Music for London - Traditional and Ethnic Chinese Bands, Ensembles and Musicians London

Rosewood is a trio group consisted with three professional musicians who performs traditional chinese music and western contemporary music. Rosewood has traditionally been used in the creation of many of the finest Chinese musical instruments. The group is renowned not only for its sheer elegance but also its superb resonance and distinctive timbre. Inspired by its unique qualities the three young Chinese musicians of Rosewood have devoted themselves to performing traditional Chinese music around the world, and introducing modern audiences to this ancient form of art. The members of Rosewood are all professionally trained as traditional Chinese instrumentalists and western classical musicians. Their knowledge and understanding of both traditions provides them with a unique insight into the interpretation of their native music.

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	The Rosewood Members

		Flute — ZHANG Mu was born in 1981, Beijing. She was brought up in a musical family and started to learn the piano at age three, before changing to the flute. At age twelve, she received an entrance offer from the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, where she spent six years in professional training. During this time Mu developed a keen interest in both orchestral and chamber music. Mu was offered a scholarship to study at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, in 2002. Whilst there, she had lessons with numerous world class flautists such as James Galway, William Bennett, Kate Hill, Michael Cox, Peter Lloyd and Simon Channing. She is now studying with Laura Jelicoe at the RNCM college for her final undergraduate year.

Yang Qin (Chinese Cimbalon) — Beijing-born HAN Ying enjoys a diverse performance career, presenting concerts in a variety of styles and settings to both Chinese and Western audiences. At the age of six, she began her musical studies with the piano, later taking up the Yang Qin (Chinese cimbalon) with Zhou Ying Yun. At the invitation of Professor Wan Guo Tong she pursued advanced studies in Yang Qin and also Chinese percussion with Yim Hok Man at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Ying has performed extensively throughout southern China and also the UK and Europe, and often played for former HKSAR Chief Executive Tung Chee-Wa. She has also entertained various world leaders and official delegates including former presidents Jiang Ze Min and Bill Clinton.

Ying’s interest in the more European styles of timpani and percussion led to parallel studies at the Hong Kong Academy with Alan Cumberland and later under full scholarship at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, with Ian Wright. She graduated in 2005 from the RNCM’s Professional Performers course with distinction. In the UK Ying is busy actively promoting not only the mainstream solo percussion literature but also her native Chinese music, and continues to perform and record with various mixed ensembles all over the country.

Harp — LUO Jia was born in China in 1981. She began piano lessons at age of four. At the age of twelve, she joined the middle school attached to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing where she studied the harp with Linlin Wei. Six years later, she was accepted as an outstanding student at the Central Conservatory of Music, which is widely regarded as the finest music school in China. She won a scholarship each year and eventually gained a Bachelor degree in three instead of the usual four years. Since September 2003 she has been studying as a postgraduate at the Royal Northern College of Music with Eira Lynn Jones. She received her Postgraduate Diploma in Performance in 2004 and she currently just finished her Master’s course.

Jia was the first harp student in the conservatory to give a solo concert when she was eighteen. She has performed in many cities of China and performed as a soloist in CCTV music channel. Jia was the principal harp player in the Chinese Youth Orchestra. She has appeared in many top orchestras in China such as the National Symphony Orchestra, the Chinese Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and the National Ballet Orchestra of China. She has also given solo recitals in Manchester and played in some ensembles, chamber and symphony orchestra. Jia fosters very strong interests in Chinese traditional and folk music by playing on the western musical instrument.