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Yuen Shan

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This invitation to the prestigious Schlagquartett Köln marks the continuation of a fruitful collaboration between the composer and the ensemble, which presents itself and its extensive range of instruments in an unusual concert configuration, with its usual enthusiasm for experimentation. Michael Ranta’s composition Yuen Shan for percussion and eight-channel recorded sound is a musical universe that takes its inspiration from Taoism. The listening experience is very dense – a nuanced continuum of natural sounds. It combines its dedication for the Far Eastern instruments with electro-acoustic music. In 1972, the former assistant and student of Harry Partch moved from Tokyo to Taiwan, where he taught at the Taiwan National Arts Academy, among other places. There, he would visit the Yuen Shan („perfect mountain”) every day, where he would practise tai chi. More than 30 years elapsed between the initial idea for the work and its completion in Cologne in 2007.

Duration
1 hour 30 minutes
Web
www.ruhrtriennale.de/en/programme/yuen-shan/73 https://www.ruhrtriennale.de/en/programme/yuen-shan/73
to the schedule

Staff

Schlagquartett Köln
Composition
Michael Ranta
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