INSTRUMENTAL MUSUME: JunJun on the 88’s
Having already known of Li Chun’s keyboard talents when her and Qian Lin’s addition to Morning Musume was announced last year, I wondered if she’d ever display her instrumental skills in a public setting. Apparently she has already in this video from one of JunJun and LinLin’s first public appearances. (Does anyone know the name of the piece JunJun is performing in this clip?)
Of course, Sayumi tries to show off her (more rudimentary) keyboard skills afterward, only to get thwarted by two roadies (one of whom is wearing a commemorative Panda Musume T-shirt). Hey, at least Sayumi didn’t do a hamfisted version of “Home Sweet Home” or “Runaway”!
For those of you (like me) who are in the mood for a little more classical piano greatness, here’s an intimate performance (right out of his New York townhouse) from the Jimi Hendrix of classical piano:
June 20th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
According to comments on the YouTube video, Junjun is playing a piece called “Mariage d’amour”. Googling the name reveals that it was composed by Richard Clayderman, a French pianist whose music is very popular in China.
According to a radio programme I heard recently, thirty million Chinese children are learning to play the piano.
June 21st, 2008 at 12:24 pm
According to comments on the YouTube page, Junjun is playing a piece called ‘Mariage d’amour’. A little googling shows that this was composed by French pianist Richard Clayderman, whose music is apparently very popular with Chinese piano students.
(My comment failed to post the first time, so I’m trying again without putting in any links.)
June 21st, 2008 at 5:52 pm
@Gag: Thanks for the info, re: the piece JunJun plays.
A plug-in built into Wordpress software mistook your first attempt at a comment (which I’ve restored) for spam. If there’s more than one link in a comment, it’ll think its spam - you should see some of the shit “people” have attempted to post in comments here that the plug-in has automatically caught. Sorry about that though - the plug-in doesn’t know the difference sometimes between legitimate links like the Wikipedia and BBC Radio and the porn and Viagra spam it’s supposed to keep out.