Events By Partner
Carnegie Hall
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
Wang Jingxian
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Xia Rongfeng
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Chen Yinghong
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Zhang Gong
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Lin Xiaojun
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Chen Zhijie
Here is one of China’s great cultural treasures, featuring puppeteers who train for 20 years to master their art. With singing and musical accompaniment, the acrobatic pageantry of the marionettes—some with 20 strings or more—depicts famous Chinese legends and folktales.
Auspicious Ritual Overture; The Young Monk Goes to Town ; Ruolan’s Journey ; Drunken Zhong KuiThree Battles with the Skeleton Enchantress; Lantern Festival; Encore:Taming the Monkey; Program is approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes, including one intermission
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
Wu Man
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Dong Female Singing Group
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Zhao Jiazhen
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Ba Da Chui
One of China’s most notable musicians curates and hosts this concert of traditional Chinese music. There’s a percussion quartet; Zhao Jiazhen, a hypnotic virtuoso of the qin; and music from the Dong ethnic minority.
; Program is approximately 1 hour, 50 minutes, including one intermission
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
Wu Man
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Li Family Daoist Band
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Zhang Family Band (Old Tune Traditional Music with Shadow Puppets)
Pipa virtuoso Wu Man has chosen two ensembles from China for a presentation of traditional music performed at village rituals, including temple fairs, weddings, funerals, and seasonal festivities.
; Program is approximately 1 hour, 50 minutes, including one intermission
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie 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
CLASS OF 1978
CLASS OF 1978
In 1978, after the Cultural Revolution, Chinese music conservatories once again opened their doors to a new generation of composers. This program features chamber music by these extraordinary figures who have since revitalized contemporary Chinese music.
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
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
David Chan
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Guo Gan
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Hai-Ye Ni
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GeQun Wang
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Marc Yu
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Jingyi Zhang
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Scholars from the Lang Lang International Music Foundation
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·· Anna Larsen
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·· Charlie Liu
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·· Derek Wang
Many know Lang Lang as today’s most glittering classical music celebrity, a pianist seen by billions on TV at the Beijing Olympics. But here we can enjoy his talent in a more intimate setting: chamber music with young Chinese musicians.
SCHUBERTRondo in A Major, D. 951HUA YANJUNThe Moon Reflected on the Er-Quan SpringHUANG HAIHUAI (arr. GUO GAN)Horse RacingGU JIANFENThat is me, MamaTRAD.Ussuri Fishermen's SongMACK WILBERGFantasy On Themes From Bizet's CarmenTCHAIKOVSKYPiano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50; Program is approximately 2 hours, including one intermission
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Michael Tilson Thomas
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Lang Lang
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Anne Sofie von Otter
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Gregory Kunde
The performance starts on the edge of the Pacific with music by an eclectic American who employs Chinese, Korean, and Mexican instruments. Then hear a new piece by a miraculous Chinese composer whose music trembles at the edge of silence and ecstasy. And lastly Mahler breathes the air of eternity in his late masterpiece.
LOU HARRISON“The Family of the Court” from Pacifika RondoLÜ WENCHENGAutumn Moon on a Calm LakeTRAD.The Moon Chased by the Colorful CloudsHE LUTINGThe Cowherd's FluteSUN YIQIANGDance of SpringCHEN QIGANGEr Huang for Piano and Orchestra (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall through the generosity of Henry R. Kravis in honor of his wife, Marie-Josée)MAHLERDas Lied von der Erde; Program is approximately 2 hours, including one intermission
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Yan Huichang
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Trey Lee
It’s a cultural phenomenon: traditional Chinese instruments placed in a Western orchestral configuration. The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra is one of the most famous of these groups, known for performing everything from folk music to newly commissioned classical works.
LAW WING-FAIFlowing PhantasmGUO WENJINGThree Melodies of West YunnanZHAO JIPINGZhuang Zhou's DreamCHENG DAZHAOThe Yellow River Capriccio; Program is approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes, including one intermission
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
David Robertson
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Colin Currie
With their colorful orchestral suites, Bartók and Stravinsky depict the China of fairytales. A more realistic China—but equally evocative—emerges in music by Bright Sheng and Tan Dun. In Tan Dun’s concerto, percussion soloist Colin Currie makes intoxicating sounds, plunging his hands quite literally into water.
STRAVINSKYChant du rossignolTAN DUNWater ConcertoBRIGHT SHENGColors of CrimsonBARTÓKThe Miraculous Mandarin Suite; Program is approximately 2 hours, including one intermission
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Robert Spano
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Yo-Yo Ma
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Angel Lam
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Celena Shafer
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Jessica Rivera
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Irina Tchistjakova
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Vinson Cole
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Kostas Smoriginas
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Jason Grant
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Denis Sedov
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Sean Mayer
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Stephen Ozcomert
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus
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Norman Mackenzie
Stravinsky’s complete opera The Nightingale unfolds with playful, shining music that tells the story of a beautiful fable. Yo-Yo Ma begins the evening with a new cello concerto by Angel Lam, a young composer whose work sounds both Chinese and Western, contemporary but also timeless.
ANGEL LAMAwakening from a Disappearing Garden for Cello and Orchestra (NY Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall through the generosity of Henry R. Kravis in honor of his wife Marie-Josée)STRAVINSKYLe Rossignol; Program is approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes, including one intermission
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Long Yu
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Lang Lang
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Xiaoduo Chen
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Meng Meng
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Nan Wang
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Jia Li
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Xin Sun
The incomparable Lang Lang joins China’s oldest Western-style orchestra, founded in 1879, for Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. The program closes with a contemporary Chinese classic, Chen Qigang’s Iris Unveiled.
