[21st Talk] Professor Dr. Wang Baolong: “A Silk Road Journey through Xinjiang’s Music”
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Introduction |
The twenty-first talk in the “Tan Lark Sye Lecture Series” will take place next week. The speaker Prof. Wang Baolong will speak about the Xinjiang music and the silk road. In this talk, Prof. Wang will discuss the mutual dissemination and mutual influence of music art culture in Xinjiang, as well as its internal causes and extension of the development of China’s existing music forms. |
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Speaker |
Prof. Wang Baolong (Xinjiang Arts University) Prof. Wang Baolong, PhD from the Central Conservatory of Music, specializes in contemporary Chinese music. He previously worked at Shenyang Conservatory of Music and was invited in 2020 to serve as a doctoral supervisor at New Era University College in Malaysia. He is currently a professor at Xinjiang Arts University and also serves as the Director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Music Culture Research Institute at Heze University. By 2022, he had led four national-level research projects, one regional research project, and four collaborative projects. He has contributed to academic works such as Chinese Symphony Exhibition, Dictionary of Chinese Music Themes and Melodies, Student Music Dictionary, Research on Contemporary Symphony Composition in Xinjiang, and Research on the Instrumentation of Uyghur Orchestra. Professor Wang has published over 20 academic papers in domestic core and provincial journals, with some of his papers receiving awards. |
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Moderator |
Dr. Wong Siew Jye (Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Musician, and Writer at New Era University College) Dr. Wong Siew Jye holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Malaya. He has previously served as the Head of the Chinese Language Department at UNITAR, a research fellow at a think tank, a lyricist and composer for Universal Music, and a lecturer for literary creation courses at the University of Malaya. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at New Era University College. Dr. Wong has contributed to academic works such as Fourteen Lectures on Malaysian Chinese Literature and Interpretation of Malaysian Chinese Literary Texts. He has also published several novels, including In the Future, Will You Be Well?, The Heartbeat Hidden Beneath the Cold Mecha, Moments Frozen in Time: Are You There?, The White Dwarf Fence, The Hacker Incident Files: The Invisible Killer, Eye of Heaven (3 volumes), and Seeing GModerators, among others. Many of his literary works have been featured in domestic and international literary journals. In addition to his literary achievements, Dr. Wong’s songs and lyrics have been included in albums by well-known domestic and international singers. |
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Date: 30 August 2023 (Wednesday) |
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Lecture Postscript
The 21st session of the "Tan Lark Sye Lecture Series," organized by the Institute of International Education, New Era University College (IIE, NEUC) and the Tan Lark Sye Institute, was held on 30 August. The guest speakers for this event was Professor Dr. Wang Baolong from Xinjiang Arts University, who also serves as the Director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Music Research Institute at Heze University. It was attended by more than 130 people.
The keynote speaker, Dr. Wang holds a Ph.D. from the Central Conservatory of Music, specializing in contemporary Chinese music. He is currently working at Xinjiang Arts University and serves as the Director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Music Research Institute at Heze University. As of 2022, Dr. Wang has led and completed four national-level research projects, one regional-level (autonomous region) project, and four collaborative projects.
This lecture was titled "A Silk Road Journey through Xinjiang’s Music." The speaker first introduced Uyghur song and dance music, focusing on the commonalities and characteristics of "Zhuma" and "Sanam" music, which are widely circulated in Uyghur-inhabited areas. He then discussed the historical origins of Sanam, with an emphasis on the current state, musical features, and unique lyrics of Kucha Sanam. Additionally, he elaborated on the connection between Kucha Sanam and the ancient Kucha music and dance tradition. The event was moderated by Dr. Wong Siew Jye from NEUC. It received enthusiastic feedback, with the audience actively participating in the Q&A session and eagerly engaging in discussions.
