望春風 / Facing the Spring Wind // Splendid Sounds of Taiwan

望春風 / Facing the Spring Wind Traditional Arr. 李哲儀 / Zhe-Yi Li (b. 1970) 陳麒米 / Chi-Mi Chen, sheng 許雅婷 / Ya-Ting Hsu, gehu Amy I-Lin Cheng, piano “Splendid Sounds of Taiwain” Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 7:30 PM Hill Auditorium This gala performance was the culmination of a residency and event series, October 1-4, with instrumental demonstrations, lectures, class visits, and a roundtable discussion with U-M faculty. Soloists of the internationally-acclaimed National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan (NCO) performed “Splendid Sounds of Taiwain.” The ensemble brought together some of the finest talent of the Chinese music community in Taiwan. Performing repertoire of traditional Chinese music re-imagined for the global stage, they played yangqin (dulcimer), dizi (flute), sheng (reed organ), erhu (two-string fiddle) and gehu (four-string bass fiddle). The residency was made possible through the U-M Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, with additional support from the Michigan Taiwanese American Organization, U-M Lieberthal Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, U-M East Asia National Resource Center, U-M School of Music,Theatre & Dance, and U-M Center for World Performance Studies. Part of the U-M Fall 2023 Festival of Asian Music https://smtd.umich.edu/asian-music-fe...