“SPRING OF THE GOLDEN SNAKE” CNY CONCERT WILL BE HELD ON 16 FEBRUARY 2013 IN SYDNEY
Spring of the Golden Snake celebrates the 2013 Chinese New Year (year of the Snake) with an afternoon of music with Ying & Friends at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. This special concert, a showcase of Chinese influence in Australian music, will blend Western and Chinese instruments to create original and evocative sounds. Chinese tea appreciation and a calligraphy workshop will be held before the concert and tea tasting and light refreshments after the concert for you to enjoy Chinese New Year at the Con. Special guest will be Lunlun Zou, director of International Academy for Musical Arts in Hong Kong.
The program presents traditional Chinese music including Golden Snake Dance (金蛇狂舞) and Spring Outing (游春), Cantonese music including Autumn Moon on the Calm Lake (平湖秋月) and Rain Drops on a Banana Tree (雨打芭蕉), arranged by Australian composer Tony Wheeler, as well as popular Chinese classics The Moon’s Reflection on the Second Spring (二泉映月) and Spring Festival Overture (春节序曲), arranged by Australian composer Julie Simonds. Also included are original Australian compositions for Chinese instruments, Bodhisattva of the Silk Road and Guanyin Song by Wheeler and other well-known Western pieces arranged for Chinese and Western instruments. A highlight will be the world premiere of Wheeler’s blues-jazz piece Blue Moon for erhu, saxophone and piano.
For tickets and details, please visit http://www.cityrecitalhall.com/events/id/1414.
LIN YAYI PERFORMS ON TVB TELEVISION
Lin Yayi performs on TVB television
10-year old Lin Yayi performs on TVB programme “New Culture Zoom”, aired on 7 July 2012, (Saturday, 9:10am). The song is “The Drums of the Harvest”. Since age 6, Yayi has been learning guzheng from her guzheng teacher Lunlun Zou and won many competitions throughout Hong Kong.
NATIONAL MELODY CONCERT IN SHEUNG WAN
“National Melody Concert” will be held on Thursday, 20 October 2011 at 8:00 PM in Sheung Wan Civic Centre (Sheung Wan, Hong Kong).
Lunlun Zou and Dr Huang Weida will be performing on guzheng and erhu “Fishermen’s Joyous Return”. Lunlun Zou and her guzheng trio “Phoenix” (Feng Huang) will perform a classical piece “Butterfly Lovers” and other popular compositions. This concert will also feature Lunlun Zou’s talented 9-year old student Lin Yayi, first prize laureate of Hong Kong School’s Music Festival. Lin Yayi will perform Tibetan melody “Spring’s Return to Snow-capped Peaks”. Other outstanding musicians will also participate.
Thursday, 20 October 2011, 8:00 PM, at Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Hong Kong; tickets are HK$200 (students half price) and can be purchased from Lunlun Zou.
Photos from this event can be seen here.
LUNLUN ZOU INTRODUCES SKYPE GUZHENG LESSONS
Due to world-wide demand Lunlun Zou commenced providing long-distance live guzheng classes via the Skype video phone. Please see further details and pricing here.
MARTIN YAN AND LUNLUN ZOU HOST A BENEFIT FOR SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
America’s beloved chef Martin Yan and renowned guzheng Master Lunlun Zou have teamed up to host a fund-raising event in Shenzhen’s Window of the World theme park to benefit the victims of the recent Sichuan earthquake.
Lunlun Zou and Martin Yan
Master chef Martin Yan is a household name in the United States and Canada, where he became famous for his cooking show Yan Can Cook.
The event, sponsored by the Lee Kum Kee company, the world-famous maker of Chinese spices and cooking sauces, included Martin Yan’s brilliantly entertaining cooking show and awe-inspiring musical performance by guzheng Master Lunlun Zou. Overall, the show was a delight for the stomach, eyes and ears!
Among honorable guests was Mr. Li Wenda, president of the Lee Kum Kee company.
All proceeds raised during the event, including those made from sales of Lunlun Zou’s music CD’s, were donated to the victims of the recent Sichuan earthquake.
PANTING’S NEW MUSIC VIDEO RELEASED
Panting in Yangzhou
Lunlun Zou has released a new guzheng music video with Panting as the star performer. The video was filmed in April 2005 in beautiful Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China.
Watch this video! Panting plays The Yi Festival Dancein a video titled Spring Comes to Yangzhou.
GUZHENG SETS THE NEW GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
A new Guinness World Record has been set on 8 August in Huludao, when 2,348 guzheng enthusiasts from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore struck strings in unison, each using their own guzheng.
Hong Kong guzheng students and musicians too have taken part in this record-breaking activity under the leadership of guzheng artist Lunlun Zou.
Photos from this event can be seen here. Watch video on Youku.com.
TV INTERVIEW WITH LUNLUN ZOU’S 3 GIRLS’ BAND
3 Girls’ Band at the TVB studio
On June 3 Lunlun Zou and her 3 Girls’ Band attended shooting of the popular TV show Culture Plaza at the studios of channel TVB in Tseng Kwan O, Hong Kong. They recorded the 3 Girls’ Band playing 2 songs (Zhan Tai Feng and Wan Shui Qian Shan Zong Shi Qing), after which the girls answered curious questions of the host Albert Cheung.
Members of the 3 Girls’ Band are Lunlun Zou (guzheng), Cheng Yu Ting (erhu) and Zhang Ying (pipa). The band continues in the tradition of Lunlun’s earlier band, Three Sisters, performing Chinese traditional classics as well as contemporary compositions with sparkle and spunk.
The show has aired on 17 June 2007, at 8:30 AM on the channel TVB Jade. Please watch the full length interview and musical performance (Zhan Tai Feng and Wan Shui Qian Shan Zong Shi Qing):
DEBUT OF THE 3 GIRLS’ BAND
Debut of the 3 Girls’ Band
After years of preparations, Lunlun Zou debuted with her Chinese music ensemble 3 Girls’ Bandat a private concert in Hong Kong.
Some of you may already know that during her stay in Sydney, Australia, Lunlun has been part of a band 3 Sisters, which was made up of Lunlun Zou (guzheng), Lulu Liu (pipa) and Ying Ying Liu (erhu). The trio often performed at events in Sydney, including the stage of the Sydney opera house.
Like the phoenix rose from ashes, so did the Three Sisters, this time under the name 3 Girls’ Band.
The name of the new ensemble in Chinese language is literally “3 Phoenixes”, although this translation has not been chosen in favor of the simpler and more memorable 3 Girls’ Band. The ensemble is directed by Lunlun Zou and plans to perform at events in Hong Kong and China.
Enjoy watching an abbreviated video recording from this concert: