The UW School of Music Division of Ethnomusicology presents

Music of Turkey and China

A concert Tuesday, April 30, 2002 featuring

Münir Nurettin Beken,
ud (Middle Eastern Lute) virtuoso

and

Ziying Wu,
master of the qin (Chinese zither) and pipa (Chinese lute)

Meany Theater, UW Campus, 7:30 p.m.
For tickets ($8-10) call 206-543-4880 (UW Arts Ticket Office).

Visiting artist at the University of Washington from 2000-2002, Münir Beken is one of the founding members of the State Turkish Music Ensemble. His technique, musicality, and mastery of a variety of both old and modern styles have made him the leading ud player of his generation. Beken's recordings are widely circulated and emulated by ud students.

Ziying Wu, former professor of traditional Chinese music at Shanghai Normal University and director of the Shanghai Qin Society, is one of the few masters of the Chinese seven-string zither (qin). The qin figures prominently in the literature, history, and culture of traditional Chinese society, and its music represents one of the longest unbroken musical traditions in the world. Wu performs on a qin crafted sometime during the 12th or 13th century, "The Perfectly Harmonized Jade and Pearl Qin," which is renowned for its sweet, yet sonorous tone.