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Riley Lee
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Zhang Wei-Liang
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Music master Zhang Wei Liang expresses the colors and smells and tastes of tea with musical instruments and then transforms the music into … read moreMusic master Zhang Wei Liang expresses the colors and smells and tastes of tea with musical instruments and then transforms the music into Zen. In addition to Chinese instruments such as bamboo flute, gu-zheng and er-hu, he also utilizes… read moreMusic master Zhang Wei Liang expresses the colors and smells and tastes of tea with musical instruments and then transforms the music into Zen. In addition to Chinese instruments such as bamboo flute, gu-zheng and er-hu, he also utilizes western string symphony and MIDI to evolve beyond traditional Chinese music. View wiki -
Kohachiro Miyata
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Tajima Tadashi
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Ensemble Nipponia
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Opitope
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Uttara-Kuru
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