12pm, July 1, 2015 – “Sound of Dragon – the Giant Project” featuring Proliferasian (Vancouver) & Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra (Taiwan) at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival Performance Works, Granville Island (1218 Cartwright Street, across from the Granville Island Hotel) Free admission
Co-presented with the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, the concert features the collaboration between Vancouver quartet Proliferasian and Taiwan’s Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra, following their successful premiere performance at the 2014 Sound of Dragon Music Festival. Bringing together the improvisers and the classically trained musicians, combining jazz and Chinese traditional instruments, the resulting sound is unique in the world.
The Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra (“gCO”) was founded in October 2000 by its artistic director and conductor Chih-Sheng Chen. With over ten years of experience, the gCO has matured into an ensemble of both technical and artistic proficiency. A strong musical force in Taiwan, it represents a new generation of Chinese orchestral music. It strives to demonstrate the energy and passion of its dedicated musicians with every performance. The gCO breathes new life into an art form that holds ancient roots, and devotes itself to promoting Chinese music on the world stage.
Traveling freely between composed and improvised worlds, Proliferasian is a unique voice rising from the west coast of Canada. The band encompasses both rhythmic intricacy in its compositions and the fluidity and spontaneity in creative improvisation. Distinctive from other Canadian ensembles utilizing Chinese instruments, the unique sound of Proliferasian cannot be mistaken as anyone else. Proliferasian performs cutting edge music rooted in Chinese music and avant-garde jazz, representing the merging of two genres, and embracing even more elements into the equation. The musicians explore the contrasting, complimenting, and sometimes contradicting natures of multiple influences. The result is a new “musical species” that proliferates and transforms continuously. Proliferasian may take inspiration from Asian music, literature, landscape, legends, or paintings, but its music will definitely break any preconceptions of Asian cultures.
Proliferasian is Lan Tung (erhu & vocal), JP Carter (trumpet & electronics), Kevin Romain (drums) and Colin Cowan (bass)
7月1日中午12:00，小巨人絲竹樂團將與溫哥華爵士樂隊Proliferasian合作，於加拿大國慶日在享譽國際的溫哥華爵士音樂節中演出，古典與爵士的碰撞，東方與西方的對比，傳統音樂與即興音樂同台競奏。
小巨人團是2000年10月由音樂總監暨指揮陳志昇集合一群熱愛國樂藝術、並且具有專業演奏水準的青年樂手們籌組而成，以絲竹樂編制為主，為台灣當前新生代國樂團。小巨人團演出經歷豐富，並積極進行國樂推廣工作，2005年迄今連續獲選為文化部演藝扶植團隊，在藝術表現上備受肯定。經過十餘年的試煉，小巨人團已成長為兼具演奏技術及藝術內涵的新生代樂團，更展現新生代音樂家的活力與創新，為台灣國樂界注入一股新能量。小巨人團經常受邀於世界各地巡演，今年小巨人團再次受龍吟滄海協會、台加文化協會之邀，來溫哥華進行一系列巡迴演出。