The violin is a central instrument in all Chinese music -- traditional, popular, and concert music, as well. China has never lacked for great violinists and composers, and yet Ma Sicong is reckoned as one Chinese violinist/composer who stands apart from the rest. In terms of writing music that struck deeply into the Chinese soul, yet reflected just enough of the European influence to make it sound full and international in appeal, Ma was exceptional -- one might say he was the Bela Bartók of China. Harassed and humiliated ...
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The violin is a central instrument in all Chinese music -- traditional, popular, and concert music, as well. China has never lacked for great violinists and composers, and yet Ma Sicong is reckoned as one Chinese violinist/composer who stands apart from the rest. In terms of writing music that struck deeply into the Chinese soul, yet reflected just enough of the European influence to make it sound full and international in appeal, Ma was exceptional -- one might say he was the Bela Bartók of China. Harassed and humiliated by Mao's Red Guard during China's Cultural Revolution, Ma was forced to flee to the United States and never returned to his homeland. On Naxos' superb Ma Sicong: Music for Violin and Piano, Ma's former student Hsiao-mei Ku is joined by pianist Ning Lu in a recital that spans 50 years of Ma's compositional activity.Ku occasionally employs an "erhu-style" approach to violin tone that bears out specific traditional characteristics in Ma's compositional thinking, but she does not overdo...
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