Master Erhu Musician Wang Guowei: Alone and with Friends

Master Erhu Musician Wang Guowei: Alone and with Friends
Youtube Premiere
URL: https://youtu.be/SMcCv1twlGo
Free stream

Enter Wang Guowei’s world of erhu music in a pre-recorded video performance of traditional and contemporary compositions. Watch the premiere of his virtually created Autumn Moon Over a Tranquil Lake rendered from a traditional Cantonese tune and Enchanting Tai Lake inspired by Jiangnan Sizhu music. Guowei is joined by other musicians in the stylistically varied works Drinking Alone with the Moon and Sunshine Pours Over Tashikurgen.

Artists
Wang Guowei, erhu
Anna Urrey, flute
Michael Katz, cello
Javor Bračić, piano

Wang Guowei studied at the Shanghai Conservatory, concertmaster and soloist with the Shanghai Traditional Orchestra, and Artistic Director of Music From China. Hailed as a “master of the erhu” by music critics, Wang Guowei has appeared with such artists as the Shanghai Quartet, Ying Quartet, Amelia Piano Trio, Continuum, Third Angle New Music Ensemble, Virginia Symphony, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Ornette Coleman, Butch Morris, and Yo-Yo Ma. Wang Guowei is Artist-in-Residence in Chinese Music Performance at Williams College and Director of the Williams College Chinese Ensemble; conductor and co-director of the Swarthmore College Chinese Ensemble; and Artistic Director of the Music From China Youth Orchestra.