Min Xiao-Fen’s Metta with River Guerguerian: Live Music Soundtrack for Early Chinese Films
Original compositions for two 1920s Chinese silent films come alive through Min Xiao-Fen’s performance with percussionist River Guerguerian, pairing early cinema with an evocative live soundtrack.
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