“The Moon Over the Mountain Guan” performed by Jiaoyue Lyu, Guqin l Met Music
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Jiaoyue Lyu performs “The Moon Over the Mountain Guan”
Filmed in The Astor Chinese Garden Court, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 13, 2016
This well-known example of Qin music from 1931 has a title identical to that of Li Bai’s poem, also performed to this tune. When interpreted by excellent musicians, the audience feels and understands the profound longing of soldiers on the frontier for the comforts and familiarity of home and family.
Jiaoyue Lyu’s guqin is hand-crafted by Ni Shiyun in Jiangsu Province, China.
Performer information: Jiaoyue Lyu:
At the age of four, Ms. Lyu began her musical studies as a pianist. It was not until she entered Nanjing Normal University that she began her guqin studies with Prof. Xiaoqin Yao and Prof. Gongliang Cheng. She has performed guqin concerts in China, the United States (Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall) and abroad and while steeped in the traditional qin repertoire she has also composed music for and performed the guqin in modern musical theater productions. In New York, she attended New York University and actively promoted guqin performance and education. At the China Meets America Cultural Festival at Carnegie Hall (2014) she participated as teaching assistant, interpreter, backstage director and MC. Additionally, Ms. Lyu has been awarded numerous honors in China and globally for her expertise in Chinese calligraphy including the Gold Award in calligraphy in the National Man and Nature Award in July 2001.
Production support was provided by The Augustine Foundation
Production Credits
Producer and Director: Kate Farrell
Production Coordinator: Lisa Rifkind
Jib: Kelly Richardson
Camera: Dia Felix
Lighting design: Ned Hallick
Gaffers: Foster McLaughlin, Mary Ellen Stebbins
Editor: Kaelan Burkett
Graphics: Natasha Mileshina
Organized by the Department of Musical Instruments
J. Kenneth Moore, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge
Jayson Kerr Dobney, Associate Curator and Administrator
Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Associate Curator
Tim Caster, Principal Departmental Technician
Marian Eines, Associate for Administration
Pamela Summey, Programs Coordinator
Gillian Suss, Collections Management Assistant
Support from Department of Objects Conservation
Manu Frederickx, Associate Conservator
Jennifer Schnitker, Assistant Conservator
© 2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Filmed in The Astor Chinese Garden Court, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 13, 2016
This well-known example of Qin music from 1931 has a title identical to that of Li Bai’s poem, also performed to this tune. When interpreted by excellent musicians, the audience feels and understands the profound longing of soldiers on the frontier for the comforts and familiarity of home and family.
Jiaoyue Lyu’s guqin is hand-crafted by Ni Shiyun in Jiangsu Province, China.
Performer information: Jiaoyue Lyu:
At the age of four, Ms. Lyu began her musical studies as a pianist. It was not until she entered Nanjing Normal University that she began her guqin studies with Prof. Xiaoqin Yao and Prof. Gongliang Cheng. She has performed guqin concerts in China, the United States (Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall) and abroad and while steeped in the traditional qin repertoire she has also composed music for and performed the guqin in modern musical theater productions. In New York, she attended New York University and actively promoted guqin performance and education. At the China Meets America Cultural Festival at Carnegie Hall (2014) she participated as teaching assistant, interpreter, backstage director and MC. Additionally, Ms. Lyu has been awarded numerous honors in China and globally for her expertise in Chinese calligraphy including the Gold Award in calligraphy in the National Man and Nature Award in July 2001.
Production support was provided by The Augustine Foundation
Production Credits
Producer and Director: Kate Farrell
Production Coordinator: Lisa Rifkind
Jib: Kelly Richardson
Camera: Dia Felix
Lighting design: Ned Hallick
Gaffers: Foster McLaughlin, Mary Ellen Stebbins
Editor: Kaelan Burkett
Graphics: Natasha Mileshina
Organized by the Department of Musical Instruments
J. Kenneth Moore, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge
Jayson Kerr Dobney, Associate Curator and Administrator
Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Associate Curator
Tim Caster, Principal Departmental Technician
Marian Eines, Associate for Administration
Pamela Summey, Programs Coordinator
Gillian Suss, Collections Management Assistant
Support from Department of Objects Conservation
Manu Frederickx, Associate Conservator
Jennifer Schnitker, Assistant Conservator
© 2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art