Bian Liunian (Chinese: 卞留念; pinyin: Biàn Liúniàn) is a Chinese musician, composer and musical director. He is responsible for the musical production of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony.[1][2][3]
Liunian has specialized in playing the two-string fiddle erhu, a Chinese traditional folk instrument. In addition to the erhu he plays over 200 musical instruments.[citation needed] As a composer he creates more than 200 musical works every year.[4]
2001 saw him duet on Erhu with Dj Mel”Herbie”Kent (UK) scratch mixing on turntables to a capacity 73,000 crowd at the Workers Stadium Beijing for the closing ceremony of the Universiade.
He has been the Musical Director for over 14 years for the CCTV New Year's Gala, one of the most watched television programs in the world.[5]
References
edit- ^ Music director's Closing Ceremony commentary Archived August 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine – The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (en.beijing2008.cn) (August 24, 2008) (Retrieved on August 24, 2008)
- ^ Full Coverage: The Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games Archived August 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine – The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (en.beijing2008.cn) (August 24, 2008) (Retrieved on August 24, 2008)
- ^ Domingo and Chinese singer Song perform together at Beijing Olympics closing – People's Daily Online (August 24, 2008) (Retrieved on August 24, 2008)
- ^ Mixture of Tradition and Modernity China Beat 2003-9-2 (Retrieved on November 10, 2007)
- ^ Pavel Udas: Bian Liu Nian (interview)[permanent dead link] (Retrieved on November 10, 2007)
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