Performances
2003
Edinburgh International Festival
Guqin master Professor Li Xiangting, under whom Cheng Yu studied the guqin, played the guqin at the Edinburgh Festival.
Sunday, August 10th 2003, 10:00am - 4:00pm: As part of "Connecting Cultures Study Day" - a series of lectures with interactive musical activities on the traditional music of China,
Japan, Korea and India.
Monday August 11th 2003, 10:30pm: As part of the "Connecting Cultures" concert series.
Web site: http://www.eif.co.uk
4 Corners World Music Festival - Newcastle upon Tyne
Having conducted a series of workshops on Chinese music for teachers in the Northumberland area last spring, Cheng Yu returned to oversee the projects in schools.
She performed solo as well as playing with the pupils the pieces and songs she taught their teachers during the spring.
July 9th and 10th 2003
Cheng Yu with the Avignon Orchestra, Avignon Festival, France, 12th - 16th May 2003
This contemporary symphony - "Wei al Bab", was composed by French composer Fabien Teheriscen. It featured Chinese pipa (Cheng Yu, London), Afghan rubab (Armand Khaled, Switzerland),
Indian tabla (François Valy, Paris) and Iranian kamanche (Farshad Sohtani, Avignon) with the Avignon Orchestra. This work was premiered during the festival and was sponsored by the
Avignon Provincial Government.
Venue: Concert Symphonique, Opera Theatre D'Avignon, Avignon, France.
Cheng Yu and Keith Tippett's Piano Quintet - 9th May 2003, 8pm
The double bill featured Cheng Yu on both classical Chinese pipa (4-stringed pipa) and guqin (7-stringed zither) music; the Piano quintet consists of Keith Tippett (pianos),
David Le Page (violin), Chris George (violin) and Malcolm Allision (viola) and Phillip Sheppard (cello).
Venue: Wiltshire Music Centre: Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon BA15 1DZ.
Live Radio Chat Show on Chinese music - Thursday 20th March 2003, 6-7 pm
Tune in to Resonance FM104.4 - the Cultural Co-operation Radio Show.
Mira Katbamna chatting to Cheng Yu and the Indo-jazz group Dha. The show discussed the musicians' experiences of traditional and cross-cultural musical activities.
Recording Projects
Film music - Warriors of Heaven and Earth (Sony Pictures). Cheng Yu recorded music for pipa and voice composed by A. R. Rahman, who composed the music for Bombay Dreams. July, 2003.
Concerts
Croydon Clock Tower, Croydon Spring Festival (22nd February, 2003)
Paul Roberson Theatre, Hounslow, London (8th, February, 2003)
Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester (1st February, 2003)
Oxford Town Hall (6th and 7th February, 2003)
Stantonbury Theatre, Milton Keynes (15th and 16th February, 2003)
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York University (28th February, 2003)
The Concert Hall 3, ICC, Birmingham (6th and 7th January, 2003)
