KotorArt
International Festival
Suturday, July 28
St. Nicholas Square, Perast, 9.30 p.m.
Upbeat CHINA STAGE
ZI DE GUQIN STUDIO
Program partner
Program
June 28, 2025
Flowing Water, from Tianwen Ge Qin Anthology
Lin Jiliang
A Tour of Mount Tai
Holding a Snapped Willow Branch at Yangguan, arr.: Zhang Di, Zhou Yiyang, Tang Bin, Huang Se
Wei Jun (1969)
Pilgrim
Liu Tianhua (1895-1932)
Ethereal Sound
Christian Petzold (1677–1733)
Minuet
The Edge of Joy, arr.: Zhang Di, Zhou Yiyang, Tang Bin, Huang Se
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Air on the G String
Tang Bin
Drunken fisherman singing in the evening
Dawn Awakening
Pounding the Waves
Sung Dusk
Liu Xing
Mountain Song
Three Variation on the Plum Blossom, arr. Tang Bin
Artists
Zi De Guqin Studio, founded in 2014 in Shanghai, is the first authentic contemporary ensemble dedicated to traditional Chinese music. It brings together young musicians who perform in traditional clothing and play traditional instruments. Dedicated to promoting traditional Chinese music and culture, the studio focuses on the guqin – a plucked seven-string instrument with a history spanning over three millennia. With refined Eastern aesthetics, the studio has developed a style known as “Ancient Painting Music,” a contemporary online trend in China that blends traditional Chinese music with the visual aesthetics of ancient Chinese paintings, highlighting the country’s rich cultural heritage and sparking interest among today’s youth. In 2020, the studio launched the concert series What is Qin? – The Tang Dynasty, followed by What is Qin? – The Song Dynasty. Dressed in authentic Tang dynasty costumes, the musicians evoke the spirit of ancient Chinese art, bringing to life historical characters through the sounds of the guqin, Chinese flutes, guzheng, and drums. With a repertoire adapted and reinterpreted from traditional compositions, the studio merges the essence of ancient times with innovative musical expression.