by Laura Chislett Accomplished Australian classical and contemporary flute player Laura Chislett reflects on her performances of five recent works of composers Xu Yifan, Anwar Wajidi, Shihui Cui, Lanqing Ding and Liza Lim. Tumbleweed, Moaning, Silence and The Shadow of Flowers: the scheduling of this two-year projectwas extremely fortuitous, though of course I didn’t know this at the time. The first step, a recital andworkshops at the Shanghai Conservatory, was in 2018; the resulting world premieres of the works inthe title above were in September 2019. Subsequent video recordings at Judith Neilson’s WhiteRabbit Gallery of Chinese art in Sydney added … Continue reading Connecting with Shanghai, and four new works for flute