Mandarin Course

Traditional Chinese Music (Pipa): 小月儿高- The Moon is High

The traditional piece 小月儿高(The Moon is High) is based on an old melody from the Chong Ming Island area, situated in the Yangtze River Delta in southern China. The gentle and delicate composition shows the contamplative, romantic side of the Pipa. About the artist: Zhang Jingyu, born in Beijing, began playing the pipa at the young age of four. Due to her extraordinary talent, she received lessons from three of Chinas most renowned pipa masters: Li Guanghua, Zhang Qiang and Wu Yuxia. Through her parallel studies of pipa and voice, she developed her gifts as a versatile and virtuosic interpreter of Chinese music. In June of 2000, Mrs. Zhang gave her first solo pipa and vocal concert in Beijing. Since arriving in Germany, she has enchanted over 100 audiences in numerous cities: Berlin, Strasbourg, Munich, Hamburg and Leipzig, just to name a few. She has given solo concerts for the German Chancellor, the Vice-President of China, the German Ambassador to China and other prominent guests. Her listeners enjoy her virtuosic performance on the pipa and are fascinated by the sounds of traditional Chinese music. More information at: www.chinese-music.de Das traditionelle Stück 小月儿高(Kleiner Mond am hohen Himmel) ist eine alte Melodie aus dem Gebiet der Chong Ming Insel im Mündungsgebiet des Yang Zi Flusses in Südchina. Die zarte Komposition zeigt die ruhige, romantische Seite der Pipa. Zhang Jingyu, geboren in Peking, begann schon als vierjähriges Mädchen, das traditionelle …

New Practical Chinese Reader 3 / Lektion 32

Beijing Language and Culture University Press English: – Workbook 3: 0n3.de – Textbook 3: 0n3.de – CD’s 3: 0n3.de Das Neue Praktische Chinesisch ist ein Lehrwerk mit insgesamt 70 Lektionen in 6 Bänden. Es ist für ein dreijähriges Studium konzipiert, von der Grund- bis zur Mittelstufe. Das Lehrwerk berücksichtigt den neuen Lehrplan des NOCFL und die HSK-Richtlinien.