Reylon Yount (Yangqin)

This recital offers a rare chance to hear the Chinese yangqin, a trapezoidal soundbox with 144 steel strings stretched across it, which the player strikes with bamboo mallets. This recital offers a rare chance to hear the Chinese yangqin, a trapezoidal soundbox with 144 steel strings stretched across it, which the player strikes with bamboo mallets. This recital offers a rare chance to hear the Chinese yangqin, a trapezoidal soundbox with 144 steel strings stretched across it, which the player strikes with bamboo mallets.

Who:	Northern Aldborough Festival
When:	21 June, 2022 00:00am
Where:	To be Confirmed, ,

Reylon Yount is an inventive yangin performer and songwriter, creating an intersection between Chinese and American cultures. The 25-year-old has introduced this rare instrument to the world stage. As a biracial Chinese American growing up in San Francisco, Reylon began learning yangqin as a way to stay connected to his heritage. He trained at the Central Conservatory in Beijing and has spent most of his unorthodox, eighteen-year career zigzagging between cross-cultural collaborations. He’s performed internationally at venues such as TED, Lincoln Center and Xinghai Concert Hall. His transcultural musicality guides listeners into a new Chinese American cultural space, beyond familiar boundaries of genre and geography. A Harvard College graduate, Reylon recently completed two master’s degrees at University of London and Goldsmiths University. He also hosts Make Sense, a podcast about how artists see the world. He believes that connecting with each other through music – and searching for meaning within ourselves – can help us create steadying threads of continuity in an otherwise fragmented world.

Contact details:

tel: 01423 900979
e-mail: festival@aldborough.com
web: www.aldboroughfestival.com

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Reylon Yount (Yangqin)