Chinese music master to perform at library
The Apalachicola Margaret Key Public Library Winter Music and Art Series continues Thursday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. ET with “Water Sentiments – Classical Chinese Qin and Zheng Music with Haiqiong Deng.”
Haiqiong, a visiting assistant professor in musicology and director of the Chinese Music Ensemble at the Florida State University College of Music, is a master player of the 21-string Chinese zheng (guzheng) and a veteran practitioner of the seven-string qin (guqin).
She has presented concerts and lectures across North America, Europe, and Asia. Her 2024 music recordings won two Global Music Awards 0 a solo album on contemporary zheng music, Zheng Tu, composed by Dr. Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, released by Innova Records; and a self-released zheng and pipa duo of the classical piece, “The Moon is High,” played together with Dr. Yuxin Mei.
Haiqiong is the recipient of the prestigious Florida Cultural Heritage Award in 2017, the 2013 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, the 2012 Master Artist of the Florida Folklife Apprenticeship Award, and winner of the Outstanding Performance Prize at the 1995 Chinese National Zheng Competition in Shanghai.
Haiqiong has actively promoted arts and has served on the executive board of directors of the Council on Culture & Arts in Tallahassee since 2020.
Haiqiong received her bachelor of music in guzheng performance from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music; and a master of arts in arts administration and ethnomusicology, and Ph.D. in musicology from Florida State University.
In 2020, she founded the Inner Space Music Academy to provide a live and virtual platform to cultivate mindful listening, nurture cultural understanding, and contribute to human wellbeing worldwide.
The Music and Art series is free courtesy of Porch Fest Apalach and PALS (Patrons of Apalachicola Library Society, Inc.) It is held in the listening room at the Library at 80 12th Street. Come early as seating is limited.
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