• Date:
  Friday 5 Feb 2010
• Time:
  7:30 PM

Celebrated for the soaring beauty of his Chinese bamboo flutes, Guo Yue is an internationally renowned master. Bringing 15 different flutes, including one made from white jade, the haunting poetry of his music, both delicate and powerful, speaks directly to the heart. With striking visual images, the extraordinary story of his childhood in Beijing unfolds - watch the video above to find out more about him. Both personal and universal, the music paints pictures of narrow alleys and grey-brick courtyards, dragonflies and hand-made paper kites, the rhythms and sounds of daily life, and the feelings of a child who loses his mother to the madness of the Cultural Revolution, and who turns to nature to find meaning and truth.

'The music has an epic quality... His remarkable story is full of the tensions of paradox, which in turn fuels his musical imagination' Folk Roots

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♫ Listen to Guo Yue by clicking on the play button half way down on the right hand side