Feng Shan Xu - A Life in Kunqu [HD] - Into The Music, ABC Radio National
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| Title | Feng Shan Xu - A Life in Kunqu [HD] - Into The Music, ABC Radio National |
| Author | ABC Arts |
| Duration | 5:54 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=hEc5LP_-yNg |
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http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/intothemusic/a-life-in-kunqu/3612858 Feng Shan Xu (Xu as he's known to friends), has lived in Macquarie Fields in south-west Sydney since 1997, but most mornings after sipping coffee at the local shopping centre Xu goes home to practise arias from an ancient form of Chinese Opera.
He's deemed a National Living Treasure in China, a performer in the last generation of truly great Kunqu practitioners, and in 2011 the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre in Beijing invited Xu to perform in a festival celebrating UNESCO's designation of Kunqu as a masterpiece of intangible cultural heritage.
After enduring humiliation as an artist during the Cultural Revolution, once again Xu was able to share his art form with fans and students eager to recall and enjoy China's precious cultural history.
Video artist Kate Murphy created a multi-channel video installation in collaboration with Xu Feng Shan, commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre. The video shown here is a single channel excerpt of the original installation, produced for ABC Radio National.
