Dunhuang – Resonance of Silk Road Past and Present Concert

Date: 7th June 2019 (Fri)
Time: 3:00pm (Open rehearsal); 7:30pm (Concert)
Venue: The Grand Hall, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

The Dunhuang – Resonance of Silk Road Past and Present concert is the 1st anniversary concert for the Hong Kong Gaudeamus Dunhuang Ensemble. The concert is themed around Dunhuang culture, and all pieces are original works composed by our two resident composers, inspired by paintings and Buddha statues from the Mogao Grottoes.

Some materials for the compositions were even taken from the pipa manuscripts discovered in the Dunhuang Library Cave, and will be performed by replicas of ancient instruments.

This concert aims to inherit the culture of Dunhuang through music, inviting the audience to a musical dialogue with the past and present that showcases the unique parallel between Hong Kong and Dunhuang and adds to the richness of contemporary Silk Road culture.