Better Music, Better City: A Dialogue between Chinese and Western Music
| Date: 14:00, Saturday, April 10, 2010 Venue: Multifunctional Hall, 4th Floor, Shanghai Library Lecturer: Ms. Ma Xiaohui, erhu performer; Mr. Gianluca Marcian¨°, pianist What on earth does Shanghai look like? Perhaps every one visiting Shanghai in 2010 would come bearing the question in mind. It might remain to be a question even for the Shanghai natives, who fail to work out a definite answer. Yet the Expo will offer us an opportunity to evaluate the city from another perspective and that's why we organize a series of lectures named 'A Tale of Two Cities'¡ The 'Two Cities' actually goes beyond the municipal level to 'two nations', 'two cultures' or 'people in two fields'¡Yet each would come together to interpret the cultural components of Shanghai and illustrate the city through the contrasting ideas and views. Our first lecture begins with a dialogue between Ms. Ma Xiaohui, an Chinese erhu artist, and Mr. Gianluca Marcian¨°, an Italian conductor and pianist. Coming from two different cultural backgrounds, the two experts would stage live performances by different means as to display the strong power of music to relieve the souls. About the Lecturer Ms.  Ma Xiaohui, internationally renowned erhu artist and director of Xiaohui International Art s Center, member of Standing Committee of Shanghai Overseas Exchange Association and member of Shanghai Municipal Committee of the CPPCC. She launched a program named 'Shaking Hands with the World' that promoted erhu performances, and played erhu solo for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon that won the Oscar's 'Best Original Film Score'. Gianluca Marcian¨° is an Italian conductor and pianist, who started to play the piano at the age of 5 and held his first solo concert 5 years later. He won the first prize at the age of 13 at an international orchestra contest by RAI with Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2. Learning with Dmitri Bashkirov and Joaquin Achucaeeo, Gianluca used to perform in operas of Italy, Geneva, France, Moscow and Tokyo, and participated in tour performances to the United States, South America and Japan. In 2010, he made his first cooperation with Ms. Ma Xiaohui during the New Year Concert Series, which ended in huge success. How to Attend the Lectures 1. Registered members of 'Metropolitan Culture Lectures' will be sent tickets to the lecture and receive Ms. Ma's latest music album before the lecture starts. 2. Tickets can be purchased in Room 5005 or on the counter before the Multifunctional Hall For further information, please consult mylecture@msn.com |