{"id":131860,"date":"2025-01-28T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/interviews-panm360\/un-compositeur-et-son-dragon-christian-thomas-nous-cause-de-son-concerto-pour-pipa\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T12:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:15:28","slug":"un-compositeur-et-son-dragon-christian-thomas-nous-cause-de-son-concerto-pour-pipa","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/un-compositeur-et-son-dragon-christian-thomas-nous-cause-de-son-concerto-pour-pipa\/","title":{"rendered":"A Composer and His Dragon: Christian Thomas Tells Us About his Concerto For Pipa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Year of the Dragon, which will end on January 30, will be marked by music and the meeting of East and West. Conceived a few years ago, the Maison symphonique will perform the world premiere of Christian Thomas\u2019 Concerto for Pipa, which will be performed by virtuoso Liu Fang, one of the most renowned in the world and described as \u201cthe empress of the pipa.\u201d The unique notes of the pipa, this ancient Chinese instrument, will join those of the FILMharmonique Orchestra conducted by Fran\u00e7is Choini\u00e8re, which will also perform the famous violin concerto Les Amants papillons, with violinist Guillaume Villeneuve as soloist, as well as Stravinsky\u2019s The Firebird. A few days before the concert, Alexandre Villemaire spoke with Christian Thomas about the composition of his concerto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/records\/liu-fang-orchestre-filmharmonique-francis-choiniere-christian-thomas-concerto-pour-pipa-et-orchestre-dragon-gfn-production-montreal\/\">Read Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Cardin&#8217;s review of the concerto<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Un compositeur et son dragon : Christian Thomas nous cause de son Concerto pour pipa\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/51HWSIOFegM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">For more information and tickets, click <a href=\"https:\/\/placedesarts.com\/en\/event\/butterfly-lovers\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Credit: Enzo Wong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Year of the Dragon, which will end on January 30, will be marked by music and the meeting of East and West. 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