Music Theatre - "I" Fantasie - Rencontre between Debussy and Du Li NiangOct.13th, 2016 Shanghai Grand Theatre
In the dream alike story of "Rencontre between Debussy and Du Liniang", Debussy sees the ancient Chinese legendary figure Du Liniang, whom seeks the freedom to love. She gives up her life for the loved-one she missed, yet resurrected for the loved-one she found. Along with Du Liniang's journey, two masterful artforms rencontre, one of the most rewarding and ancient Chinese music drama KUNQU opera and Claude Debussy’s piano music. This communication graefully depicts that Love, is a shared desire cross culture and the power of love resonates within everyone. This site-specific music theatre aims to recontextualised the connection between performance and expression of eastern and western culture through-out time, genre and gender. lt celebrates a transcultural influence that we all share in the current era.
Gu Jieting
Gu Jieting is a classical pianist. She graduated from Conservatoire National Superieur de la Music de Paris with a master' s degree in Piano and a DFS (Diplome de Formation Suprieure) in Piano and Chamber Music Praised as "the envoy of the Silk Road on the black and white keys Gu has been invited internationally to perform at major music festivals. In2014, Gu is awarded as an "Outstanding Talent of Shanghai" by the Municipal Council. Rencontre between Debussy and Du Liniang is the founding piece of Gu Jieting’s music theatre series1"FANTASIE. lts premier release is scheduled in fall 2016, following with international tours. Gu depicts the classic and the contemporary from an innovative perspective; breaking the boundary between the Oriental and the Western cultures, "I" FANTAISE encounters two distinguish form of performances.
