2024
Forest of Bamboos n°2 – Wu Wei & Alexis Baskind
Instrumentation
Sheng and electronics
Description
A continuation of the Forest of Bamboos project, exploring interactive electronics, sound spatialization, and collaboration between sheng and electronic processing. Includes complete concert version from CNCM-GMEM 2022.
Thursday 9 May 2024 · 19:00 · Festival Propagations
Forêt de Bambous Concert
Location
CNCM–GMEM, La Module
Friche la Belle de Mai
41 Rue Jobin, 13003 Marseille
Context
Festival Propagations
Project
sheng! l’orgue à bouche (2019–2026)
Long-term artistic and research project hosted by GMEM
A creative concert combining sound, electronics, light, and drawing, centered on an augmented thirty-seven-pipe sheng developed by Wu Wei and Alexis Baskind.
Program
- Julie Zhu — Ornithology
for sheng, electronics & drawing box (World premiere) - Wu Wei — Forest of Bamboos n°2
for sheng & electronics (World premiere) - André Serre-Milan — Breaths of Life(s)
for sheng & electronics
Artists
- Wu Wei — sheng
- Julie Zhu — composer / drawing
- André Serre-Milan — composer
- Alexis Baskind — electronics & sound design
- Caty Olive — lighting design
- Paul Cameron — electronic design
- Liao Lin-Ni — artistic direction
Production
Coproduction: CNCM–GMEM & TPMC
Support: DRAC PACA, University of Michigan,
Maison de la Musique Contemporaine
Partnership: Friche la Belle de Mai
Saturday 21 January 2023 · 20:00
Forêt de Bambous
Location
Musée des Confluences
Grand Auditorium
Lyon, France
Duration
1h30
Category
Concert / Spectacle
Forêt de Bambous was born from an encounter between the ancient Chinese sheng — a mouth organ invented over three thousand years ago — and contemporary classical music. Wu Wei, extraordinary musician and soloist with leading orchestras worldwide, confronts his instrument with the resonances of the 21st century.
Program
-
Wu Wei — Forêt de Bambous n°1 (2020–2021)
for sheng — 30 min -
André Serre-Milan — Souffles de vie(s) (2021–2022)
for amplified sheng & real-time electroacoustic setup — 30 min
Artists
- Wu Wei — sheng (mouth organ)
- Alexis Baskind — recording, sound reinforcement & spatialization
- André Serre-Milan — live electronics
30 March 2022 · 19:30
Un bosque de bambúes
Location
Auditorio
CentroCentro
Madrid, Spain
Performers
Wu Wei — sheng
Alexis Baskind — electronics
Description
Un bosque de bambúes is a concert exploring the sheng, a Chinese
mouth organ with more than 3,000 years of history, combining traditional
repertoire with contemporary works and live electronics.
The program is part of the cycle Desclasificados. Abre tus oídos,
focusing on listening, sound environments, and memory.
Program
- Works by Yan Haideng
- Works by Keeyong Chong
- Works by Hua Yan Yun
- Works by Wu Wei
Cycle
Desclasificados. Abre tus oídos
Curated concert series on listening practices
Tuesday 22 March 2022 · 18:00–19:00
Interpoiesis 3
Location
silent green — Kuppelhalle
Festival MaerzMusik
Berlin, Germany
Artists
Wu Wei — sheng, composition
Alexis Baskind — composition, sound direction
Katrin Bethge — light design
Description
Interpoiesis 3 is part of the MaerzMusik concert series
dedicated to multi-generational and intersectional collaboration.
The project explores the sheng as a spatial sound instrument,
immersing the audience inside a “bamboo forest” of sound and light.
Program
- Wu Wei — composition, sheng
- Alexis Baskind — sound direction, electronics
- Katrin Bethge — light design
Project
Forêt de Bambous
Part of Sheng! l’orgue à bouche (2019–2023)
Saturday 29 January 2022 · 17:30
Forêt de Bambous
Location
Opéra de Reims
Festival FARaway
Reims, France
Performer
Wu Wei — master of the sheng
Description
Forêt de Bambous is a concert and research project centered on the
sheng (Chinese mouth organ), combining ancient instrumental traditions
with contemporary music and electronics.
The project explores resonance, breath, amplification, and spatial listening.
Program
-
Wu Wei — Forest of Bamboos
for sheng and electronics
Research about the system Forest of Bamboos
- Seminar 8 - Une forêt de tuyaux – Le sheng présenté de l’intérieur (9 December 2020)
- Seminar 14 - Une forêt de tuyaux - Retour(s) sur une création (19 April 2022)
- Seminar 19 - Forêt de Bambous - Julie Zhu: Sum and Difference for sheng et électronique (1 June 2023)
- Seminar 20 - Forêt de Bambous - Julie Zhu: Ornithologie for sheng et électronique (10 May 2024)