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Whisper

My music prior to then had existed largely in ignorance of the aesthetic values of chinese traditional music, so I embarked on learning Guzheng under Vicki Zheng and the Sydney Conservatorium Chinese Music Ensemble. What opened up to me was an incredibly rich, nuanced and unique set of musical aesthetics and values. This piece is a tentative attempt at merging an existing style of mine with the care for ornamentation and gesture of music solo Guzheng music. It takes the material of the first few notes —an ambiguous downward sigh— and explores the directions and consequences implied in it.

Performed by Ariel Leung

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