Post by annk on Nov 1, 2007 6:06:57 GMT
I was so lucky yesterday, the erhu player / composer Bian Liunian was in Oslo for the Oslo World Music Festival. I called around until I got hold of his manager (Bian was playing a concert with an earlier colleague of mine from my professional musician days, so I had somewhere to start), and asked for a lesson - and he said yes! So I had a great hour at his hotel.
He was a really good teacher, very specific and hands-on, giving me good and very concrete ideas about what I need to work on now. He looked at my instrument and said it was good, and said I easily could have paid twice for it today, so that was a relief, to know that that bit's in order. He said the bow was good, too (thanks, Song!). And he told me to get rid of the QQQianjin. He said I need more space to really do vibrato correctly, and that it is in the way for slides.
He had me play on his instrument only, which was interesting. He pulled out his second erhu (an Erquan erhu) and played along.
And then he played an amazing concert last night!! Saima, his own compositions, and Grieg with the Norwegian musicians. Beautiful.
It was an incredibly inspiring day. I look forward to listening to the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, which he has composed all the music for!
He was a really good teacher, very specific and hands-on, giving me good and very concrete ideas about what I need to work on now. He looked at my instrument and said it was good, and said I easily could have paid twice for it today, so that was a relief, to know that that bit's in order. He said the bow was good, too (thanks, Song!). And he told me to get rid of the QQQianjin. He said I need more space to really do vibrato correctly, and that it is in the way for slides.
He had me play on his instrument only, which was interesting. He pulled out his second erhu (an Erquan erhu) and played along.
And then he played an amazing concert last night!! Saima, his own compositions, and Grieg with the Norwegian musicians. Beautiful.
It was an incredibly inspiring day. I look forward to listening to the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, which he has composed all the music for!
