Yang Jing
楊靜
Yang Jing
Yang Jing
Background information
Occupation(s)Composer and concert Pipa soloist

Yang Jing (Chinese: 楊靜; pinyin: Yáng Jìng; born 1963)[1] is a Swiss-Chinese composer and concert pipa soloist.

Early life and education

Yang grew up in Xuchang in Henan province, China.[2] According to Yang, she came from an educated family that was regarded with suspicion during the Cultural Revolution.[3] Her mother worked in a hospital, and her father was an army officer.[3] One of her grandfathers died in prison after being accused of counterrevolution.[3]

She started playing the pipa, the Chinese plucked lute, at the age of six.[2] From 1976, at the age of 12, she started performing in an ensemble at the Henan Opera music school.[4]

From the age of 18, Yang studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and graduated in 1986.[2] In 1998, she went to Japan to study with composer Minoru Miki, as she started to explore contemporary music, and later performed and recorded pipa concertos by Miki with Japanese orchestras.[2] In 2003, she moved to Switzerland to complete a master's degree at University of the Arts Bern.[2]

Career

Yang became a pipa soloist with the China National Traditional Orchestra in 1986.[2] In 1996, she started Qing Mei Jing Yue, billed as the first all-women traditional instrument quartet in China, including the erhu, yangqin, and guzeheng, in addition to the pipa.[2]

In 1998, Yang began her collaboration with Pierre Favre, a Swiss percussionist, after meeting him at the Beijing Jazz Festival.[2] In 2000, they performed as a duo in Beijing and Shanghai, and recorded their first album together, Moments, at a live concert.[2]

In 1999, Yang released the album Village in the Floods, a unique recording of the pipa accompanied by piano, with pianist Arthur Mattli.[2] The album was a fundraiser for Chinese flood victims.[2]

Critical reception

Yang's 2012 album Elements: New Music for Pipa by American Composers, recorded in Hawaii, received mixed reviews.[5]

Notable compositions

  • Unter einem hellen Sternenhimmel Yang Jing Music for Mixed Ensemble
  • Singing Strings - Identity Yang Jing Music for String Quartet and Pipa
  • Erzählungen vom Fluss Tales from the River is an entire concert program, written in 2015 for a six-member ensemble: flute, clarinet, piano, drums, violin and cello. There will also be the so-called ‘nothing’: a sound installation. Since 2020, the composer YANG Jing has been expanding this concert with new pieces and creating various concert program combinations.
  • «klingende Zeit» – Live concert with multimedia. This 80-minute concert consists of 9 movements.
  • Pipa Concerto «Fire & Earth» YANG Jing Music for Pipa with orchestra

Discography

  • «Singing Strings - Identity» 2023 Yang Jing Music for String Quartet and Pipa Played by Yang Jing & Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players Neos CD
  • «Peter's Easter Flower» 2023 Yang Jing Music for Pipa Y Music CD
  • «Pipa Concerto - Mozart In China» 2023 Music for Pipa with orchestras written by Daniel Schnyder, Minoru Miki, Mo Fan Y Music CD
  • «Jade Flute In Spring Night» 2023 Music for Trio Concert Y Music CD
  • «Pipa Moment» 2023 YANG Jing Music for Pipa and classical Guitar Trio Y Music CD
  • «Severed Dream of Dunhuang» Mèng duàn dūnhuáng 2023 Classical Pipa Music of YANG JingY Music CD
  • «A TRAVELLER'S CHANT at Mount Lu» 2017, Yang Jing music for Choir and Ensembles with Calmus Ensemble; European Chinese Ensemble Klanglogo Deutschland; Naxos Records (CD)
  • «Dancing on a Bridge» 2014, Yang Jing and Wolfgang Sieber; music for pipa and organ; Klanglogo Deutschland; NAXOS (CD)
  • «Step into the Future»- 4tett Different Song» 2012, Jazz 4tett: Yang Jing, Pipa/Guqin; Michel Wintsch, Piano; Baenz Oester,Bass; Norbert Pfammatter, Drums/Percussion; Leo Records(CD).
  • «Two in One» 2006, Yang Jing and Pierre Favre music for pipa and percussion. InTakt Records (CD)
  • «Yang Jing & the Chamber Soloists Lucerne» 2005, Tan Dun, Minoru Miki, Daniel Schnyder; music for pipa and chamber ensemble (CD and DVD)
  • «Severed Dream of Dunhuang» 2004, Yang Jing pipa music. AMC Records (CD)
  • «Magic Moments» 2004, Yang Jing and Pierre Favre; music for pipa and percussion; Dingo Products (DVD)
  • «Asia Ensemble» 2004, Music from Asia; Traditional Musical instruments; Tokyo, (CD)
  • «Dance along the Old Silk Road» 2003 Yang Jing; pipa music, Dragon Music HK(CD)
  • «Disclosure» 1999, Yang Jing; pipa music, China Records (CD)
  • «Evening Poem» 1999, Yang Jing, Yu Hongmei, Liu Yuening, and Fan Weiqing; Music for Chinese traditional instrumental quartet. China Records (CD)
  • «Village in the Floods» 1998, Yang Jing and Arthur Mattli; music for pipa and piano; China Records (CD)[2]
  • «Send my passions in Red Beans» 1995, Yang Jing and Others; Music for Pipa with China National Orchestra and China Radio Orchestra (CD)[8]
  • «Butterfly Dream» 1986, Yang Jing; pipa music collection HK cassette

References

  1. ↑ Mehlen, Rosemarie (17 October 2013). "Ein Wunderkind wird zu einer Virtuosin wie einst Jimi Hendrix". Tagblatt. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Chen, Nan (December 16, 2016). "Plucking New Heart Strings". China Daily Asia. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  3. 1 2 3 Bräm, Thüring (November 2004). "Zwischen zwei Kulturen: Behalt deine Wurzeln und öffne dich für das Neue" (PDF). MHS aktuell (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  4. ↑ "About". Yang Jing Music. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  5. 1 2 "[REVIEW] Elements: New Music for Pipa". American Record Guide. 77 (4): 175–176. 2014. Retrieved 2023-01-26 – via EBSCOHost.
  6. ↑ Yang Jing & Christy Doran – No.9 at Discogs
  7. ↑ "Number 9". yangjingmusic.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  8. ↑ "CDs: Send my Passions in Red Beans". yang jing music. 1995. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
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