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  • GBCCA Chinese Music Ensemble Presents a Suona Seminar Given by Guo Yazhi

    By GBCCA Chinese Music Ensemble

    Mr. Guo is a renowned suona soloist, and former principal suona of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. This seminar is co-sponsored by Harvard Tea Party.

    Saturday, December 1st
    2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
    Science Center, Lecture Hall A, Harvard University
    1 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA (Map: map.harvard.edu/?bld=04420 )
    Free Admission

    Guo was the chief suona musician of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, founding president of Hong Kong Suona Association, National Band Music Research Director of Chinese Musician Association, meanwhile employed by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Chinese University of Hong Kong as a guest instructor.

    This photo of Mr. Guo was taken in April 2012 at Berklee College of Music by David Li.
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  • Gwei Lun-mei, Lau Ching-wan, Life without Principle and Beijing Blues Win Golden Horses

    (from chinapost.com.tw)

    Taiwanese actress Gwei Lun-mei (桂錀媄) was honored with the Best Leading Actress award at the 49th Golden Horse Film Festival, yesterday.

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  • You Are Invited to Boston Guzheng Ensemble’s 10th Anniversary Concert in Lexington

    By Boston Guzheng Ensemble

    Join us for an enchanted evening of Chinese music! To celebrate of 10th anniversary the Boston Guzheng Ensemble will present a concert with Chinese traditional folk tunes, new composition, and Chinese pop song. The guzheng is a Chinese 21-string zither and the ensemble is the only guzheng ensemble in New England.

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  • NBC Thanksgiving Night Stars: Tom Brady, Psy and Martha Steward

    By David Li, bostonese.com


    		 As a Bostonian, I enjoyed watching Tom Brady and the New England Patriots picking apart New York Jets on NBC Thanksgiving night. Tom Brady tossed 3 touchdown passes, scored one touchdown from one yard out rushing into the end zone himself, and led his team to a 49:19 lopsided victory. The game was never in doubt after the Pats scored 35 points in the 2nd quarter, with offense, defense and the special teams all scoring TDs.
    After local news, the Tonight show started at around 12:35 AM, an hour later than its usual start time. Jay Leno told the audience that Psy was going to perform on the show. By the time Tonight show ended on 1:25 AM, I was amazed at the enthusiastic response Psy got from Tonight show audience, including many military personnel. Many of them seemed to know the dance moves that Psy made famous in his YouTube video Gangnam Style, which got over 700 million views. In the picture, Psy is posing for the camera with the host Jay Leno, actor Bradley Cooper, and actress Natasha Leggero. Psy is dressed in the stage costume of “Gangnam Style.” (more…)

  • Director Niu Chen Zer Wants to Elevate Mandarin Film

    TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Golden Horse-nominated director Niu Chen Zer says he gets tremendous joy doing work he loves and he’s found a new way to share it with the world.

    Director Niu (middle) attending a press conference in Taipei.
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  • Soprano Yan Lian’s Debut Concert at St. Paul’s Parish Church Draws Rave Reviews

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Malden, Mass. — Just a little over a year ago, Yan Lian was a student at South China Normal University, and Attila Dobak was studying singing in Italy. They might never have imaged that one day they would share the stage, singing a classic duet together. Famous for its world-class universities like Harvard and M.I.T., Boston is also becoming a magnet for talented young musicians and singers from around the world in recent years.

    On Saturday, November 10, Soprano Yan Lian’s Boston debut concert was held at St. Paul’s Parish Church in Malden, Mass. About 200 people packed the historical church, and were in festival mood as the holiday season was just around the corner. They enjoyed the classic Western songs as well as favorite Chinese folk songs, like the Jasmine folk song from Jiangshu province and the Dragon Boat folk song from Hubei province.

    Lian (left) and Dobak performing Duet I Love You So.
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  • Eaden Huang – A Photographer with a Passion for Nature’s Beauty

    Eaden Huang immigrated to Boston in 1986 from Guangdong, China. He has studied in Bunker Hill Community College and the New England School of Photography. In New York City, he has worked for Zan Productions, Inc. as a full-time staff photographer. His talents and his persistence in the past 20 years of study and practice on photography have made him mature and skillful in his occupation.

    This tree in the picture above was on the bank of Charles river.
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  • Boston Philharmonic Orchestra Concert To Feature Pianist George Li

    In the evening of Nov. 15, the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) will present a sepecial concert at Harvard University Sanders Theatre. The concert will feature talented young pianist George Li of Lexington, Mass.

    Alfred Brendel gave George Li master piano lesson at Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland in July 2012.
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  • A Free Concert Not to be Missed by Soprano Yan Lian on November 10

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    On Saturday, November 10, a special concert with many beautiful Chinese and Western songs will take place at St. Paul’s Parish Church in Malden, Mass. Soprano Yan Lian graduated from South China Normal University, Department of Music Performance under the tutelage of Professor Yi Ding, Xiuwei Sun and Yun Deng. Professor Yun Deng was the first Chinese singer signed contract with United States Metropolitan Opera House. Currently, Yan Lian is studying opera at Longy School of Music under Professor Donna Roll.

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  • Love at the First Sight, BBOA’s Annual Performance Introduces Beijing Opera to New Fans in Boston

    By David Li, bostonese.com, photos by Bo Yang

    In the evening of October 7, Boston Beijing Opera Association (BBOA) presented its annual performance at Cambridge Family YMCA Theater. About 300 people showed up and cheered and applauded loudly for the wonderful performances one after another.

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