The composer writes:
"I have used different kinds of timbre to structure Tumbleweed. I wanted to exploit the flute’s potential for making sudden timbral changes. Furthermore, I’ve explored the boundary between breath-noise and melody-tone as I believed that it could support further investigation. This piece also tells a brief story about a journey. The seed of the tumbleweed flies away on the wind, travelling a long way, but finding no one at the end. "                                                2019

Xu Yifan studied piano and musicology with Wu Chenbin, Ruan Yueyang, Ni lin, and Chen Xinfeng. Then he studied composition with Guo Zurong and Zhu Shirui. After finishing his Bachelor and Master degrees at Fujian Normal University, he is now studying as a PhD candidate majoring in composition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

'Tumbleweed' by Xu Yifan for solo flute, performed by Laura Chislett

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