Event overview
Associate Lecturer Dr Hwee-San Tan gives this free evening lecture on "Diasporic sounds of Nanyin: from Southeastern China to Vietnam”
The music of nanyin from the Minnan region of Fujian province in Southeastern China is a vocal and instrumental tradition with a long history, distinctive instrumentation and unique repertoire. Its musical sounds have dispersed widely with migrant Minnanese people to Taiwan and many parts of Southeast Asia from the 18th to the early 20th century. To the Minnanese diaspora, the musical sounds of nanyin provided a vital link with their homeland.
Dr Tan's paper will throw light on the ways in which traditional culture may play a role in helping the Minnanese community, as the smallest ethnic Chinese group in Ho Chi Minh today, to negotiate and interact with the other ethnic Chinese groups, and to understand what meanings nanyin hold for the Minnanese in Vietnam.
The Music Research Series is designed to help postgraduate students advance their research and careers. The events stimulate exchange, hones skills, facilitates the creation of professional networks and helps to consolidate the department’s postgraduate community, all over a glass of wine! Attendance is strongly recommended for all postgraduate students (MA, MMus and PGR) in Music but of course undergraduates, music researchers, and visitors from across the college and the community are also most welcome to these public lectures.
Image: Erfu Temple and Assembly Hall, built around 1765 by immigrants from the Fujian province in China.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 26 Jan 2016 | 5:00pm - 6:30pm |
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