We're delighted to invite you to the second talk in our "Instruments in Chinese music" series. The series features three talks hosted by Po Hang Yuen, each focusing on a different instrument.
The second in our series is the violin. The talk examines the transmission of violin culture from Europe to China. We will discuss how the violin influenced Chinese musical development and explore various compositions written over the last century.
The guest for this talk will be Ziluo Huang.
Ziluo Huang is a Chinese violinist and a PhD student in musicology at the University of Manchester. Ziluo graduated from the Royal College of Music with a Master of Music in Performance degree with distinction. She also obtained the Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with scholarship. She won the Absolute First Prize in the UK International Music Competition in 2023. She has performed in venues around the country such as the Birmingham Town Hall, Symphony Hall, St James Concert and Assembly Hall in Guernsey, St John’s Smith Square, St Mary’s Perivale in London, Holy Trinity Church in Warrington, Djanogly Theatre in Nottingham and others. Ziluo has also played in masterclasses for Kun Hu, Mark Messenger, Elly Suh, Radu Bildar, Yuri Zhislin, John Gilbert and Tamsin Waley-Cohen.
Po Hang Yuen (Arthur) has earned degrees from University of Hong Kong, King’s College London, and Royal Northern College of Music, and is now pursuing his doctorate in Composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Dance with Julian Anderson, Malcolm Singers and Raymond Yiu. Having studied composition for five years, Yuen received numerous commissions and collaborative opportunities from leading soloists and ensembles, including the Avanti Chamber, BBC Philharmonic, Britten Sinfonia, London Mozart Players, Phace, Psappha, Sofia Philharmonic, and Trio Immersio. His piano trio Triptych has won the third prize in the professional section of the “The New Melodies” II International Composers Competition. The music was published by Dmitry Danilov Music Agency LLC and performed at the Whitehall of the Polytechnic Institute in St. Petersburg. Last July, Yuen’s Cosmic Embrace for large ensemble received its world premiere in Finland, as a part of the Avanti Summer Sounds Festival directed by Unsuk Chin.
About the public talk series
Manchester Confucius Institute public talks are free, informal and informative lectures aimed at anyone with an interest in Chinese culture and language.
