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Children's Fiction Music

The Four Seasons of the Pipa (Enhanced Edition)

by (author) Patrick Lacoursière

illustrated by Josée Bisaillon

performed by Liu Fang

Publisher
La montagne secrète
Initial publish date
Sep 2022
Category
Music, Asia, Multigenerational
Recommended Age
3 to 7
Recommended Grade
p to 2
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9782898360237
    Publish Date
    Sep 2022
    List Price
    $7.99

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Enhanced ebook (includes audio) On a cold winter night, a young girl dreams of visiting her faraway grandfather in Kunming, a magical place in China known as the eternal city of spring. As gusts of snow blow outside her window, the gentle sound of her mother plucking the pipa in the family room wraps around her like a warm blanket. The intricately illustrated story is followed by notes on the origin of the pipa and 2 stirring instrumental recordings: “Beautiful Mountain and Clear Water” and “Drunk by the Sounds of Nature”.

About the authors

Patrick Lacoursière a été comédien, réalisateur et journaliste dans l’Ouest canadien, avant de signer la collection primée « Dodo la planète do », publiée à La Montagne secrète.

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Jos&eacutee Bisaillon a illustr&eacute plus de trente-cinq livres pour enfants et cr&eacute&eacute de nombreuses illustrations pour des magazines et des journaux. Elle a &eacutet&eacute finaliste au Prix litt&eacuteraire du Gouverneur g&eacuten&eacuteral &agrave deux reprises et a remport&eacute le prestigieux Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award pour The Snow Knows. Il s’agit du quatri&egraveme ouvrage de Jos&eacutee avec Orca, apr&egraves My Head in the Clouds et Bedtime 123 &eacutecrit par Eric Walters, un succ&egraves de librairie. Elle vit en banlieue de Montr&eacuteal avec sa famille.

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Liu Fang is regarded as one of the leading pipa players in the world. Born in Kunming (China) in 1974, she started learning the pipa at the age of 6 and soon began to perform in public as a child prodigy, including a performance for the Queen of England in 1985. She graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory in 1993 and has since appeared throughout the world in several prestigious venues. She performed at the World AIDS Day presented by the BBC World Service, UNESCO’s 60th Anniversary Concert in Paris and the WOMAD festival in the United Kingdom and Spain. She has released over a dozen recordings. Her album “Silk Sound” was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque Charles-Cros in France.

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