‘A Note to Harmonica Folks’
What’s next?
Since the day I was born, I have known the most prestigious harmonica competition in the world, The World Harmonica Festival (WHF). Every harmonicist around me see this as the olympics of harmonica, especially when they are both held once every four years.
My father’s ensemble King’s Harmonica Quintet was one of the very first few Asians harmonicist that appeared in the competition in Germany after the format of the competition turned from taped recording to live performance. In 1997, 3 years after I was born, they won their ‘World Championship’ in the WHF. I witnessed it.
It was a historical moment not only because was it a massive honour to be crowned in such reputable competition, it was the period when Asian harmonicists were approved by the Western.
Since then, the global harmonica community started to merge and interact. While harmonicists from the West continue to develop their artistry and career under a relatively strong cultural foundation for instrumental music, harmonica music to be exact, by virtue of the legends such as Tommy Reilly, Larry Adler, Toots Thielemans, Asians harmonicists struggle to further their artistry without the corresponding cultural foundation. A market for harmonica music in Asia simply do not exist.
Nevertheless, Asian culture values diligence and discipline. With the competition as the highest possible way to be rewarded as we develop our artistry, countless players began working day and night towards this very, if not only, visible goal.
Up till this day, you’d be surprised if there aren’t any Asian standing on the prizing podium in the international harmonica festivals. According to a Facebook post of the renowned Taiwanese Harmonicist in 2013, Lee Hsiao-ming, ‘If you show up at a harmonica festival, you can easily be surrounded by a group of ‘World Champion’s all queuing up for that plate at the buffet.’ Be him a chord harmonica player from an ensemble, a soloist at the open category or a 10 year old kid from the youth category… all claiming to be the ‘World Champion’.
Now the question is, Is the ‘World Champion’ in 1997 still the same ‘World Champion’ now? Or are we unconsciously abusing the only system we can count on to gain qualification to ourselves?
As Gerhard, the president of the World Harmonica Festival, has also repeatedly emphasized before, champion of any event of the WHF competition should NOT claim himself / herself as the World Champion. It should properly be addressed as Champion of the " XXX event" of the World Harmonica Festival.
While varies important figures in the global harmonica community started participating in this fierce debate, I was curious about the root of this controversy.
Would anyone accused Usian Bolt of abusing his Olympic gold medals to pursue further in his career? Would anyone question Danill Trifonov’s artistry if he claim himself the winner of Chopin Piano Competition? Could Michael Jordon ever obtain a ‘fake’ NBA championship?
Obviously, there is nothing wrong about winning and taking pride off an award. The real issue instead lies in the opposite side of the question. Is the existing harmonica competition rigorous enough to qualify the winner a ‘World Champion’? Or, should a ‘World Champion’ even exist in a musical setting?
In order to understand what a truly rigorous musical competition is, we began digging into the competitions of all instruments at the highest calibre. For instance, when studying the difference of the format of the International Tchaikovsky Competition with the World Harmonica Festival, we have realised how far behind the harmonica competition is constructed. I won the Solo Championship in the World Harmonica Festival 2013 only by playing a total of 10 minute of music. While a contestant at the qualifying round at the Tchaikovsky Competition would already have to prepare up to 30 minute of music. Meanwhile, not a single competition in the classical world would claim themselves the competition of the best. It seems like the title ‘World Champion’ could only be justified when it’s within sports, where the result can be calculated and compared. We can’t calculate art.
We have came a long way since the harmonica was invented 150 years ago. And I’m extremely excited to see new generation of player arising from all around the world. Nevertheless, while festivals are taking a pause during covid, we should make the best use of this period of time and rethink about how we could contribute to the culture and further bring our instrument to the next level.
So, what’s next? 🤔
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攜手創立暗黑美學
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I'm excited to announce that
My collaboration single with @DJHER_
#MIDNIGHT
Will be released on 10/30th 🖤
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@djher_
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A wonderful woman and an amazing friend with 13 years of tattoo experience.
Learned DJ & #Music Production in just 2 years.
She started with Hip-hop,
Fall in love with electronic music along the journey.
She fulfilled her dreams with determination step by step 🧩
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Has now become the resident #DJ at @celaviTaipei
And created her own label @OurMusik
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In 2018,
I started my musical adventure with the #FutureBass #pop genre single "Parallel World"
After a year of trials and errors.
I've found the element that best represents ME -
Hip hop & #Rap
This year,
we stepped out of our comfort zone together,
to find strength in vulnerability
by creating a dark and mysterious world
that always got a light of hope no matter how lonely it gets sometimes ❤️
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#饒舌 #melomoon #電音
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兩個來自完全不同背景的靈魂
因為音樂而萍水相逢;
擁有滿腔熱血在同個頻率上
譜寫出一首
神秘的黑色交響曲 - #MIDNIGHT 🌃
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擁有13年資歷
獲獎無數的資深 #刺青師 #陳鶴 Chen Her
在僅僅兩內年學會DJ 和#音樂製作
音樂路途上找到對 #電子音樂的鍾愛
由小場演出轉戰到#大型音樂節
一步步征服舞台挑戰自我
現今已成為 @celaviTaipei 常駐 #DJ
並在今年與電音活動廠牌 @OurMusik正式合作。
🎑
2018年由#FutureBass 曲風單曲「平行世界」展開音樂夢的我
經過一年的努力嘗試
摸索到了最能代表自我風格的 #嘻哈 與 #說唱 元素。
今年,我們把先前累積的能量和經驗
同心協力的完成了我們第一首
合作單曲「Midnight」
攜手創立暗黑美學
表達正向光明的能量。
Magic happens when two souls from completely different backgrounds vibe on the same frequency ✨
I'm excited to announce that
My collaboration single with @DJHER_
#MIDNIGHT
Will be released on 10/30th 🖤
@ms.melo.moon
X
@djher_
🦩
Chen Her - - -
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Has now become the resident #DJ at @celaviTaipei
And created her own label @OurMusik
🌙
In 2018,
I started my musical adventure with the #FutureBass #pop genre single "Parallel World"
After a year of trials and errors.
