No, they might rather have been in Harbin near toi the Russian/Siberian border as there was a Russian colony since late 18th century, when they also introduced Western style music & musical instruments, but just for that particular area in Manchuria. The Shanghai story is different, as the Western style music began there after the Sun Yatsen revolution had toppled the rule of the "Celestial Court", western culture or what was believed to be culture came "en vogue" soon as well as Western decadence. But they formed an orchestra there, hired a lot of Italian musicians. The wave of western style music spread out in China & has been fruitful even Civil War & the Cultural Revolution of the 1960ies war a slash backwards. They have recovered since & have conservatories in many bif cities. Also, there are a lot of orchestras there: Beijing: National Symphony, radio Symphony, Army Symphony, Central Ballet Theatre, Tienjin: Symphony, Shenyang, Changchun (both in Manchuria), Harbin, Nanjing, Wuhan, Shezhen, Guangzhou, Kunming, Chengdu (symphony & movie studio orchestra), Lanzhou, Xian, Shanghai (Symphony, Movie Studio & TV orchestra), Xiamen & others. The hornplayers are as far as I know Chinese only. There was an american trumpet in Shanghai.
In the early 1960ies, some groups from former communist East Germany came to China (mainly classical wind quintets) to teach there. The horn players were Heinz Lohan from Leipsic and Fitz Hofmann from Berlin. They influenced their playing significantly. Doug Hill & Barry Tuckwell were there for a short time (just visiting), while I was teaching there in many places spending a week or two here & there, discovering some talents on more than thirty trips to China. Prof.Han Sien Kwong from Shanghai, who grew up in Bangkok due to the communist revolution, returned & became very successful as horn player & teacher. He eventually won awards at the Moscow, Prague & Geneve international competitions in 1965/66. His son Han Xiao Ming is successful as saolo horn with the Saarsbruecken Radio Symphony & teaches at the music academy there. By the way, the author of the articles in the horn call is Dr.Paul Meng (Meng Pu) not Paul Chen. ============================================================ ===================================================0 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Gross Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:05 PM To: 'The Horn List' Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Horn/Brass in China Not sure if this has been covered before, but a large number of "White Russians" found refuge in China after V. I. Lenin, et al, established paradise on earth in Mother Russia. I believe this was mainly in the Shanghai vicinity. That group may have had some influence as well. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wendell L Exline Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 12:12 AM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Horn/Brass in China There were several articles in the Horn Call by Paul Chen about Horn Playing in China from the early 30's or so. It would probably have been in issues during 1998 or 99. I don't have access to those at the immediate present. A number of European players were playing horn in those years in Shanghai and Beijing. Pete X----- _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/bgross%40airm ail.net _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
