All of Us Speaker Series January
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 1288 W. River Rd.
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
FREE event provided by Tucson Chinese Cultural Center and partners.
Featuring guest speaker Jing Xia, a member of the Chinese Musicians Association, and an award-winning guzheng performer and intercultural art practitioner.
Includes a complimentary light, healthy lunch.
Free to attend. RSVP below.
About Jing Xia
A member of the Chinese Musicians Association, Jing Xia is a guzheng (Chinese zither) performer and intercultural art practitioner. She was awarded the Golden Bell Award (most prestigious award of Chinese music), the Master of Chinese Traditional Musical Instrument by the California State Senate, and the 2022 Top 10 Outstanding Chinese American Youth Award and 2017 30 Selected Leaders for Future by the All American Chinese Youth Federation. She was selected to be featured in the 2016 Cultural and Artistic Achievement Stamp and Postcard Series released by China Post.
As a performing artist, Ms. Xia has been invited to perform concerts with the “Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra” along with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, China National Traditional Orchestra, Huaxia Chinese Orchestra, Chandler Symphony Orchestra, Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra. She has traveled on concert tours to Switzerland, New Zealand, Spain, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Burma, Bangladesh, and the USA. Her artistic activities have been featured by media outlets including the NZ RNC UK Chinese Journal, NZ Herald, All American Chinese Youth Federation, Tucson Life Style Magazine, and Arizona Public Media.
Aside from her devotion to the culture of traditional music, she is also enthusiastic about exploring new music, techniques, idioms, sounds, genres, cultures, and other aspects of musical perception. Her intercultural music project, the Duo Chinoiserie, seeks to build new musical bridges between the East and West. Her recently released album CHINOISERIE includes new works written for the Duo by renowned composers. Ms. Xia’s performing style of the guzheng is calm and subtle, yet very powerful and emotional. She pursues the true nature of music and makes her listeners feel the beauty of heaven and earth, love of life, and the light of humanity. Ms. Xia is a versatile contributor. She is also experienced in event management and artistic direction of ensemble.
Ms. Xia started her guzheng studies when she was 4. Since then, she has delved into the world of guzheng music and studies with famous Chinese guzheng masters. She holds a Master of Music and Bachelor of Arts degree from the China Conservatory of Music. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Applied Intercultural Arts Research at the University of Arizona. Her studies focus on Traditional Chinese Music research and culturally musicking for community wellbeing. She was selected to present her research at the Association of Chinese Music Research (ACMR) meeting and the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) conference.
