Desert River with YaZhi Guo, suona and pianists Leo Blanco+Chi Wei Lo

Yazhi Guo is widely regarded as the world’s premier suona virtuoso. The “Flexible Core” invented by him in 1993 allows suona, a folk instrument, to play in large orchestras and greatly broadening the expressive nature of this instrument. Guo was the 1998 Grand Prize winner of the New York Pro Musicis International Award, and the recipient of the 2013 Hong Kong Artist of the Year Award.  He received his Artistic Diploma from Berklee College of Music in 2015.

Leo Blanco, pianist and composer from Venezuela, is a respectful professor at Berklee College of Music coaching jazz and world music ensembles. He is a dedicated director of “The Sugar Road” project on African American musical history.

Pianist and improviser Chi Wei Lo graduated from Juilliard, is a doctoral candidate at NEC, majoring in contemporary piano improvisation. In 2019, he was featured in a NEC video as the representation of virtuosity.
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