EVENTS
Oliver Yu Duo played their first event at the Chinese Head Tax Redress Event , June 22, 2006 at Fairmount Hotel Vancouver
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Later that year, on October 15, they performed a full length concert of music featuring a mixture of older Chinese with new music from China and Canada, including several premieres by John Oliver. They continue to play for special events throughout the year, notably Chinese New Year and other events for the Chinese community in Metro Vancouver.
OLIVER YU DUO
"FROM A PLACE FAR AWAY"
SUNDAY OCTOBER 15, 8PM
VANCOUVER EAST CULTURAL CENTRE
Music from China, Canada, and other corners of the world and the imagination.
Vancouver musicians Zhimin Yu and John Oliver team up to delight with a program of new and old music from China, Canada and other corners of the world and the imagination, written for Chinese and Western guitars. Oliver plays classical guitar and a beautiful fretless MIDI classical guitar. Yu plays the Chinese “moon guitar" (the ruan). The program will feature the premiere of new works written by Oliver for ruan and guitars and synthesizer, and music by Xing Liu and Wu Jun Sheng. Come hear an evening of plucked music From a Place Far Away.
THE PROGRAM
Between the Sky and the Land by Xing Liu
Camel Bell on the Silk Road by Yong Ning
Song of the Mountain by Xing Liu
Evening of the Torch Festival by Wu Jun Sheng
Happy Days, traditional
Poema Singelo by H. Villa-Lobos
A Dream of Africa by John Oliver
Avoid the Cliff! by John Oliver
Dreaming of a Far Away Place by John Oliver
LOCATION AND TICKET INFO
1895 Venables Street, Vancouver