Purple Bamboo Melody - A Traditional Chinese (Jiangsu) Folksong (ed. Saulls)

World Music for the Classical Guitar- Steven Saulls, Classical Guitarist
About the music and the composer…

"Purple Bamboo Melody” (“Zi Zhu Diao”) is a famous traditional Chinese composition that dates back 2,000 years. “Purple Bamboo Melody" is adapted from huju, which is a variety of Chinese opera from the area of Shanghai. The piece has a bitter-sweet edge as it is about the thousands of Chinese workers in worked in appalling conditions constructing railways in the Shandong province. The Purple Bamboo melody is a frequently used theme in Shanghai opera.

About the performer...

Steven began studying the guitar at age nine and has attended some of the finest music schools in the world including the Berklee College of Music (Boston), and the Mozarteum (Salzburg, Austria). He holds both a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Washington University (1980) and a Master of Music degree from the University of Arizona (1982).

Over the past 40 years, Steven has performed hundreds of concerts throughout the United States, Central & South America and Europe. His debut recordings ‘Espressivo’ and ‘Steven Saulls Plays Works by Ponce, Torroba & Bach’ have received wide acclaim both nationally and internationally. In addition to solo concerts, he has performed over 200 chamber works including guitar concerti (with orchestra) by Vivaldi, Ponce and Rodrigo.

About the recording...

Recorded at The Steven Saulls Guitar Studio, Sahuarita, Arizona 2023/Guitar handcrafted by Martin Blackwell.

Copyright© 2023 Steven Saulls, Sahuarita, Arizona

For additional information please contact Steven Saulls at [email protected]