Our friend Mark Levine (马克力文), in his young sixties is a guy full of energy. Originally from Los Angeles/San Francisco, he is currently Foreign Expert at Minzu University of China, also doing teaching at other universities. Previously he was with Beijing Dance Academy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Huaiyin Teachers College.
He considers himself an American sociologist and has lived in China since 2005. he teaches Western Culture, Public Speaking and English
He is also a guitarist, song writer and singer and has written 60 songs about life in China. He also sings Chinese songs while not speaking Chinese (OK, a bit like me!). He has performed in 7 Chinese provinces and has appeared on many Chinese TV stations.|See here more on our colorful musician:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/markhlevine
http://www.bjstuff.com/profile/MarkLevine
On Sunday 23 June 2013 he performed in a Houhai bar (Jia Ding Fang) to an audience of friends and CCTV4 who is shooting a documentary about him. I was lucky I could make it, see the pictures of his performance.
He is joined by Ms. Fu Han, the erhu player and also his agent (and interpreter).
And yes, he is great to listen at!
The funny thing was, looking for the bar I met at the door an old friend, a waiter I have known since ages – also called Mark – who now works at that bar. I was promptly offered a nice white beer!
Mark has also his “real blog”, regularly updated in Chinese by Fu Han:
http://you.video.sina.com.cn/marklevine
And yes, his movie is out:
傅涵:马克力文：不会说中文 但是会唱中国歌的老外
http://tv.sohu.com/20130705/n380809895.shtml
You can see the performance in Jia Ding Fang, but I remain hidden from view!