BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:One Hundred Years of Chinese Piano Music: Embracing Change\, En countering Challenge\, Establishing Character\n\nA Lecture-Recital by Dr. J ennifer Chu\n\nMonday\, February 27\n8:00 PM \n\nContact: Dr. Christopher F isher\, Professor of Piano (fisherc@ohio.edu)\n\n \n\nDescription:\n\n \n\n In 1915\, March of Peace by Zhao Yuan-Ren became the first piano piece writ ten by a Chinese composer to be published in China. This brief\, simplistic \, and unassuming work ushered in a new era of music composition in China: piano music written in the Western classical idiom. Adopting a new musical language is challenge enough\, yet Chinese composers throughout the 20th ce ntury further had to contend with such artistically disruptive events as th e Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). De spite these obstacles\, the nascent musical idiom took hold and blossomed i nto a dynamic expressive confluence of East and West. \n\n \n\nIn this lect ure-recital\, we will explore the development of Chinese piano music agains t the historical backdrop of the twentieth century\, tracing its trajectory to the present day. Through performances of selected works spanning the ce ntury\, audiences will gain an appreciation for how quickly composers assim ilated the Western classical style while preserving their own cultural uniq ueness\, resulting in a musical language that is both universal and remains true to its creators’ heritage.\n\n \n\nProgram:\n\n \n\nZhao Yuan-Ren (18 92-1982) - March of Peace (1915) & An Incidental Idea (1917)\n\nHe Lu-Ting (1903-1999) - Berceuse (1934)\n\nChen Pei-Xun (1921-2006) - Guangdong Folk Tune (1952)\, The Street Peddler\n\nChu Wang-Hua (b. 1941) - Xinjiang Capr iccio (1978)\n\nYe Xiao-Gang (b. 1955) - Namucuo op. 53 (2006)\n\nYao Chen - Animé (2018)\n\n \n\nBio:\n\n \n\nJennifer Chu is Professor of Piano at E ast China Normal University in Shanghai\, China. Prior to joining ECNU in 2 021\, she was Director of Secondary Piano and faculty member of the Keyboar d Studies department at The Juilliard School\, where she also taught classe s in Music History and Music Theory. \n\n \n\nAs a pianist\, Dr. Chu made h er orchestral debut at age thirteen with the Rockland Symphony Orchestra an d has performed with ensembles such as the South Orange Symphony Orchestra\ , the Eastern Music Festival Orchestra\, the Festival Orchestra in Toledo\, Spain\, and the Princeton University Orchestra. As a recitalist\, Dr. Chu has toured in Spain as part of International Piano Festivals\, and has appe ared at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage\, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Ha ll\, and the Mozarteum Festival in Salzburg. She has garnered awards at the Steinway Society of Boston competition\, the Five Towns Music and Arts Com petition\, the Bradshaw and Buono Piano Competition\, and the Wideman Piano Competition. Her performances have been deemed “powerful” and “winning” by the New York Times. Dr. Chu is privileged to count among her musical mento rs Jerome Lowenthal\, Solomon Mikowsky\, Elizabeth DiFelice\, and members o f the Brentano String Quartet.\n\n \n\nA native of New York state\, Dr. Chu earned the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School wher e she was awarded the 2012 Richard F. French Prize for her dissertation. Sh e also holds degrees and scholarships from Manhattan School of Music and Pr inceton University. Dr. Chu currently resides in Shanghai with her husband and son. DTEND:20230228T020000Z DTSTAMP:20241124T072057Z DTSTART:20230228T010000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Dr. Jennifer Chu lecture and recital UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_42163782822091 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/dr_jennifer_chu_lecture_and_recital END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR