New Sounds from the Middle Kingdom

In the »Week of New Music« by the Theater and Orchester Heidelberg, the KlangForum Heidelberg e.V. is hosting two evenings under the motto »New Sounds from the Middle Kingdom«. The events inspired visitors both with words, in this case lectures by sinologist Prof. Dr. Barbara Mittler, and sounds of Asian composers (China and Korea). Pieces by this year’s winner of the Heidelberger Künstlerinnenpreis, Ms Ying Wang, were also performed on these evenings. Ms. Wang studied in Shanghai, has lived in Cologne for the last ten years and studied with Johannes Schöllhorn and Rebecca Saunders there, among other people. Her father Xilin Wang is considered the most famous, non-conformist master of Chinese composers of the 20th century. In her music, Ying Wang uses Asian (pipa and guqin) and European instruments combined with Western vocal aesthetics and vocal techniques.

Video Documentary:

ZKM | Institute for Visual Media

Camera: Frenz Jordt, Peter Müller
Editing: Viviane Schreiber
Sound: Anton Kossjanenko