We have had an absolute blast of a tour in China!

We were invited to hold multiple Recitals, Seminars, Discussions, Masterclasses, Workshops by Universities in Beijng and Guangzhou. While also experiencing some great food and culture, and made friends with so many wonderful people in China!

The first event of the tour was a recital in the Renmin University Concert Hall, presented by the Capital Normal University Conservatory of Music.

We arrived in Beijing the day before and on the evening of the second day we held the concert. Renmin University is considered one of the largest universities in Beijing and their concert hall was absolutely fantastic. The tour concert programme featured the music of Japan, New Zealand and China and We had the opportunity to perform works by Gao Ping, Zhang Fei and Tang Xu with themselves in the audience!

They are such wonderful people and create such brilliant music! It is such an honour and a pleasure to perform and work with such established composers of our time.

This was also a very special concert not only because of these reasons. But also because we were giving the world premiere performance of a brand new work by A. Professor of the Central Conservatory of Music Beijing Yao Chen. Unfortunately Yao Chen could not make the recital due to university commitments but he had prepared a professional recording engineer to record this recital so he was able to hear his premiere soon after the performance.

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ISOMURA BROTHERS China Tour - Recital at Renmin University Concert Hall

VENUE: Renmin University of China School of Arts Concert Hall, 59 Zhong guan cun St, Haidian district, China, 100872

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DATE: 9th of May 2019

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TIME: 7:30pm START (7:00 pm DOORS OPEN)

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PERFORMERS: ISOMURA BROTHERS

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COMPOSER IN ATTENDANCE: Yao Chen, Gao Ping, Xu Tang

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The ISOMURA BROTHERS have been invited by the Capital Normal University of Beijing as a residency artist and will be performing a recital of contemporary music from China, Japan and New Zealand. The programme will include a world premiere of a work by Chen Yao - Associate Professor of the Central Conservatoire of Music Beijing.

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Programme:

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Xu Tang

JI (2018)

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John Psathas

Jettatura (1999)

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John Psathas

Gyftiko (2010)

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Zhang Fei

Field Scenery (2016)

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Gao Ping

Questioning the Mountain (2008)

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Toru Takemitsu

Distance de Fee (1951)

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Toru Takemitsu

Hika (1966)

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Toru Takemitsu

From Far Beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog (1983)

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Chen Yao

Inquietude (2011/2019)

[WORLD PREMIERE]

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This event is presented in association with the Capital Normal University of Beijing and the Renmin University School of Music.