Performance

Led by two prize-winning Taiwanese musicians, Cheng-Ying Chuang (countertenor / Chinese lutenist on liuqin and zhongruan) and Ya-Ting Wang (percussionist). Musitonik Ensemble is devoted to exploring musical genres and building their contemporary dialogues. Together with acclaimed sitarist (Indian plucked-string) Ryohei Kanemitsu and erhu (Chinese fiddle) player Tanghsuan Lo, Wandering Voices II soars from ancient Chinese melodies, Indian ragas, European baroque / classical music into the contemporary. Four adventurous soloists immerse themselves with each other’s traditions to share a mesmerising journey through time and space.

 

About Musitonik Ensemble

Hauntingly beautiful’ (Herald). Fringe 2009’s four-star concert Wandering Voices returns to Edinburgh. Led by two prize-winning Taiwanese musicians, Cheng-Ying Chuang (countertenor / Chinese lutenist on liuqin and zhongruan) and Ya-Ting Wang (percussionist), Musitonik Ensemble is devoted to exploring musical genres and building their contemporary dialogues. Together with acclaimed sitarist (Indian plucked-string) Ryohei Kanemitsu and erhu (Chinese fiddle) player Tanghsuan Lo, Wandering Voices II soars from ancient Chinese melodies, Indian ragas, European baroque / classical music into the contemporary.

 

Four adventurous soloists immerse themselves with each other’s traditions (Taiwanese/Chinese folk, Indian classical, English lute songs, Chinese opera elements, sitar, countertenor, zhongruan, liuqin, world/contemporary percussion, improvisation) to share a mesmerising journey of music through time and space.

 

Reviews

 

“A cross-cultural and all-dimentional performance.” – Prof Han-Jin Chen, the 2013 nominator of Tai-Hsin Arts Award

“Hauntingly beautiful.” – 4-star review on The Herald, 2009 Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland