A lecture-performance by the Tang Family Troupe (汤家班), also known as the Tang Family Troupe National Music Ensemble (汤家班国乐团), Tang Family Troupe Music Ensemble (汤家班乐团), Tang Family Troupe Jiangnan Sizhu Music Ensemble (汤家班江南丝竹乐团), or Shanghai Tang Family Troupe Jiangnan Sizhu Music Ensemble (上海汤家班江南丝竹乐团), which plays Jiangnan sizhu (江南丝竹, literally "silk and bamboo [music] from the Jiangnan [region]"), a form of traditional ensemble music for string instruments, bamboo flutes, and percussion from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin, including Shanghai and parts of the adjacent provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Originating in the Qing Dynasty, such music was traditionally performed for wedding processions, with the musicians' instruments being adorned with elaborate and fanciful decorations.
The concert, which was entitled "The Elegant Charm of Silk and Bamboo Unites Kindred Spirits" Jiangnan Sizhu Music Concert (“丝竹雅韵会知音”江南丝竹音乐会), and was presented as part of the "[Our] Nation's Music: A Harmony of Clouds" series (“国乐云韶”系列), took place in the Small Theater (小剧场) of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院) in Xicheng District, Beijing, China, April 1, 2023.
The Tang Family Troupe, which has members from nine households of extended family sharing the surname Tang (汤), was established in the 1880s, during the late Qing Dynasty, with its headquarters being the family mansion at 1492-1498 Kangding Road in the Jing'an District (静安区) of central Shanghai (上海康定路1492至1498号), where family members gather to play each afternoon at 6 p.m. In the 1930s, the troupe began presenting public performances of silk-and-bamboo music, local opera melodies, and folk tunes, attracting attention for its status as the area's only family Jiangnan sizhu ensemble. The group suspended its activities during the eight years of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) before resuming in 1945, when it was officially established as the Tang Family National Music Ensemble (汤家班国乐团).
Following 1949, the ensemble began to perform in various districts of Shanghai, garnering praise from members of the Chinese music community. From the 1960s through the 1980s, Tang Liangxing went on to become a famous pipa soloist, and his sister Tang Xiudi and brothers Tang Liangfu, Tang Liangzhong, and Tang Liangde successively joined professional orchestras in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, becoming leading performers in the modern traditional Chinese music world. More recently, the Tang Family Troupe has given international performances throughout China as well as in Hong Kong (2003), Manila (2005), and Taipei (2005), and has passed its music down to the eighth generation.
The performers in this concert include four seventh-generation inheritors of the Tang family tradition:
● Mr. Tang Liangxing (汤良兴, b. 1948) - pipa (琵琶)
● Mr. Tang Liangfu (汤良甫) - erhu (二胡)
● Ms. Tang Xiudi (汤秀娣) - zhongruan (中阮)
● Mr. Tang Liangzhong (汤良忠) - erhu
Plus five noted traditional music performers from outside the family:
● Mr. Zhan Yongming (詹永明, b. 1957) - dizi (笛子)
● Mr. Weng Zhenfa (翁镇发) - sheng (笙)
● Mr. Zhang Gaoxiang (张高翔) - yangqin (扬琴)
● Ms. Xu Hong (徐红) - pipa
● Ms. Qiao He (乔鹤, b. 1990) - pipa
Two late members of the Tang Family Troupe, both brothers of Tang Liangxing, are not present:
● Mr. Tang Liangzhou (汤良洲, 1935-2014) - sanxian
● Mr. Tang Liangde (汤良德, 1938-2010) - erhu, pipa
Since no one in the Tang family played the dizi, the noted Shanghai-based flutist Yu Xunfa (俞逊发, 1946-2006), who had known the Tang family since childhood, was previously invited to join the Tang Family Chinese Orchestra for performances and recordings, including a well-received album recorded in 1993.
Interspersed through the performance, commentary is provided by the respected master pipa and sanxian performer Mr. Tang Liangxing (汤良兴, b. 1948), who studied pipa with Ma Linsheng (马林生), Ma Shenglong (马圣龙, 1934-2003), Yu Liangmo (俞良模, b. 1937), Sun Yude (孙裕德, 1904-1981), Li Tingsong (李廷松, 1906-1976), Yang Dajun (杨大钧, 1913-1987), Wei Zhongle (卫仲乐, 1908 or 1909-1998), Qin Pengzhang (秦鹏章, 1919-2002), and Zou Ke (邹轲), among others, and guqin with Zhang Ziqian (张子谦, 1899-1991). He joined the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra (上海民族乐团) as a pipa player in 1963, then moved to the United States in 1986, settling in Queens, New York, before eventually relocating to Taiwan in 1997. In 1993 Tang received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S.'s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. In 2019 he returned to live in Shanghai.
In 2006 the tradition of Jiangnan sizhu, centering on Jiangsu province and the Shanghai municipality, was included in the First Batch of China's National-Level Intangible Cultural Heritage List (第一批国家级非物质文化遗产名录).
Additionally, Jiangnan sizhu was subsequently included in the Intangible Cultural Heritage lists for the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as well as the Shanghai municipality.
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