Ethnomusicology
KUNQU, THE CLASSICAL OPERA OF GLOBALIZED CHINA
“Kunqu, the Classical Opera of Globalized China”
Andrew N. Weintraub
Adriana Helbig
Carpathian Music Ensemble
Carpathian Music Ensemble
Gamelan Performs at Columbus Asian Festival
Photo by Terry Gilliam. In the foreground, graduate student Ben Pachter. In the background, gamelan co-director Indra Ridwan. Pitt's Gamelan Ensemble, directed by Professor Andrew Weintraub, took part in the Columbus Asian Festival this past spring. The festival included a wide arrary of musical performances, martial arts, and traditional arts and crafts.
Songlines Praises Hee-sun Kim’s Book on Contemporary Kayagŭm Performance
Hee-sun Kim's (PhD 2004, ethnomusicology) Contemporary Kayagŭm Music in Korea offers the first book-length account of a new musical genre developed in post-war South Korea for kayagŭm, a traditional 12-stringed long board zither.