Plum Blossom

Score title: Plum Blossom
Composer: Chen Yi
More about the composer: Chen Yi
Date: 2019
Instrumentation: Piano
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Program note: Chen Yi’s exquisite PLUM BLOSSOM is a fantasy on the Cantonese children’s song “Moonlight.” The evocative title is inspired by plum blossoms which in Chinese culture symbolize nobility, elegance, perseverance, independence, and faithfulness. The 4-minute work weaves all these traits into a set of variations. PLUM BLOSSOM was commissioned as a compulsory work for the 2019 Hong Kong International Piano Competition.