Title: Horse Racing
Composer: Huang Haihuai
Adaptation: Paul Tsao
Erhu Performance: Paul Tsao
Mastering: Joseph Ma

Paul Tsao was born in an opera family. He studied art with his father in childhood and grew up in an opera troupe. He was deeply influenced by opera and Chinese music. He is proficient in 15 musical instruments including erhu, gaohu, banhu, jinghu, flute, suona, and percussion instruments.

Ellen Stewart, founder of the famous Broadway La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, once praised him as the most outstanding Chinese "prince of instrumental music" in the world, and he is known as China's "unparalleled bow and string musician."

Tsao moved to the United States in 1994. He has demonstrated his musical talent and artistry in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Broadway, National Theater, and Kennedy Concert Hall, and won high praise from people from all walks of life. In 1999, he founded the CBA Culture & Arts Center in New York, which is the only comprehensive Chinese folk art performance group in the United States. CBA Culture & Arts Center is popular wherever it goes throughout the United States, for its wonderful performances and unique artistic charm. It has made important contributions to promoting Chinese music in the United States.

"Horse Racing" is an erhu solo composed by the famous Chinese musician Huang Haihuai, an erhu performer and composer. It depicts the horse racing scene of herdsmen on the prairie of Inner Mongolia during a festival. The music is deeply loved by people for its majestic momentum, warm atmosphere, and unrestrained melody. Whether it is a flamboyant racer or a galloping and neighing horse, they are all vividly represented by the melody of the erhu. The music unfolds with the neighing of the horses, and the melody is rough and unrestrained. The crisp and elastic jumping bow from far to near, with distinct vibrato, depicts the grand occasion of horse racing. The use of erhu fast bow and bow jumping skills, as well as the use of plucking and vibrato skills, shows a lively and enthusiastic horse racing scene.


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'Horse Racing': Erhu Music Unfolds With the Neighing of the Horses, a Rough and Unrestrained Melody

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