We don't have any public concerts announced at the moment. If you'd like us to play at your event, send us the details.
The erhu player Liu Tianhua improvised this piece on New Year's Eve in 1928, originally calling it New Year's Eve Ballad. He had stayed up with his students by the fire, with firecrackers going off outside, and wrote it on the spot. It is the shortest piece he ever wrote and one of his best known.
It is light and lively, and meant to sound like that kind of evening: family and friends sitting up together, talking and laughing as they wait for the new year.
8 June 2019, Stoller Hall, Chetham's School of Music
We played at the 2019 Culture Exchange Concert in the Stoller Hall, and joined musicians from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing for one piece.
Saturday 16 February 2019, St Paul's Church, Sale
Our fourth Chinese New Year concert at St Paul's Church since 2015. Over a hundred people came to hear traditional and modern pieces on a wide range of Chinese instruments, and as in previous years plenty of them stayed for the hands-on session afterwards.
3 February 2019, Manchester Central
We played at the Chinese New Year Gala run by CSSA Manchester, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association.
Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester
A lunchtime concert at the University of Manchester, with favourites including Jasmine Flower and Beijing Melody, followed by a hands-on session.
Saturday 11 February 2017, St Paul's Church, Sale
Our third Chinese New Year concert at St Paul's Church since 2015. Over a hundred people came, and the hands-on session at the end was busy again.
Manchester Central
We played at CSSA Manchester's Chinese New Year Gala.
Friday 3 February 2017, Manchester Grammar School
A concert for A-level students studying Chinese language and culture.
St Paul's Church, Sale
A concert for the Year of the Monkey. We played traditional Chinese pieces and a couple of popular Western songs to an audience of all ages, introduced each instrument as we went, and finished with a hands-on session.
We played at CSSA Manchester's Chinese New Year Gala at the Dance Hall, and at an event for the Wigan Confucius Classroom.
1 March 2015, St Paul's Church, Sale
A concert for the Year of the Sheep, with traditional Chinese pieces, a couple of Western songs, an introduction to each instrument and a hands-on session at the end.
15 February 2015, Royal Northern College of Music
We played at CSSA Manchester's Chinese New Year Gala at the RNCM. Phoenix Television covered the evening.
5 October 2014, Wigan Youth Zone
Part of the Confucius Institute's 10th anniversary celebrations, organised by the Confucius Classroom at Wigan & Leigh College.
Trafford Centre, Manchester
We played as part of the Trafford Centre's Chinese New Year celebrations.
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