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Home I I 'Music I Calendar I Educational Programs I Special Projects I Press i Downloads I Video I Contar r s I <br /> Home Musicians <br /> \tiIsk-i'ilis <br /> Chinese bio'PXf 1i French bio <br /> Lan Tung <br /> Crossing between Canada's new music,improvised music and world music scenes, Lan i,,ttie artistic <br /> director of the Orchid Ensemble,and at the same time a composer and concert producer c)rginally from <br /> Taiwan and trained extensively in Chinese music, Lan enjoys taking culturally specific rrateria s outside its <br /> context,fusing together various styles.Trained at Taiwan's Chinese Cultural University, _yr went on to <br /> study with erhu virtuosi Jiebing Chen in San Francisco and Zhang Funming in Beijing, -u o ,stani violinist <br /> Kala Ramnath in Bombay, Egyptian violinist Dr.Alfred Gamil in Cairo,and Uyghur fiddh} rrit.s( with <br /> Abdukerim Osman in western China in Urumqi. Lan has studied graphic score with Barre C 1'v <br /> in Switzerland and improvisation with Mary Oliver in Amsterdam.At the Vancouver Cre ct V• '11usiC <br /> Institute(2007-2009),she has studied and performed with such luminaries as Han Berl r�. (Holland), <br /> Barry Guy, Evan Parker,John Butcher(UK), Francois Houle, Paul Plimley(Canada). <br /> Lan has premiered numeours contemporary works and performed as a solo st <br /> with Orchestre Metropolitain,Symphony Nova Scotia,Turning Point Ensemble,Atlas Ens, I hl,-, Little <br /> Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra, Nanjing Jazz Festival Orchestra at pretig ous venues i, is Sibelius <br /> Academy Concert Hall (Helsinki), Muziekgebouw(Amsterdam), Place des Arts(Montreal e Chan <br /> Centre for the Performing Arts(Vancouver),and National Concert Hall (Taipei). Lan hF, _)t­fc;rmed <br /> with Magpie Music&Dance Company in Amsterdam,Xu Fengxia in Germany, Hossam c K('r in Egypt, <br /> and appeared as a guest with Huun Huur Tu (Tuva), Baka Beyond(UK), Khac Chi Ense -re (Vietnam) <br /> and Bill Bourne at fesitvals across Canada. Lan also performs Proliferasian,Tandava, Birds of Paradox, Mozaico Flamenco Dance Theatre, i tr e Vancouver <br /> Inter-Cultural Orchestra. <br /> (photo:Art Inman) <br /> Erhu erhu history compose for the erhu <br /> r <br /> Originated in Central Asia and introduced to China more than one thousand years ago,the erhu belongs to the large family of 1' <br /> stick fiddles that are found in many countries.The erhu is played while held on the lap.Its two strings are tuned to a fifth,with <br /> the bow placed between them.The erhu has no fingerboard.The player places the fingers on the strings without pressing them <br /> against the wood beck,giving the flaxibility to apply different degrees of pressure on the strings to alter the tone.The erhu is <br /> usually made of ebony,sandalwood or rosewood,with a snakeskin resonator.The folk versions vary in the shapes and materials <br /> of the sound boxes.A popular instrument in solo and ensemble music,erhu's expressive sound resembles the human voice and is <br /> deeply rooted in the vocal traditions. <br />