Updated: 2007-01-10 07:37 By Raymond Zhou
Chinese tenor Fan Jingma spent almost two decades overseas, honing his craft and establishing his career. Recently he returned to China, and Poloarts Entertainment Co came out with a 4-CD box set that is pretty much a celebration of his art. Continue reading
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-06-24 07:56 By Raymond Zhou
Fan Jingma’s latest album sets a milestone in the tenor’s career. After 15 years on the international opera stage, he has come back full-circle to his roots. But that’s just the surface, the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. What sets apart this collection of 16 Chinese songs is his treatment, rather than his choice of repertory, which is eclectic and does not break any boundary. Continue reading
CHINESE LIEDER
Jingma Fan, tenor
Reinild Mees, piano
Review by Dominy Clements – MusicWeb International – July 2008
My claim to an affinity with Chinese culture derives almost entirely from a period in which I worked as a freelance text editor – in English – for the Chinese embassy in The Hague. Part of the rewards for checking tourist brochures, speeches and articles on subjects such as the marvellous Hubei ‘Chime Bells’, a replica set of which recently toured in Europe, were gifts of numerous CDs of Chinese music in a variety of arrangements. Continue reading