SOU Si-Tai Qin Recital

Su Sidi, a devoted qin player and steadfast guardian of silk-string tradition, conjures melodies that bridge millennia with a single touch. In his two concert series, Gentle Resonance and Quest Between Strings, he guides listeners on an inward spiritual journey.

On the first night, he returns to the origin.
Performing pieces like Remembering an Old Friend and Clouds Over the Xiao and Xiang Rivers—imparted to him by his revered teacher, Cai Deyun of the Fanchuan school—he honors not only a lineage but the very practice of self-cultivation. Every note is a gaze back into tradition.

On the second night, he ventures deeper.
Moving from master-taught works to his own transcriptions and interpretations, Su reveals how a qin artist finds his own voice. The seventy-two rolling and brushing techniques in Flowing Water are more than technical mastery—they embody an emotional torrent, where the vibration of strings becomes the resonance of the soul.

Two concerts, two dimensions of a musical path: inheritance and exploration. Both lead to the same essential question—how, upon one single qin, can one settle their own soul?