I've found the element that best represents ME -
Hip hop & #Rap
This year,
we stepped out of our comfort zone together,
to find strength in vulnerability
by creating a dark and mysterious world
that always got a light of hope no matter how lonely it gets sometimes ❤️
-
#饒舌 #melomoon #電音
best world music festivals 在 Shuen-wen Tung Youtube 的最佳解答
無限融合樂團|Timeless Fusion Party
My Angel Baby
作曲/編曲:呂聖斐
Piano / Keyboards / MIDI programming: 呂聖斐
Saxophones / Flute: 董舜文
E. Guitar: 莊智淵
Drums: 林俊宏
Bass: 甯子達
終於可以真正欣賞到樂器的聲音,一起感受演奏者的靈魂
金馬獎得主 呂聖斐 與金曲獎得主 董舜文 聯手創建樂壇新勢力 《無限融合樂團》,自由即興是他們的中心思想、派對狂歡是他們的例行公事、以大家開心為最高指導原則,以創建無國界融合爵士樂烏托邦為目標!
這張融合爵士樂以Funk & Hip Hop 節奏作派皮,填充台灣樂手自由靈魂發酵的奶油,再即興地撒上音符的起士,烘焙出滿滿一個小時的濃郁律動!
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The No.1 Fusion Jazz Band In Chinese-Spoken World -Timeless Fusion Party
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Timeless Fusion Party released their self-titled debut album in 2010 , and won the Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan as The Best Instrumental Album. With the first honor, they're continuously carrying on more inspirations at various international as well as local music festivals.
![post-title](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D5xoVjJVAuA/hqdefault.jpg)
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作曲/編曲:董舜文
Piano / Keyboards / MIDI programming: 呂聖斐
Saxophones / Flute: 董舜文
E. Guitar: 莊智淵
Drums: 林俊宏
Bass: 甯子達
終於可以真正欣賞到樂器的聲音,一起感受演奏者的靈魂
金馬獎得主 呂聖斐 與金曲獎得主 董舜文 聯手創建樂壇新勢力 《無限融合樂團》,自由即興是他們的中心思想、派對狂歡是他們的例行公事、以大家開心為最高指導原則,以創建無國界融合爵士樂烏托邦為目標!
這張融合爵士樂以Funk & Hip Hop 節奏作派皮,填充台灣樂手自由靈魂發酵的奶油,再即興地撒上音符的起士,烘焙出滿滿一個小時的濃郁律動!
The No.1 POP Jazz Band In Chinese-Spoken World -Timeless Fusion Party
Timeless Fusion Party was established in 2010, initialed with the ambition of making another innovative breakthrough by tying with contemporary Chinese top talents in Jazz music performance, and aim to be the most stunning Chinese Jazz Fusion band than ever.
By the convocation of the piano and keyboard player Fred Lu, who is also a famous movie soundtrack composer, alone with Shuen-Wen Tung, the well-known saxophones and flute performer, a five-man Fusion Jazz band is ready to renew Chinese Jazz music.
The members of five, including the Guitarist Eric Chuang, the Drummer Jun-Hong Lin, and the Bass player Michael Ning, are all experienced talents to manage various music genres and well-cultivated to adopt different challenges. They are entitled themselves the musicians with outrageous creativity, courage and craft to frame the most innovative Fusion Jazz in Asia. To introduce Jazz into everyone's life, they characterized each new composition by recording all the touching moments we'd been through, and each single episode narrates a brief story with vivid scenes
Timeless Fusion Party released their self-titled debut album in 2010 , and won the Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan as The Best Instrumental Album. With the first honor, they're continuously carrying on more inspirations at various international as well as local music festivals.
![post-title](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bEUFcSfnatQ/hqdefault.jpg)
best world music festivals 在 Shuen-wen Tung Youtube 的最佳貼文
無限融合樂團|Timeless Fusion Party
Piano / Keyboards / MIDI programming: 呂聖斐
Saxophones / Flute: 董舜文
E. Guitar: 莊智淵
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終於可以真正欣賞到樂器的聲音,一起感受演奏者的靈魂
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The No.1 Fusion Jazz Band In Chinese-Spoken World -Timeless Fusion Party
Timeless Fusion Party was established in 2010, initialed with the ambition of making another innovative breakthrough by tying with contemporary Chinese top talents in Jazz music performance, and aim to be the most stunning Chinese Jazz Fusion band than ever.
By the convocation of the piano and keyboard player Fred Lu, who is also a famous movie soundtrack composer, alone with Shuen-Wen Tung, the well-known saxophones and flute performer, a five-man Fusion Jazz band is ready to renew Chinese Jazz music.
The members of five, including the Guitarist Eric Chuang, the Drummer Jun-Hong Lin, and the Bass player Michael Ning, are all experienced talents to manage various music genres and well-cultivated to adopt different challenges. They are entitled themselves the musicians with outrageous creativity, courage and craft to frame the most innovative Fusion Jazz in Asia. To introduce Jazz into everyone's life, they characterized each new composition by recording all the touching moments we'd been through, and each single episode narrates a brief story with vivid scenes
Timeless Fusion Party released their self-titled debut album in 2010 , and won the Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan as The Best Instrumental Album. With the first honor, they're continuously carrying on more inspirations at various international as well as local music festivals.
![post-title](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PLf5a7ycV-Q/hqdefault.jpg)
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