BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//TYPO3/NONSGML Calendarize//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendarize-the-chinese-origin-of-the-sound-of-the-bandoneon-c25 DTSTAMP:20250129T110738Z DTSTART:20250531T170000Z SUMMARY:The Chinese origin of the sound of the bandoneon (C25) DESCRIPTION:Visitors can expect:Wu Wei (Sheng)\, Xiao Hong Viehweg (Pipa)\ , Helmut Joe Sachse (Guitar)\nThe Chinese sheng has a decisive significanc e for the concertina invented in Chemnitz in 1834 by Carl Friedrich Uhlig and the world cultural heritage bandoneon with the tango argentino. Throug h the reports of the Asian traveller Marco Polo and the resulting exchange \, the aristocratic courts of Europe developed a fondness for Chinese art and culture. The fairy tale The Chinese Nightingale is an almost popular e xpression of this. In Europe\, the discovery of the Chinese mouth organ - the sheng - was the starting point for the development of harmonicas and a ccordions\, from whose initial experiments and tinkering Carl Friedrich Uh lig invented the easy-to-transport and easy-to-play Chemnitz concertina. T he further development of this concertina and its perfection by Saxon inst rument makers into the bandoneon\, as well as the fact that it was taken t o Buenos Aires in the luggage of German migrants\, established an incompar able\, never-ending journey of sound.A virtuoso and world star on the Shen g - Wu Wei - was already Artist in Residence in 2007 without us knowing ab out the astonishing tonal connection between the Chinese mouth organ in pa rticular and Alfred Arnold's "AA" bandoneon\, which was built in Carlsfeld in the Ore Mountains and has become a legend in Buenos Aires. Part of Wu Wie's presence was the collaboration with the Chemnitz jazz guitarist Helm ut Joe Sache - also a world star of jazz improvisation and the musician Xi ao Hong Viehweg\, who lives in Chemnitz. We want to repeat this constellat ion on the occasion of the Tango Industrial 2025 festival and thus show th e tonal origins of the bandoneon from China."Wu Wei's virtuosity on the sh eng is breathtaking\; his curiosity for new musical territory is endless\; his collaborative work with musicians of the most diverse styles and dire ctions boundless\; his compositional skills astounding\; his stage presenc e captivating." (Global Ruth Preis/Rudolstadt Music Festival)The Berlin-ba sed Chinese sheng virtuoso Wu Wei inspires with music that spans a wide ra nge from the beginnings of Chinese civilisation to the modern sound painti ngs of modern avant-gardists. He improvises on the basis of traditional Ch inese music and expands it with what he has experienced in his interplay w ith many musicians of improvised music around the world.With somnambulisti c certainty\, his airy sound patterns merge into a mesmerising whole. In t his way\, images of urban living environments emerge before the listener's inner eye\, their glittering façades reflecting a kind of imaginary folk lore.\n\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Visitors can expect:
Wu Wei ( Sheng)\, Xiao Hong Viehweg (Pipa)\, Helmut Joe Sachse (Guitar)

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The Chinese sheng has a decisive significance for the concertina inv ented in Chemnitz in 1834 by Carl Friedrich Uhlig and the world cultural h eritage bandoneon with the tango argentino. Through the reports of the Asi an traveller Marco Polo and the resulting exchange\, the aristocratic cour ts of Europe developed a fondness for Chinese art and culture. The fairy t ale The Chinese Nightingale is an almost popular expression of this. In Eu rope\, the discovery of the Chinese mouth organ - the sheng - was the star ting point for the development of harmonicas and accordions\, from whose i nitial experiments and tinkering Carl Friedrich Uhlig invented the easy-to -transport and easy-to-play Chemnitz concertina. The further development o f this concertina and its perfection by Saxon instrument makers into the b andoneon\, as well as the fact that it was taken to Buenos Aires in the lu ggage of German migrants\, established an incomparable\, never-ending jour ney of sound.

A virtuoso and world star on the Sheng - Wu Wei - was already Artist in Residence in 2007 without us knowing about the asto nishing tonal connection between the Chinese mouth organ in particular and Alfred Arnold's "AA" bandoneon\, which was built in Carlsfeld in the Ore Mountains and has become a legend in Buenos Aires. Part of Wu Wie's presen ce was the collaboration with the Chemnitz jazz guitarist Helmut Joe Sache - also a world star of jazz improvisation and the musician Xiao Hong Vieh weg\, who lives in Chemnitz. We want to repeat this constellation on the o ccasion of the Tango Industrial 2025 festival and thus show the tonal orig ins of the bandoneon from China.
"Wu Wei's virtuosity on the sheng is breathtaking\; his curiosity for new musical territory is endless\; his c ollaborative work with musicians of the most diverse styles and directions boundless\; his compositional skills astounding\; his stage presence capt ivating." (Global Ruth Preis/Rudolstadt Music Festival)

The Ber lin-based Chinese sheng virtuoso Wu Wei inspires with music that spans a w ide range from the beginnings of Chinese civilisation to the modern sound paintings of modern avant-gardists. He improvises on the basis of traditio nal Chinese music and expands it with what he has experienced in his inter play with many musicians of improvised music around the world.
With s omnambulistic certainty\, his airy sound patterns merge into a mesmerising whole. In this way\, images of urban living environments emerge before th e listener's inner eye\, their glittering façades reflecting a kind of im aginary folklore.

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