The artist from Beijing, Xiaomei, has been playing the classical chinese two-string violin, called Erhu, since her sixth birthday.

In her homeland China, she had mastered the Erhu, the traditional classical instrument of chinese music, virtuoso. She dedicated herself to the study of the difficult to play string instrument. Her most rigorous teacher was her own father, a musician and a member of the world-famous Peking Opera. Xiaomei studied music at the Peking University of Music, and for several years was a member of the Beijing Opera, with whom she toured China through her 14th year.

In 1990 Xiaomei came to Germany and has been living in Mannheim ever since. Here she was confronted with the music and the sounds of Western culture. The electronic samples, synthesizer and guitar sounds, her new experiences and impressions, has let her into her own music and processed into unique compositions. This resulted in one of the most unusual style syntheses. The peculiar melancholy and longing of the Erhu are underlined by synths, samples and a firework of contrasts. A mixture between high-tech and originality lends this particular charm to Xiaomei’s music.

Vom Yangtse zum Rhein

1. My Hometown is Beijing
2. Good Day
3. The Evening Primerose
4. Galloping over the Mongolian Grassland
5. Vom Yangtse zum Rhein
6. Road To Heaven
7. Partisan’s March
8. The Same Song
9. Yumeji´s Theme (From the Movie in the Mood for Love)
10. Yao´s Folk Dance

Nature and Love

1. Grüne Insel
2. Traum
3. Reiterwettbewerb
4. Kindheitserinnerungen am Ufer
5. Loblied auf den Berg
6. Ruhe am Wasser
7. Mutter und Kind (für meine Jenny)
8. Steppe
9. Wind
10. Natur
11. Nomaden
12. Sehnsucht

Change

1. Motion
2. Waves
3. Peking Opera
4. Touch
5. Dance 2000
6. Tale of Love
7. Change
8. Joy
9. Tempo
10. Fluent Melody
11. Desire

Vom Yangtse zum Rhein

1. My Hometown Is Bejing
2. Good Day
3. The Evening Primerose
4. Galloping over the Mongolian Grassland
5. Vom Yangtse zum Rhein
6. Road To Heaven
7. Partisan’s March
8. The Same Song
9. Yumeji´s Theme (From the Movie in the Mood for Love)
10. Yao´s Folk Dance

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Nature and Love

1. Grübe Insel
2. Traum
3. Reiterwettbewerb
4. Kindheitserinnerungen am Ufer
5. Loblied auf den Berg
6. Ruhe am Wasser
7. Mutter und Kind (für meine Jenny)
8. Steppe
9. Wind
10. Natur
11. Nomaden
12. Sehnsucht

Change

1. Motion
2. Waves
3. Peking Opera
4. Touch
5. Dance 2000
6. Tale of Love
7. Change
8. Joy
9. Tempo
10. Fluent Melody
11. Desire