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French favorites meet new wonders, led by guest conductor Sunny Xia! While all three French works were written within a decade in the late 19th century, only two—
Tan Dun’s Concerto for Guzheng and Strings features the TSO debut of local guzheng virtuoso Jing Xia, performing on the traditional Chinese plucked zither. This concert is available as part of a Masterworks Series Subscription. The Saturday matinee is also available as part of a Create Your Own Subscription. This concert is expected to last approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including intermission. This concert will be preceded by Concert Comments, a pre-concert talk, beginning one hour before each performance. Tan Dun won an Academy Award for his score to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Jing Xia performs as one half of the Duo Chinoiserie.Plan Your Visit
Music Notes
Jing Xia’s appearance is made possible by Julia Pernet.
Concert comments are sponsored by Oracle Eye Physicians & Surgeons.
The biography of Jing Xia published in the program book distributed at this concert contained errors. Please read the corrected version below.
Jing Xia (夏菁)
A guzheng performer, scholar and educator in Chinese music, promoter of intercultural music, and artistic researcher in arts in health. Ms. Xia was awarded the Golden Bell Award (most prestigious award of Chinese music), the Master of Chinese Traditional Musical Instrument by the California State Senate, the Master Artist Award by Southwest Folklife Alliance, and the 2022 Top 10 Outstanding Chinese American Youth Award and the 30 Selected Leaders for Future by the All American Chinese Youth Federation. She was selected to be featured in the 2016 Cultural and Artistic Achievement Stamp and Postcard Series released by China Post.
As a performing artist, Ms. Xia has been invited to perform concerts with the “Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra” along with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, China National Traditional Orchestra, Huaxia Chinese Orchestra, Chandler Symphony Orchestra, and Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra. She has traveled on concert tours to Switzerland, New Zealand, Spain, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Burma, Bangladesh, and the USA. Her artistic activities have been featured by media outlets including the UK Chinese Journal, Radio New Zealand, NZ Herald, All American Chinese Youth Federation, Tucson Life Style Magazine, and Arizona Public Media.
Aside from her devotion to the culture of traditional music, she is also enthusiastic about exploring new music, techniques, idioms, sounds, genres, cultures, and other aspects of musical perception. Her intercultural music project, the Duo Chinoiserie, seeks to build new musical bridges between the East and West. The award-winning album CHINOISERIE includes new works written for the Duo by renowned composers. Ms. Xia’s performing style of the guzheng is calm and subtle, yet very powerful and emotional. She pursues the true nature of music and makes her listeners feel the beauty of heaven and earth, love of life, and the light of humanity. Ms. Xia is a versatile contributor. She is also experienced in event management and artistic direction of ensemble.
Ms. Xia started her guzheng studies when she was 4. Since then, she has delved into the world of guzheng music and studies with famous Chinese guzheng masters. She holds a Master of Musicology and Bachelor of Arts degree from the China Conservatory of Music. She is a Ph.D. candidate of the Applied Intercultural Arts Research with an emphasis in applied ethnomusicology and health promotion science at the University of Arizona. Her research specializations include applied and intercultural approaches to study of music, culture, and wellness; traditional music as a means to enhance the wellbeing of the Chinese diaspora; the study of zheng score Shiliu Ban from Xiansuo Beikao (弦索备考) in Qing Dynasty. She has published articles in the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), and her research has been selected for presentation at the Association of Chinese Music Research (ACMR) meeting, the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) conference, and National Organization of Arts in Health conference (NOAH).
- This event has passed.
French favorites meet new wonders, led by guest conductor Sunny Xia! While all three French works were written within a decade in the late 19th century, only two—
Tan Dun’s Concerto for Guzheng and Strings features the TSO debut of local guzheng virtuoso Jing Xia, performing on the traditional Chinese plucked zither. This concert is available as part of a Masterworks Series Subscription. The Saturday matinee is also available as part of a Create Your Own Subscription. This concert is expected to last approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including intermission. This concert will be preceded by Concert Comments, a pre-concert talk, beginning one hour before each performance. Tan Dun won an Academy Award for his score to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Jing Xia performs as one half of the Duo Chinoiserie.Plan Your Visit
Music Notes
Jing Xia’s appearance is made possible by Julia Pernet.
Concert comments are sponsored by Oracle Eye Physicians & Surgeons.
The biography of Jing Xia published in the program book distributed at this concert contained errors. Please read the corrected version below.
Jing Xia (夏菁)
A guzheng performer, scholar and educator in Chinese music, promoter of intercultural music, and artistic researcher in arts in health. Ms. Xia was awarded the Golden Bell Award (most prestigious award of Chinese music), the Master of Chinese Traditional Musical Instrument by the California State Senate, the Master Artist Award by Southwest Folklife Alliance, and the 2022 Top 10 Outstanding Chinese American Youth Award and the 30 Selected Leaders for Future by the All American Chinese Youth Federation. She was selected to be featured in the 2016 Cultural and Artistic Achievement Stamp and Postcard Series released by China Post.
As a performing artist, Ms. Xia has been invited to perform concerts with the “Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra” along with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, China National Traditional Orchestra, Huaxia Chinese Orchestra, Chandler Symphony Orchestra, and Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra. She has traveled on concert tours to Switzerland, New Zealand, Spain, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Burma, Bangladesh, and the USA. Her artistic activities have been featured by media outlets including the UK Chinese Journal, Radio New Zealand, NZ Herald, All American Chinese Youth Federation, Tucson Life Style Magazine, and Arizona Public Media.
Aside from her devotion to the culture of traditional music, she is also enthusiastic about exploring new music, techniques, idioms, sounds, genres, cultures, and other aspects of musical perception. Her intercultural music project, the Duo Chinoiserie, seeks to build new musical bridges between the East and West. The award-winning album CHINOISERIE includes new works written for the Duo by renowned composers. Ms. Xia’s performing style of the guzheng is calm and subtle, yet very powerful and emotional. She pursues the true nature of music and makes her listeners feel the beauty of heaven and earth, love of life, and the light of humanity. Ms. Xia is a versatile contributor. She is also experienced in event management and artistic direction of ensemble.
Ms. Xia started her guzheng studies when she was 4. Since then, she has delved into the world of guzheng music and studies with famous Chinese guzheng masters. She holds a Master of Musicology and Bachelor of Arts degree from the China Conservatory of Music. She is a Ph.D. candidate of the Applied Intercultural Arts Research with an emphasis in applied ethnomusicology and health promotion science at the University of Arizona. Her research specializations include applied and intercultural approaches to study of music, culture, and wellness; traditional music as a means to enhance the wellbeing of the Chinese diaspora; the study of zheng score Shiliu Ban from Xiansuo Beikao (弦索备考) in Qing Dynasty. She has published articles in the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), and her research has been selected for presentation at the Association of Chinese Music Research (ACMR) meeting, the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) conference, and National Organization of Arts in Health conference (NOAH).
