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MA XIAOHUI And Cross Culture
The world＊s best-known Chinese Er-Hu Virtuoso has brought her beautiful melody to America, Europe, Africa, and elsewhere.
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MA Xiaohui Going on with "the Legend of Er-Hu"
The famous Er-Hu Virtuoso, MA Xiaohui yesterday morning appeared at the Sunday Concert named as ※the Legend of Er-Hu 〞 MA Xiaohui and Her Friends§.
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MA Xiaohui
The Stars Meeting this morning in Shanghai Concert Hall is entitled with MA Xiaohui and Her Friendsㄛwhich is naturally inducing us to the thought
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a warm letter after "Magic erhu holding hands with the world-Xiaohui Ma and her friends"
When I had the honor to meet you this morning after your concert, I called
you an Angel. Indeed, you are!
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MA XIAOHUI And Cross Culture
The world＊s best-known Chinese Er-Hu Virtuoso has brought her beautiful melody to America, Europe, Africa, and elsewhere. The Er-Hu (with two strings and a simple sharp) a ※violin-like§ Chinese traditional stringed instrument is becoming＃.
Review of the Concert with the Wuerttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn on March 17, 2007 in Uster, Switzerland
Warming up the souls with the sounds from the Far East To conclude the concert season of the KGU (Concert Community Uster), the Wuerttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn and the Erhu Artist Ma Xiaohui presented an accomplished musical evening in the music hall of the city (Stadthofsaal) ＃.
Interview with Xiaohui Ma in February 2007 for the concert in Vilnius
What is your activity at the moment?
I am preparing concerts and lectures for the Chinese New Year celebrations here in Shanghai. I love to teach musicians about the wonders of Erhu, and I love to play for audiences anywhere 每to introduce them to the subtle and beautiful tones of Erhu music＃.
Fragen an Xiaohui Ma Questions for Xiaohui Ma from a Swiss journalist for the concert on March 17, 2007 in Uster, Switzerland
I spend most of my time to present my beautiful music inside and outside China. I love to meet people from countries all over the world, and learn from their culture and customs. I love making friends all over the world, and visiting them when I travel. To me the world is one big family, and I think that is why so many different people like my erhu music. The erhu strikes a deep chord that touches the soul and unites the human family that shows we are all brothers and sisters. At the same time, I do miss my home when I am on the road for a long time. And I always enjoy coming back to Shanghai. I love being free to play my music all over the world, but I also love coming home to Shanghai＃.
Review of the Concert with the Wuerttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn on March 17, 2007 in Uster, Switzerland
Warming up the souls with the sounds from the Far East
To conclude the concert season of the KGU (Concert Community Uster), the Wuerttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn and the Erhu Artist Ma Xiaohui presented an accomplished musical evening in the music hall of the city (Stadthofsaal).
Newspaper of Saale,27 June 2006 每 Germany
Miss Ma is a brilliant interpreter, mastering virtuously all possibilities of her tender instrument and playing her truly personal interpretations with enormous humor and refinement ＃ in which Miss Ma could show, once again, her breathtaking virtuosity in the terrifically quick succession of pizzicati, interrupted bow play, and percussionist use of strings and sound corpus＃.§
South Bend Tribune,April 2006 - USA
※Ma Xiaohui＊s erhu is able to evoke not just traditional Chinese musical themes 每 the twitter of bird song or the distinct cadence and intonation of Chinese speech 每 but the emotional variety of Western music as well. She strives to span cultural divides and emphasizes the universality of music.§
Munich Mercury, March 2006 - Germany
※The critique highlights her extraordinary talent of using all kinds of playing techniques to make her instrument ※speak§ to the audience.§
TZ Munich, March 2006 - Germany
※The very promotion of China was the soloist Ma Xiaohui. The magic of this charming lady with the erhu touched the audience. With nimble virtuosity, [she] presented ＆Shepherdess in the TianshanMountains＊ in such a persuasive manner that we fully believed again in music as a universal language.§
Nuremberg News,March 2006 - Germany
※＃[Ma Xiaohui＊s] colorful and dynamic play of lights and shadows in exchange with decidedly artistic solo parts that come close to the Romantic.§
Comments on ※East Meets West§ Concert, March 2006 - Germany
※Erhu and Piano duet ＆Shepherdess on the TianshanMountains＊ and ＆Mellow Grapes＊ present the contrast between sweet melody and passionate dance with exquisite technique, which is amazing!§
Shanghai Grand Theatre Magazine, September 2005 - China
※Ma Xiaohui＊s recital in the Grand Theatre ※East Meets West: Dialogue of Erhu and Piano§ demonstrates her continuous creativity and truthfulness to her own personality, touching, through her music, the entire audience.§
