Events By Genre
Neighborhood Concerts
The Performance Project @ University Settlement
Ba Da Chui
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Hosted by Wu Man
This native Chinese percussion quartet, whose name means “eight great hammers,” promises a feast of sound.
Flushing Town Hall
Featuring musicians of The Academy — a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
The illustrious Class of 1978, the first graduating class from music conservatories after the Cultural Revolution, included composers who would revitalize Chinese contemporary music. This concert includes chamber music by this extraordinary generation of composers.
CHEN QIGANGInstants d'un Opéra de Pékin for Solo PianoCHEN YIQi for Flute, Cello, Percussion, and PianoBRIGHT SHENGString Quartet No. 3GUO WENJINGParade for Six Peking Opera Gongs, Op. 40ZHOU LONGTaigu Rhyme for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Percussion
Henry Street Settlement
Zhang Family Band (Old Tune Traditional Music with Shadow Puppets)
This native Chinese ensemble performs traditional music used in village rituals, including temple fairs, weddings, funerals, and seasonal festivities. Their inimitable music can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, and is still deeply rooted in the daily life of Chinese villagers today.
Flushing Town Hall
Members of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
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Chew Hee-chiat
Flushing Town Hall
Members of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, one the world's leading symphonic ensembles of traditional Chinese instruments, offer a close look at four main types of traditional Chinese instruments. The workshop, led by Resident Conductor Chew Hee-chiat, includes talk and demonstration of bowed, plucked, wind, and percussion instruments from the orchestra. Stay afterwards for a chance to try the instruments.
Univ Settlement Houston
Members of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
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Chew Hee-chiat
University Settlement at the Houston Street Center
Members of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, one the world's leading symphonic ensembles of traditional Chinese instruments, offer a close look at four main types of traditional Chinese instruments. The workshop, led by Resident Conductor Chew Hee-chiat, includes talk and demonstration of bowed, plucked, wind, and percussion instruments from the orchestra. Stay afterwards for a chance to try the instruments.
Flushing Town Hall
Flushing Town Hall
CHOPIN24 Preludes, Op. 28RAVELGaspard de la nuitLISZTRhapsodie espagnole