Harmony Chinese Music Group - 和聲中樂團

History

The Harmony Chinese Music Group is a unique Chinese music group that was founded in 2001 by Chinese descendant in Bandung

Bandung

Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and 2nd largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, with a population of 7.4 million in 2007. Located 768 metres above sea level, approximately 140 km southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler...

 Indonesia. The group seeks to promote a wide variety of world music based on Indonesian culture such as keroncong, sundanese, batak etc. with Chinese musical instruments as well as exploring contemporary styles. In addition to regular concerts, the group presents workshops and other out-reach activities to a wide range of groups within the Indonesian cultural community. Since its founding, the group has performed throughout Indonesia to promote cultural blend. In Indonesia the group has been featured at the Solo International Keroncong Festival, the Kuta

Kuta

Kuta is administratively a district and subdistrict/village in southern Bali, Indonesia. A former fishing village, it was one of the first towns on Bali to see substantial tourist development, and as a beach resort remains one of Indonesia's major tourist destinations...

 Karnival, Pesta Keroncong Johor 2011 and the Afro-Asian Conference 50th Anniversary.

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Performances

1. Charity Concert @ CiWalk 2005 "Harmony in Humanity" for Aceh tsunami
2. Collaboration Concert with Keroncong Merah Putih 2003
3. Chinese Sundanese Concert with Nano Suratno 2004
4. Afro Asia Art & Culture Festival 2005
5. Indonesian Chinese Music Orchestra Concert 2006
6. Commemorating 50 years Cultural Cooperation Indonesia - China 2007
7. International Keroncong Festival 2008 Solo
8. Simple Gift Concert with Lippo Village Community Choir & Orchestra 2009
9. Indonesian Culture in Harmony Music Concert 2010 with Ega R-Bot Percussion & OPM Solo
10. Pesta Keroncong Johor 2011 in Johor Bahru
    Johor Bahru
    Johor Bahru is the capital city of Johor in southern Malaysia. Johor Bahru is the southernmost city of the Eurasian mainland...
    
    

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Members

Yangqin Yangqin The trapezoidal yangqin is a Chinese hammered dulcimer, originally from Middle East and Persia . It used to be written with the characters 洋琴 , but over time the first character changed to 揚 , which means "acclaimed". It is also spelled yang quin or yang ch'in... 林燮明 (Lin Xieming aka Andry Harmony) Guzheng Guzheng The guzheng or "gu zheng", also called zheng is a Chinese plucked zither. It has 18-23 or more strings and movable bridges.... 廖嘉玲(Liao Jialing aka Karlina Jayalaksana) Vocalist 姚素萍 (Yao Suping aka Erlinna Jauw) Catya Ayu Reynalda

Sanxian Sanxian The sanxian is a Chinese lute — a three-stringed fretless plucked musical instrument. It has a long fingerboard, and the body is traditionally made from snakeskin stretched over a rounded rectangular resonator. It is made in several sizes for different purposes and in the late 20th century a... Aridwan Lembang Daruan Jusac Zhongruan Alvin Raditya Denny Elizabeth

Gu GU -Asia:* g.u., a Japanese fashion retail chain* Gu , Gu , several rare surnames of the Han Chinese people* Gu , a Chinese wine goblet from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, also ku... Roki Setiawan Dizi Albert Erhu Erhu The erhu is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a "southern fiddle", and sometimes known in the Western world as the "Chinese violin" or a "Chinese two-stringed fiddle". It is used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles... Ryan Melissa

Compilation

• Surround in Harmony (In 5.1 surround sound
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Most of these CDs were released in Indonesia

Video

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