I would say this would be partly or mainly about han traditionnal music or han influenced minorities (as the Bai and Naxis in Yunnan who also perform in orchestras who are much influenced by han music).
Then in the villages and couties mentionned by Olivier, and in Yunnan I would say, you can "fall on" an event including traditonnal music (more or less remote ethnic minorities ceremonies). I just wish you luck for that !

Merry xmas

Posted December 25th, 2012 - 7:51 am by

from Beijing, China (Permalink)

hello
if you are in china , beijing ,ple come to classic art and music and culture!!you can discover !!!!!and call me , i will wait for you ,frind !
li bo wang !