Artist profiles: Tang-Hsuan Lo

Tang-Hsuan Lo

Tang-Hsuan Lo studied the erhu since age 9 and graduated from Taiwan’s Chinese Traditional Music College. He has won many awards and enjoys exploring the rich color of traditional erhu, as well as developing an experimental sound for erhu from its ethnic roots.

He was a member of Taiwanese world music band A Moving Sound.

Tang-Hsuan Lo appeared in several movie soundtracks, including “My Greeky Nerdy Buddies”, “Zone Pro Site” and “Faithball”.

In 2014, he released “Jazz Erhu: Hu Says”. That same year, Tang-Hsuan Lo released his second album “Taiwan Erhu, T.S. Lo” (Buda Musique) featuring live performances.

Tang-Hsuan Lo is a member of Hudagi Crossover Trio, founded in 2012. The trio includes 3 Taiwanese musicians: Tang-Hsuan Lo on the erhu, Annie Chang on cello and Joe Hsieh on guitar. Hudagi Crossover Trio perform a mix of traditional Chinese music, classical music, pop, and jazz.

Discography:

A Moving Sound (Motema)
Jazz Erhu: Hu Says (2014)
Taiwan Erhu, T.S. Lo (2014)

Author: Angel Romero

Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.

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