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Georgette Tso

On 8 September 2014 Lunlun Zou’s students performed at the Mid-Autumn festival party the Hong Kong Country Club which was attended by more than 500 members and guests. Their performance was well received by the audience. The performance started with a cheerful duet “Fengyang Flower Drum”, followed by the elegant classic Songs of “Fishermen’s Joyous Return”.

Coria Wong’s solo “Song of Fishing Ling ” and Zoe Leung’s solo “Autumn Moon over Han Palace” presented audience vivid graphics of beautiful moonlight by melody. Georgette Tso’s rendition of Shan Bei folk song “Nanniwan” has ignited the atmosphere of the party. And Yannis Lin’s amazing techniques when playing “Sunshine over Jin Gang Mountain” was warmly applauded by the audience. Maisie Luk played “Spring Returned to Snow-capped Peaks”, followed by “The Moon Represents My Heart” by Master Lunlun Zou and violinist Du Lan. Their performance has brought the party to a climax. The performance ended with guzheng ensemble “Fighting with Typhoon” by Master Zou and her students which they won the audience by their outstanding techniques, elegant style and passion.

The success of the performance is contributed by students of the Lunlun Zou Guzheng Studio and sponsors. Others participating in the performance were Ruby Wong, Melissa Wong, Timtim Hong, E Tech Wong, Alice Siu, Rosa Ho Ching Sui and Candy Tsing Ying.

Special thanks to Mr Gary Tso and Mrs Victoria Tso.

Photos from this event can be seen here.

Start your Chinese New Year celebrations on the right note!

You are warmly invited to “Oriental Trio”, a concert of Chinese traditional music by the band “Oriental Trio” (also known as “3 Girls’ Band” and “Three Sisters”) to be held at the Utzon Room in the Sydney Opera House on Saturday 8 February 2014 commencing at 3:00 pm.

This special concert celebrates Chinese culture at the time of the Chinese New Year Festival; promoting Chinese–Australian cultural interaction, developing friendship and passing on Chinese traditional culture to the next generation. It is also to show appreciation to those who have supported Oriental Trio and promoted Chinese music in Australia over recent years.

The concert features three Chinese-Australian musicians playing the guzheng (Lunlun Zou), erhu (Ying Liu), pipa (Lulu Liu) and presenting an original selection of beautifully evocative traditional and contemporary Chinese music, and Australian compositions with Chinese influences. The concert will also feature guest Australian musicians performing with the Oriental Trio.

As the concert will be recorded live by Fine Music 102.5, please ensure that you are seated by 2:50 pm.

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Lunlun Zou officially started accepting Bitcoin cryptocurrency as a convenient alternative to conventional payment methods. Soon after the announcement was made on Lunlun Zou’s website, a number of major media outlets has shown tremendous amount of interest. Since 25 November 2013, Lunlun has been interviewed by various organisations about how she adopts latest internet technology to facilitate the education of traditional Chinese music. The Lunlun Zou Guzheng Studio has received scores of enquiries from acclaimed TV and press institutions including CNN, BBC, TVB Jade, South China Morning Post, Ming Pao, HK Economic Times, Next Magazine, RTHK Radio, as well as Bitcoin-focused on-line magazines.

Some interviews with Lunlun Zou on television can be viewed below:

Lunlun Zou discusses Bitcoin on CCTV’s Biz Asia Programme

Lunlun Zou discusses Bitcoin on TVB Jade’s Scoop Programme

Lunlun Zou discusses Bitcoin on TVB Jade’s Financial Times Programme

Photographs from the media interviews and some newspaper clippings can be seen here. Article in South China Morning Post is available here.

The performances were a mixture of traditional Chinese melodies from the past as well as a few contemporary pieces and selected works by Debussy. The auditorium was full with hardly an empty seat to be seen. The crowd was also quite familiar with the works played and even applauded after moments of extraordinary virtuosity, displayed with consummate skill by Ms Zou and Mr Guo, both individually and together.

A simple but quite appropriate background of Monet’s Autumn on the Seine at Argenteuil was an elegant and most fitting backdrop to the evening. Many of the Chinese pieces they played are extremely well known and popular. Songs of Fishing Boats at Dusk, Butterfly Lovers – metamorphosis, A moonlit Night on the Spring River and the ever popular and quite difficult Horse Racing which Mr Guo performed flawlessly.

After his solo, Ms Zou played The Fight with the Typhoon, another musical challenge, but this time for the guzheng. She plays with great emotion, impeccable technique and elegant style with almost balletic movements of the hands and arms.

Lunlun Zou and Guo Gan

Adrian Walter, the Director of the HKAPA, was delighted with the event. “The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts was delighted to be the venue for Sunday’s concert by Guzheng master, Lunlun Zou. A beautifully performed and varied programme highlighted the extraordinary ability of the performers and the unique expressive range of the instruments,” he said.

As the director of the HKAPA, Mr Walter knows what he is talking about when he describes the performers. “The drama of the Guzheng solos were matched by the sublime and reflective solos by Erhu master, Guo Gan. The quality of the performers who joined Ms Zou were of the highest order, a quality that characterised the afternoon. I was delighted to see one of APA’s alumni sharing the stage providing evocative pipa solos and accompaniments.”

“Beau soir en Hong Kong”

Dr Chan was especially happy with the large number of young people who turned up for the concert. No tradition will be able to be maintained if the youth do not take it up. It would seem that the guzheng and the erhu are in good shape at this time.

Among the audience were these honourable guests: HKSAR Financial Secretary John Tsang and his wife, Zhang Xiaoming, director of the Liaison Office, Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs, Oregon Scientific Global Group Chairman Dr. Raymond Chan, Ms Florence Hui, Director-General of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Dr Rosanna Wong, Chancellor Timothy W. Tong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Council Chairman William Leung, JP, mirror, Executive President Xu Xinying cultural enterprises and others.

IAMA wishes to express sincere gratitude to: Oregon Scientific, Hang Seng Bank, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Deloitte, AIA, AVIS Macau and others.

Photos from this event can be seen here.