Presented By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan
Chanting Chinese Texts as Literary-Musical Training
Mr. Zhang Weidong, Scholar & Performer of Kunqu
Free and open to the public
This lecture traces the history of Chinese oral and performance literature and its chanting (yinsong) practices as a form of literary-musical training. To demonstrate, Mr. Zhang will chant selected examples of classical Chinese shi and ci poetry and prose.
About the speaker:
Mr. Zhang Weidong is a celebrated scholar-performer of kunqu and Chinese chanting. Having retired from theatrical kunqu performances, he now teaches and promotes kunqu and chanting inside and outside China as an independent artist-instructor. He recently taught Chinese chanting in Germany.
This lecture traces the history of Chinese oral and performance literature and its chanting (yinsong) practices as a form of literary-musical training. To demonstrate, Mr. Zhang will chant selected examples of classical Chinese shi and ci poetry and prose.
About the speaker:
Mr. Zhang Weidong is a celebrated scholar-performer of kunqu and Chinese chanting. Having retired from theatrical kunqu performances, he now teaches and promotes kunqu and chanting inside and outside China as an independent artist-instructor. He recently taught Chinese chanting in Germany.
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