Lei Qiang

Lei Qiang can be an erhu participant (a historical Chinese violin) having a classical/traditional background. Since he emigrated to Canada in 1993, he has already established an active profession both in traditional and pop circles, liberating solo CDs, documenting on albums by Quebec performers Robert Charlebois, Bruno Pelletier, and Gildor Roy, and touring using the broadly well-known circus troupe Cirque du Soleil. Created in 1960 in the Shaanxi province from the People’s Republic of China, Qiang began to play the erhu at age 15. From 1978 to 1982 he researched on the Xian Conservatory of Music, one of the most esteemed traditional music organization in the province. For another 10 years he toured China and produced performances in Japan and Hong Kong using the Shaanxi Provincial Melody & Dance Troupe. Pursuing an invitation to execute in the Chinese language Backyard on the Montreal Botanical Backyard, Lei emigrated to Canada and resolved in Montreal in the summertime of 1993. Among uncommon engagements, he resorted to road playing. It really is while he was carrying out a arranged on Sainte-Catherine road that record maker Paul Etch observed him. The encounter converted Etch, once a rock and roll music bassist, to globe music. He instantly asked Lei to his studio room to record a demonstration tape of solo erhu. It had been well received as well as the pair made a decision to record a “genuine” recording. They asked the Shaanxi Provincial Music & Dance Troupe to record preparations of traditional items, to which Lei overdubbed the business lead erhu parts in Montreal. The Compact disc Chinese language Traditional Erhu Music (Vol. 1) arrived in 1995 on Etch’s recently incepted Oliver Unexpected Productions imprint. It exposed the underground Chinese language culture of the town to the people and fascinated well-deserved attention. Quickly Lei was asked to execute at multicultural celebrations in Montreal and throughout Quebec. Adult pop vocalist Bruno Pelletier asked him to execute on his 1995 recording Défaire l’Amour. He also made an appearance on country-pop vocalist Gildor Roy’s Plein l’Dos (1996) and performed in the 1996 Gathering of Countries Pow-Wow in Albuquerque, NM. In 1997, Lei released another recording on Oliver Sudden and toured Canada with pipa participant Liu Fang. He also performed erhu on some paths from Cirque du Soleil’s Quidam soundtrack and followed the Cirque in NEVADA for the creation O in 1998. He offers slowed up his activities since that time.