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Reserved tickets for this event are sold out, but there will be a few extra seats and standing room available for the 30 minute concert!Join us for a musical performance of the Vancouver Erhu Quartet and Market Days at 8EAST!
Market Days with Chinatown Wonders: 12 - 5pm
The Vancouver Erhu Quartet will perform from 4 - 4:30 pm on the 8EAST Plaza
both events are FREE
Reserve seats here in Eventbrite. There will be also be space for drop-in attendance!
Vancouver Erhu Quartet:
Jun Rong 戎峻 – erhu
Lan Tung 董籃 – erhu
Parmela Attariwala – viola
Sungyong Lim 林成容 – cello
Market Days with Chinatown Wonders showcases a wide assortment of cultural creations and resources about Chinese clan associations as well as recordings and merchandise that represent improvising communities world wide! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about initiatives in Chinatown over complimentary tea and pastries. There will be cultural creations from Chinatown Wonders, original Indigenous designs from Pretty Eastvan, NOW Society recordings, local and international recordings NOW Tshirts, totes, and more!
Created during the pandemic year in 2020, the Vancouver Erhu Quartet explores the sonic possibilities combining the erhu (Chinese violin) with western strings. The quartet consists of Vancouver erhu players Lan Tung and Jun Rong, violinist/violist Parmela Attariwala, and cellist Sungyong Lim. The quartet’s all-Asian members represent Taiwanese, Chinese, Punjabi, and Korean communities. Their interpretation of contemporary works is fused with the sensitivity and sense of breath from Asian traditions. At the same time, the musicians have performed/studied various musical styles to explore innovative approaches. Together they bring expertise in various genres, from traditional, contemporary, classical, avant-garde, to world/cross-cultural music.
Known for its expressive sounds, the erhu is one of the most versatile instruments. The erhu has been employed widely by musicians and composers in different contexts around the world. Although the erhu is a traditional instrument, bowed-string ensembles only began to emerge in Chinese music in recent years. In Asia, they are made up of instruments from the erhu family – erhu, gaohu, and zhonghu, in various sizes ranging from quartet to larger ensembles. The Vancouver Erhu Quartet takes advantage of Canada’s multicultural environment to explore the combination of eastern and western bowed strings, as well as diverse influences from collaborating composers. The ensemble’s repertoire includes original works by Jin Zhang, Edward Top, Tim Brady, Jeffrey Ryan, Yawen Wang, Moshe Denburg, Elizabeth Knudson, Mark Armanini, and Amir Eslami. The Vancouver Erhu Quartet’s unique instrumentation provides a new vehicle for artistic expression on the Canadian music scene. The ensemble has performed at the 2022 Sonic Boom Festival and the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra’s 2022 Global Soundscape Festival.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
8EAST, 12 E Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1T1, Canada,Vancouver, British Columbia
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