Yang Jing (composer)

Yang Jing (Chinese: 楊靜; pinyin: Yáng jìng) (born 1963)[1] is a Swiss-Chinese composer and concert pipa soloist.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Jing
楊靜
Yang Jing
Yang Jing
Background information
Occupation(s)Composer and concert Pipa soloist

Early life and education

Yang grew up in Xuchang in Henan province, China.[2] According to Yang, she came from an educated family that was regarded with suspicion during the Cultural Revolution.[3] Her mother worked in a hospital, and her father was an army officer.[3] One of her grandfathers died in prison after being accused of counterrevolution.[3]

She started playing the pipa, the Chinese plucked lute, at the age of six.[2] From 1976, at the age of 12, she started performing in an ensemble at the Henan Opera music school.[4]

From the age of 18, Yang studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and graduated in 1986.[2] In 1998, she went to Japan to study with composer Minoru Miki, as she started to explore contemporary music, and later performed and recorded pipa concertos by Miki with Japanese orchestras.[2] In 2003, she moved to Switzerland to complete a master's degree at University of the Arts Bern.[2]

Career

Yang became a pipa soloist with the China National Traditional Orchestra in 1986.[2] In 1996, she started Qing Mei Jing Yue, billed as the first all-women traditional instrument quartet in China, including the erhu, yangqin, and guzeheng, in addition to the pipa.[2]

In 1998, Yang began her collaboration with Pierre Favre, a Swiss percussionist, after meeting him at the Beijing Jazz Festival.[2] In 2000, they performed as a duo in Beijing and Shanghai, and recorded their first album together, Moments, at a live concert.[2]

In 1999, Yang released the album Village in the Floods, a unique recording of the pipa accompanied by piano, with pianist Arthur Mattli.[2] The album was a fundraiser for Chinese flood victims.[2]

Critical reception

Yang's 2012 album Elements: New Music for Pipa by American Composers, recorded in Hawaii, received mixed reviews.[5]

Notable compositions

Discography
  • «Moments II» Pierre Favre & Yang Jing 'Erzählungen 1 - 7'
  • «Segensfunken» 2021, Yang Jing music for Pipa
  • «A TRAVELLER'S CHANT at Mount Lu» 2017, Yang Jing music for Choir and Ensembles with Calmus Ensemble; European Chinese Ensemble Klanglogo Deutschland; Naxos Records (CD)
  • «Dancing on a Bridge» 2014, Yang Jing and Wolfgang Sieber; music for pipa and organ; Klanglogo Deutschland; NAXOS (CD)
  • «Transitions» 2012, music for pipa, chamber orchestra and choir, Ars Braemia (CD).
  • «Step into the Future»- 4tett Different Song» 2012, Jazz 4tett: Yang Jing, Pipa/Guqin; Michel Wintsch, Piano; Baenz Oester,Bass; Norbert Pfammatter, Drums/Percussion; Leo Records(CD).
  • «Live in Moscow» 2006, Yang Jing, Daniel Schnyder, Minoru Miki, Eskender Bekmambetov; music for pipa and string ensemble with Chamber Orchestra at the Kremlin, Moscow (CD).
  • «Two in One» 2006, Yang Jing and Pierre Favre music for pipa and percussion. InTakt Records (CD)
  • «Yang Jing & the Chamber Soloists Lucerne» 2005, Dan Dun, Minoru Miki, Daniel Schnyder; music for pipa and chamber ensemble (CD and DVD)
  • «Pipa and Pipes» 2005, Yang Jing and Wolfgang Sieber; music for pipa and organ. (DVD)
  • «Severed Dream of Dunhuang» 2004, Yang Jing pipa music. AMC Records (CD)
  • «Magic Moments» 2004, Yang Jing and Pierre Favre; music for pipa and percussion; Dingo Products (DVD)
  • «Asia Ensemble» 2004, Music from Asia; Traditional Musical instruments; Tokyo, (CD)
  • «Dance along the Old Silk Road» 2003 Yang Jing; pipa music, Dragon Music HK(CD)
  • «Disclosure» 1999, Yang Jing; pipa music, China Records (CD)
  • «Evening Poem» 1999, Yang Jing and Others; Music for Chinese traditional instrumental quartet. China Records (CD)
  • «Village in the Floods» 1998, Yang Jing and Arthur Mattli; music for pipa and piano; China Records (CD)[2]
  • «Butterfly Dream» 1986, Yang Jing; pipa music collection HK cassette

References
  1. Mehlen, Rosemarie (17 October 2013). "Ein Wunderkind wird zu einer Virtuosin wie einst Jimi Hendrix". Tagblatt. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  2. Chen, Nan (December 16, 2016). "Plucking New Heart Strings". China Daily Asia. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  3. Bräm, Thüring (November 2004). "Zwischen zwei Kulturen: Behalt deine Wurzeln und öffne dich für das Neue" (PDF). MHS aktuell (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  4. "About". Yang Jing Music. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  5. "[REVIEW] Elements: New Music for Pipa". American Record Guide. 77 (4): 175–176. 2014. Retrieved 2023-01-26 – via EBSCOHost.
  6. Yang Jing & Christy Doran – No.9 at Discogs
  7. "Number 9". yangjingmusic.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  8. "CDs: Send my Passions in Red Beans". yang jing music. 1995. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
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