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New Directions for Asian Instruments
Mei Han and Randy Raine-Reusch have created a radical new repertoire, combining five thousand years of Chinese musical traditions with those of New Music, World Music, and Jazz. These rich innovations result from the collision of two cultures: Chinese virtuoso Mei Han's deep roots in traditional music and the modern innovations of Canadian multi-instrumentalist Randy Raine-Reusch. Mei Han is a rare blend of virtuoso performer and scholar, whose career spans five continents. Her performances range from traditional Chinese to orchestra and chamber works to jazz and free improv. Her recordings with prominent international artists are heard around the world. Randy Raine-Reusch is a composer, international concert-artist, and multi-instrumentalist with a collection of over seven hundred world instruments. Specializing in New Music for world instruments, he has worked with some of the worlds most prominent artists in numerous genres, including: Pauline Oliveros, Aerosmith, Yes, The Cranberries, Robert Dick, Barry Guy, and Sainkho Namtchylak Performing powerfully evocative landmark compositions for the Chinese zheng, a 21 string long zither, Mei and Randys Recent performances include: Hanoi Vietnam, WOMADelaide - Australia, National Ethnology Museum - Osaka, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Canada, theRainforest World Music Festival - Malaysia, WOMAD - Singapore, CHIME Conference on Asian Music - Prague, and the Awesome Africa Festival - Durban.
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