流芳Flow (ICR019), by Wu Man & Kojiro Umezaki

流芳Flow (ICR019)

by Wu Man & Kojiro Umezaki

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Deferent Golgi There's a sublime sort of comfort in losing yourself among this music's continual overturn of snowfall and wind, sunlight, crying cicadas, and dying leaves. While all things must fade, the world itself, at its secret heart, remains serenely unchanged at the beginning of every new year. Favorite track: 夏:Summer.

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1.	冬:Winter (静夜思:Night Thoughts II) 07:06	info	buy track
2.	春:Spring 06:52	info	buy track
3.	夏:Summer 06:55	info	buy track
4.	秋:Autumn 07:22	info	buy track
5.	竹:Bamboo 04:49	info	buy track

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At The Huntington, not far from downtown Los Angeles, is the spectacular 流芳園/Liu Fang Yuan, a 15-acre classical-style garden, inspired by those in Suzhou, China. In 2019, The Huntington commissioned visual artist 唐慶年/Tang Qingnian to create a video installation to commemorate the garden’s latest phase of expansion. The 40-minute video celebrates scenes from all four seasons at the garden, plus its subtly ever-present landscaping of bamboo.

With contrasts of richness in sound color between the instruments, this album features original solo and duo works by 吴蛮/Wu Man (琵琶/pipa) and 梅崎康二郎/Kojiro Umezaki (尺八/shakuhachi). Initially composed to partner Tang Qingnian's video, the works are re-produced here as an album of music under the title 流芳/Flow. The hope is to share a musical experience of the garden and its changes through each year.

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released December 4, 2020

Wu Man, pipa
Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi

Tracks 1 and 3 composed by Wu Man
Tracks 2 and 4 composed by Wu Man and Kojiro Umezaki
Track 5 composed by Kojiro Umezaki

Produced by Wu Man and Kojiro Umezaki
Sound engineer, Garrett Gagnon
Assistant sound engineer, Niloufar Shiri

Artwork based on original work by Tang Qingnian

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Wu Man & Kojiro Umezaki California

Recognized as the world’s premier pipa virtuoso and leading ambassador of Chinese music, Wu Man is a soloist, educator and composer who gives her lute-like instrument a new role in both traditional and contemporary music. Noted as a "virtuosic, deeply expressive shakuhachi player and composer," Kojiro Umezaki pursues situating his traditional Japanese instrument within hybrid practices of music. ... more