Lei Liang, following

THE Yes, Chinese original and covered with grants and orders in the United States, where he lives. You will recall the disc titled Milou (you know I ninvente nothing) and contained a delightful concerto harpeLiang: Snowy. Brooks .. Here four of his compositions: Verge for eighteen solo strings (2009), Aural Hypothesis for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and vibraphone (2010), 5 seasons pipa [Chinese lute] and quartet strings (2010) and Tremors of a memory chord for piano and large Chinese orchestra (2011).

UD Yes, it comes back to me. But can you again describe her style?

OF - Chinese composers arise all the same questions, and there each bring a different answer, which can vary Doeuvre implemented, dailleurs. How to marry Chinese and Western traditions? When you live abroad, how do you build a Chinese composer identity without falling into folkloric clichés? And who are we talking about? For Lei Liang, who took lessons with Harrison Birtwistle, of course, this is not the Occident model thick symphonic or patriotic post-romanticism. He wrote after Ligeti, if you want. But on this record, his Chinese roots are claimed dune very direct way: language question, and stamp too.

UD And the result?

THE Very nice, if not always lasting. If you are looking for the musical scenery, cheaper than the ticket to Guilin and Chengdu, "Tremors of a memory chord", for example, with its traditional instruments, will do well and give you the experience Laffaire BE far from lhexagone somewhere in China deep. But this is quite decorative. In a similar vein, for example, Tan Dun, with "The Map" The Map, managed something more substantial, such as Bright Sheng recently with "The song and dance of tears" Bright Sheng.

UD Printing mixed, then?

DU If there is no minor disk, can there ever major drive? That said, you'll see the photograph, Lei Liang to be very friendly, jaurais difficulty in speaking ill. The piece that I prefer is ultimately "Aural hypothesis", a ten-minute piece dedicated to Chou Wen-Chung, the great elder, composer quon would not have to présenterChou Wen-Chung: Echoes From The Gorge. "Calligraphy is music with the ink, and the music is a sound calligraphy," said Chu teacher said. Not bad found, is not it? Unquestionably, calligraphy Lei Liang is imaginative, light stroke and closes at a time, it is thrown in a meditative landscape where the air is transparent. Listen "Aural hypothesis", this is how knowledge of a Chinese nephew Tristan Murail.