Byron Au Yong | 歐陽良仁

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Piao Zhu: Flying Bamboo
contemporary Chinese percussion


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Performances
Piao Zhu: Flying Bamboo premiered as a two-hour ceremonial event at the Seattle Asian Art Museum in 2006.

Other performances include the Community Arts Day Celebration for Bainbridge Performing Arts, the Arts-in-Nature Festival, and events throughout the Pacific Northwest.

The ensemble is available to perform for various functions with one to three musicians. [Booking]
About Piao Zhu
Piao Zhu: Flying Bamboo is a contemporary performance initiative. The Seattle Weekly describes the group as "a new dance/percussion/chant meditation/ritual by Byron Au Yong, whose interdisciplinary works are as exquisite and imaginative as they are unclassifiable."

The idea for Piao Zhu: Flying Bamboo was inspired by the legend of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove - a band of Chinese scholars and poets who met to escape political and societal duress during the 3rd century BCE.

A Piao Zhu performance includes songs, drums, cymbals, gongs, bamboo, fiddle, mouth harp, and dance with a focus on social action and artistic wonder.

News
Piao Zhu: Flying Bamboo is proud to be part of 4Culture's 2009-2010 Touring Arts Roster. [More]

Press Quote
"Piao Zhu, in English 'flying bamboo,' a new dance/percussion/chant meditation/ritual by Byron Au Yong, whose interdisciplinary works are as exquisite and imaginative as they are unclassifiable."
Gavin Borchert, Seattle Weekly Pick