Artistic Vision, Vibrant Interpretation

Li Binquan now heads an art development center at the Chinese Calligraphers Association devoted to promoting the ancient art and culture in Western countries. Praised as the founder of Chinese music calligraphy, he has held many foreign audiences captive, engendering appreciation of the abstract beauty of the Chinese calligraphy.

Li’s calligraphy concert at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna last year

His works were published in many influential publications including the People’s Daily, the China & World Cultural Exchange, and the China Collections, as well as sold at many auctions.

Bold strokes

In January 2011, Li brought an audio-visual extravaganza, accompanied by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra to the Golden Hall of Vienna Muzikverein Concert Hall.

In May 2011, Li together with many renowned Chinese artists and performers conducted a Chinese Calligraphy Concert at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, marking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Austria.

In September 2011, Li displayed his stylish calligraphy to the accompaniment of music for a group of world leaders during the Summer Davos Forum.

This January, his Chinese Calligraphy Concert 2012, accompanied by the Austria Rehal Symphony Orchestra, was held at the Beijing Theatre.

In June, Li was invited to play Cao Xueqin, a writer of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), in a dramatization of the novel Dream of Red Mansions. He rewrote the poems in the beginning and end of the novel in the drama directed by Li Shaohong and performed at the Water Cube Olympic swimming venue in Beijing.

Last month, he was accompanied by the new London Symphony Orchestra and contemporary ballet dancers from Britain in a calligraphy concert at Sadler’s Wells Theater in London to honour the Summer Olympic Games.

Li's Chinese Calligraphy Concert 2012 at the Beijing Theater
was accompanied by the Austrian Symphony Orchestra

Source: China Daily