Interviews with Tan Dun and Shen Wei

Interviews with Tan Dun and Shen Wei

The sound of tea: Composer and conductor Tan Dun on ritual, rhythm and reinvention TEA-liuzi merges the tea-making rhythms of Xiangxi with percussion and introduces the first-ever Hong Kong Women’s Percussion Ensemble. How does this collaboration advance both tradition and innovation in Chinese music? During my research in Xiangxi, I discovered the Tujia people using trained monkeys to pick tea from dangerous cliffs. But most of the tea-pickers …