Join this artist talk to learn more about the Miao group of singers, dancers, and lusheng players from Guizhou who have brought their rich heritage to Harbourfront Centre.
PRICES
Everyone: FREE
Sunday, July 13, 2014
2:00PM – 2:45PM
Zone 6
235 Queens Quay West, Toronto Ontario
Mo Ming 莫铭
Mo Ming is a musician and fifth-generation lusheng maker from Paika, a village in Guizhou Province that is famous for lusheng making. He majored in lusheng performance at Guizhou University. He has also helped innovate on the traditional design of the instrument by combining stainless steel and bamboo. His uncle, Mo Yanxue, is a recognized master instrument maker who can make lushengsof more than twenty pipes.
The Miao are an ethnic group residing primarily in the mountainous areas of southern China, especially Guizhou Province. They also live in neighboring countries as well as in the United States and Australia, where they are more generally known as the Hmong. Consisting of six artists from Leishan County of southeastern Guizhou, the Leishan Miao Music and Dance Group consists oflusheng player Yang Zhengchao 杨证超, lusheng maker and player Mo Ming莫铭, and singers/dancers Liang Xiaoying 梁晓英, Wu Chunhua 吴春花, Li Lan 李兰, and Li Lingting 李灵婷.
苗族飞歌、芦笙舞蹈：飞歌在雷山苗语中叫Hxakyat，是苗歌中瑰丽的宝石。飞歌以明快高亢、豪迈奔放、悠扬婉转的曲调著称，具有强烈的感染力，唱起来声振山谷，翻山越岭，几里外都能听到，由此而得名。常唱飞歌的场合是：迎宾送客，劝酒，青年男女山坡幽会，以及春暖花开踏青游坡时。
芦笙舞是苗族人民祭祖或节庆的主要舞蹈之一。芦笙是苗族传统的簧管乐器，据文献记载已有三千多年历史。贵州各地少数民族居住的村寨素有“芦笙之乡”的美誉。杨正超、莫铭、梁晓英、吴春花、李兰、李灵萍是雷山能歌善舞的几位代表。