St. Galler Nachrichten, 14 January 2004 - Switzerland
※Ma Xiaohui masters, with virtuosity, the big range of emotions from a completely intimate conversation with oneself to the wild dance and speaks through her instrument to the public very directly. Amazing what dynamic range of tones and expressions Ma Xiaohui can bring out from her instrument!§
New Tide Magazine, August 2003 - Japan
※＃[Ma Xiaohui＊s own composition] ＆The Story of the Two Strings＊ is totally modern. The function of the instruments is played to the full. Ma＊s persistence and confidence create a great musical piece. Erhu in Ma Xiaohui＊s hand is like a song＃presents the glamour of erhu＃emphasize the changing character of this instrument＃produce very special effect＃no one can resist its attraction.§
HiFi Review (Hong Kong), December 1998 - China
※Among the soloists, who are still alive today, there are only the few, whose ＆tone＊ seemed to keep sounding in my memory; the one is Josef Suk, the ※treasure of Czechoslovakia§, the another is Ma Xiaohui.§
The Oxford Times Weekend, 27 November 1998 - United Kingdom
※One lingering note, though, will convince you that to hear Ma Xiaohui at work is worth a sacrifice and more. From a tiny voice-box＃she drew a kind of alto human voice bereft of words, but given song 每 the power, in this case, to lament. It was, indeed, so like a singing purged of unintentional impurity, its sounds so culture-free and universal, that Ma Xiaohui＊s gift, and vibrant musicality, shone out on us like light.§
The Times, 26 November 1998 - United Kingdom
※The incredibly poised soloist was the Erhu virtuoso Ma Xiaohui, who produced a stream of mellow tone and also displayed the sunnier side of her instrument.§
Nuremberg News, 23 November 1998 - Germany
※In the erhu concerto with the China National Symphony Orchestra, the soloist Ma Xiaohui elicited from the simple, tiny instrument unexpectedly powerful sounds and a big variety of tones, without using a microphone....§
Bremen Paper, 16 November 1998 - Germany
※Though Ma Xiaohui is sylphlike, her performance is fascinating. She produced wild and forceful shaking sound with delicate skill. Her melody is exciting and expressive.§
Chinese World Daily, November 1998 - USA
※By playing the erhu, famous Chinese artist Ma Xiaohui communicates with the world＃. Her play deeply touched Master conductor Zubin Mehta.§
New Evening Post (Hong Kong), September 1998 - China
※The tone color was so beautiful that audience were intoxicated. The wonderful thing was that her performance, full of musical affecting force, so easily brought her audience into the musical atmosphere＃. Perfectly performing and absolutely moving.§
South Daily (Guangzhou), June 1998 - China
※When Ma Xiaohui performs, she plays with her whole personality, body and soul＃and moves the audience to tears.§
South Bend Tribune, November 1997 - USA
※She certainly is one of the finest Erhu players of her generation in China.§
Shanghai Scope (Osaka), July 1997 - Japan
※A gifted Erhu soloist who has a very fine intonation and a very elegant temperament＃.§
Jiefang Daily (Shanghai), May 1997 - China
※As the first artist performing the erhu solo recital in the Shanghai Spring Festival, Ma Xiaohui has told the audience through her performance that the world of erhu is wonderful and the music of erhu is charming.§
Canada＊s Chinese Newspaper, December 1996 - Canada
※When I heard Ma Xiaohui playing, it was like a soul-stirring event＃Her music deeply inspires the audience＃. Again, I feel proud of the Chinese traditional culture and excited by the power of life.§
Music Lovers (Shanghai), March 1996 - China
※Ma Xiaohui＊s concert program is so colorful with a big variety of pieces and the beautiful erhu melodies resounded in the ears and enchanted the audience.§
Macao Daily, October 1991 Macao (China)
※Music fans were all fascinated by the sound of her instrument, pure and beautiful, and so moving＃§
The Oxford Times Weekend, November 1998
※One lingering note, though, will convince you that to hear Ma Xiaohui at work is worth a sacrifice and more. From a tiny voice-box＃ she drew a kind of alto human voice bereft of words, but given song 每 the power, in this case, to lament. It was, indeed, so like a singing purged of unintentional impurity, its sounds so culture-free and universal, that Ma Xiaohui＊s gift, and vibrant musicality, shone out on us like light.
Shanghai Grand Theatre Magazine, September 2005
※One lingering note, though, will convince you that to hear Ma Xiaohui at work is worth a sacrifice and more. From a tiny voice-box＃ she drew a kind of alto human voice bereft of words, but given song 每 the power, in this case, to lament. It was, indeed, so like a singing purged of unintentional impurity, its sounds so culture-free and universal, that Ma Xiaohui＊s gift, and vibrant musicality, shone out on us like light.
South Bend Tribune,April 2006
※Ma Xiaohui＊s erhu is able to evoke not just traditional Chinese musical themes 每 the twitter of bird song or the distinct cadence and intonation of Chinese speech 每 but the emotional variety of Western music as well. She strives to span cultural divides and emphasizes the universality of music.§
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