Tuesday 11 February 2014

Aubade - film preview

Xuefei Yang
A new film from Henry Astor, Aubade looks at the work of Chipping Norton based luthier Paul Fischer as seeks to make a classical guitar suitable for modern virtuosos. The film takes in both Fischer, the guitarist Xuefei Yang who agreed to try out the new guitar and composer William Lovelady who was commissioned to write a piece for Xuefei Yangto play on Fischer's new guitar. Aubade will be premiered at Chipping Norton Theatre on 12 February 2014. There is a preview video for Aubade after the break.

Xuefei Yang was the first person ever to study classcal guitar at the Beijing Conservatoire. If you want to hear Xuefei Yang live then she has a solo recital at the University of Keele on February 19, with appearances in Stoke on Trent (21/3), Guildford (29/3) and a solo recital at Binham Priory in Norfolk (23/8). Further details from Xuefei Xang's website.






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