简介
Composer: Xing Yu(China) Conductor: Nadim Husni(Syria) Orchestra: students from Krakow music academy Sala Koncertowa The 1976 Tangshan earthquake, also known as the Great Tangshan earthquake, was a natural disaster resulting from a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, People's Republic of China on July 28, 1976, at 3:42 in the morning. In minutes the city of Tangshan, an industrial city with approximately one million inhabitants, ceased to exist. Eighty-five percent of the buildings in the city collapsed or were unusable, all services failed, and most of the highway and railway bridges collapsed or were seriously damaged. At least 242,000 people died, making this the third (or possibly second) deadliest earthquake in recorded history. Moreover, the city Tangshan is also the hometown of the composer of this piece, which is dedicated to all the victims of the earthquake Xing Yu (*1997) Chinese composer who was born in China in 1997. He started to learn piano at age 10, finished his first piano recital at age 18 and got admitted into academy of music in Krakow in Poland when he was 17 years old as a pianist. After one year studying in piano faculty he was chosen to be studying composition with dr.hab.Marcel Chyrzynski. His compositions have got premieres in Krakow in Poland including his piece for chamber ensemble 'the Painted Skin', duo 'Anti-Romanticism' and Capriccio for solo clarinet. In the year 2018, he was invited to write a piece for students in the class of dra hab. Tomasza Sobanca, this is the reason and the opportunity that the piece 'Cursive Script' was completed. He also conducted this piece during the world premiere concert. About his music, he is focused on developing his music with oriental elements and concepts as a Chinese composer.