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美国星岛日报 旅法华人王利表演「口弦」 2012-10-23 本报记者周静然纽约报道:旅居法国华人王利受邀纽约林肯中心白光艺术节White Light Festival),将于10月25日晚表演「口弦」,这是一种远古而罕有的音乐表演,而王利把 它演绎丰满的立体声响,令他是白光艺术节20多项节目中唯一受邀的华裔。
The New York Times 纽约时报 January 9, 2012 A Night When All the World’s OnstageBy JON PARELES The world was fused at Globalfest on Sunday night. The sold-out event at Webster Hall was the ninthannual world-music showcase, timed to coincide with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters’ annual convention: 12 acts from 5 continents. " Wang Li, a Chinese musician based in Paris, performed solo, finding a futuristic sound in humble instruments. He played jew’s-harps, twangy little instruments that were closely miked and enriched by reverb so that every touch and resonance was audible in detail. His pieces were fascinating, introspective perpetual-motion meditations. The rhythms of sharply pinging, clicking notes sometimes suggested electronic dance music; ghostly overtone melodies sighed up above. It was deeply solitary music, quietly spellbinding. "
The village voice Live: globalFest Takes Webster Hall On A Too Quick Trip Around The WorldBy K. Leander Williams Mon., Jan. 9 2012 at 4:00 PM " In hindsight, Chinese multi-instrumentalist Wang Li probably presented one of the biggest challenges on the globalFest program: How to program quiescent music for crowds that quite often show up ready to jump around. To his credit, Li didn't seem fazed. A one-man virtuoso armed with his springy jaw harp and an indigenous reed instrument called a sheng, he came on like a minimalist who understood how to make his instrument sound evocatively electro without trafficking in overt dance beats. It was subtle music that was both meditative and dynamic, perhaps even moreso for being programmed in the room where several of globalFest's more heated dance bands held sway. "
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http://www.npr.org/2012/01/10/144917135/globalfest-2012-a-world-of-amazing-discoveries "This was the most sacred of sounds I heard (at the festival). It's very electronic in its sound. He's playing a Jew's Harp, through some effects, but that implies lots of delay and other stuff. But what you hear here is the pure sound of a Jew's Harp and (Wang Li's) breathing technique and his mouth opening and closing, through maybe a little bit of reverb." --Bob Boilen http://www.npr.org/event/music/144698167/wang-li-globalfest-2012
" Perhaps the most intriguing and unusual artist on this year's globalFEST lineup was Wang Li. Originally from Tsinghao, a northeastern Chinese city along the Yellow Sea, Wang Li plays two instruments that have definite folk roots: the jaw harp (or Jew's harp, as it's also known) and the Chinese sheng, a mouth-blown set of pipes. After college, he wound up — of all places — in a French monastery, but that transplanting makes sense in the context of his hypnotic, quiet music. Played solo, it evokes hidden and deep worlds of meaning.
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