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New music composed by pianist Zhen Chen and live performed with violinist Cho-liang Lin, Pipa artist Lin Ma, and Cellist David Geber at Greene Space of WNYC/WQXR.
Family in the home country is the ultimate care of the diaspora. ON THE ROOF depicts an intimate phone dialogue between the immigrant and her father at home thousands of miles away. The daughter comes on the rooftop and gazes into the home’s direction, while she listens to the family’s updates. The pipa’s melody airs the bitterness and homesickness that the daughter feels because of the pressure and setback in the new environment, while the violin sings a soothing tune as if the father is comforting his grieving daughter with words of care and wisdom. The conversation grows into an emotional catharsis that quiets back down at the opening sixteen notes, which is also inspired by Chinese folk dance music.