A Night at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

It is a legendary night accompanies with Shen Yun Performance Arts at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in LA Music Center. You may or may not know a traditional Chinese musical instrument called er-hu (二胡). It is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument.

In Shen Yun, there is an amazing erhu soloist called Xiaochun Qi. There is no other erhu soloist can compare to how she plays erhu on the stage. Tonight, she played “Saving the Predestined” which also composed by herself. As she begins to play the first tone, the audience is silent and time seems to be frozen. Magically, her music connects with everyone in the audience and the movements of strings tell stories. I could feel my heart as if my long forgotten memories and feelings are bringing back from time piece by piece as she moves her strings back and forth. Those feelings were hidden and buried for so long and they felt like eons have been passed. In her music, I felt that she is telling us stories that we all being through but forgotten in some lifetimes. It contained the time of glory, the time of sorrow, and the time of triumphs we shared long long time ago. It is truly amazing to watch her live performance as I wonder how two strings can do so much. I sincerely invite you to experience Shen Yun.

What other people say about Xiaochun Qi's performance?

Architects Amazed by Shen Yun
The erhu player, Xiaochun Qi, played “Saving the Predestined.” Mr. Sandoval was particularly moved by the performance. He said: “I've heard it and seen others play. I've never heard it played so beautifully.

Ms. Lau said, “Her heart sang along.”
 
Music Teacher Finds Music Uplifting
  "One of the things I loved was the erhu," he said.   The erhu is a two-stringed bowed Chinese instrument held on the lap of the player. When played slowly, it has a somewhat mournful sound. “The Chinese erhu was so moving. It went right into my heart every time it played, especially on the stage," he said.

Bank Vice-President: 'I never heard so much beautiful music before'

"I think it is marvelous, I especially like the Chinese instrument, the erhu. I never heard so much beautiful music before," she said, commenting on the instrumental piece, Saving the Predestined, performed by erhu virtuoso Xiaochun Qi.  "The performance is really great ... My friends came here for the first time and really had a good time. It is very well done—the cast members and the costumes and the whole [production]… there is a lot of different meaning in it."