RACHMANINOFFPiano Concerto No. 2CHEN QIGANGIris dévoilée; Program is approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes, including one intermission
Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement
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.
Asia Society
Asia Society
Dong Female Singing Group
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Zhao Jiazhen
A traditional Chinese teahouse presents the culture of music and tea together. Join us for an intimate meeting of the two at the Asia Society, featuring singers from the Dong ethnic minority and Zhao Jiazhen performing on the qin.
Asia Society
Melissa Chiu
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Wenda Gu
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Tan Dun
Join us for an evening with two of China’s most provocative and adventuresome artistic voices, avant-garde artist Wenda Gu and award-winning composer-conductor Tan Dun. In a conversation moderated by Melissa Chiu, Director of the Asia Society Museum, they will discuss their work and ponder future directions for themselves and other Chinese artists working at the intersection of national identity and global culture.
China Institute
China Institute
Mingmei Yip
In this lecture-demonstration, Mingmei Yip explores the ancient Chinese philosophy of nurturing life and longevity by harnessing breath, energy, and qi (chi) through qin-playing and calligraphic brush strokes.
China Institute
Min Xiao-Fen
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Huang Ruo
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France Pepper
Exciting collaborations among young Chinese musicians bridging traditional and contemporary, Chinese and Western, sound and visual multimedia, are setting a new tone in the world of music. Composer Huang Ruo talks about integrating Chinese folk songs into Western orchestral music and Min Xiao-Fen demonstrates how the pipa can be adapted to jazz and blues.
Flushing Town Hall
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
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.
Flushing Town Hall
Flushing Town Hall
CHOPIN24 Preludes, Op. 28RAVELGaspard de la nuitLISZTRhapsodie espagnole
The Joyce Theater
The Joyce Theater
The Feast of Han Xizai
Special Guest Company of the Festival
This Taiwan-based company recreates the traditional Nanguan music and Liyuan dance of the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD), with sumptuous costumes and sets by Oscar winner Tim Yip (Best Art Direction, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). The dancers and musicians enact this legendary story of Han Xizai with subtle drama and refined elegance.
The Juilliard School
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
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie 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
CLASS OF 1978
CLASS OF 1978
In 1978, after the Cultural Revolution, Chinese music conservatories once again opened their doors to a new generation of composers. This program features chamber music by these extraordinary figures who have since revitalized contemporary Chinese music.
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
Alice Tully Hall
Tan Dun
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Cho-Liang Lin
Tan Dun’s film score Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won both an Oscar and a Grammy, while his music for the concert hall has won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award. His work can sound ghostly, irresistibly rhythmic, and highly melodic. This all–Tan Dun concert under the composer’s leadership features the distinguished soloist Cho-Liang Lin performing a world premiere.
ALL-TAN DUN PROGRAM;
Concerto for Six; Secret Land for Orchestra and 12 Violoncelli; Silk Road; Violin Concerto "The Love" (World Premiere)
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Michael Tilson Thomas
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Lang Lang
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Anne Sofie von Otter
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Gregory Kunde
The performance starts on the edge of the Pacific with music by an eclectic American who employs Chinese, Korean, and Mexican instruments. Then hear a new piece by a miraculous Chinese composer whose music trembles at the edge of silence and ecstasy. And lastly Mahler breathes the air of eternity in his late masterpiece.
LOU HARRISON“The Family of the Court” from Pacifika RondoLÜ WENCHENGAutumn Moon on a Calm LakeTRAD.The Moon Chased by the Colorful CloudsHE LUTINGThe Cowherd's FluteSUN YIQIANGDance of SpringCHEN QIGANGEr Huang for Piano and Orchestra (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall through the generosity of Henry R. Kravis in honor of his wife, Marie-Josée)MAHLERDas Lied von der Erde; Program is approximately 2 hours, including one intermission
Alice Tully Hall
Joel Sachs
This program features works by composers living and working in China today.
LI SHAOSENGSkyline on the Moon (World Premiere)YE XIAOGANGNine HorsesGUO WENJINGConcertino for Cello and Chamber OrchestraJIA DAQUNThree Images from Ink and Wash PaintingLIU SOLAIn Corporeal 1ZHU JIAN'ERSymphony No. 4, Op. 31
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
September 5, 2009–February 7, 2010
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
J. Kenneth Moore
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James C. Y. Watt
Complete exhibition dates: Friday, September 5, 2009 through Sunday, February 7, 2010.
Sunday, October 18; ; Sunday at the Met—A Chinese Celebration; Grace Rainey Rodgers Auditorium; Free with museum admission; ; Today’s event highlights two special exhibitions, Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733–1799) and Silk and Bamboo. ; ; 2:00 PM Lecture: The Eccentric World of Luo Ping. Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Curator, Department of Asian Art. GRR; ; 2:45PM Lecture: Silk and Bamboo—An Introduction. Ken Moore, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge of the Department of Musical Instruments.; 3:15 PM Discussion: Masterpieces of Chinese Music. Music from China. The rich sonorities and compelling melodies of Chinese music are invoked on string instruments consisting of the erhu and related 2-string fiddles, pipa (lute), zheng (long, plucked zither), ruan (moon guitar) and yangqin (hammered dulcimer). Musicians from the ensemble Music from China perform masterworks from the Chinese classical and folk repertoire with an array of stylistic variations, timbral colors, and musical imagery.The program includes such immortal classical compositions as Ambush on Ten Sides, a powerful re-creation of a 3rd century battle scene, and the romance with nature of A Moonlit River in Spring. Folk music selections span China’s broad landscape, from the urban sophistication of Shanghai and Guangdong (Canton) to the vast expanse of the Mongolian steppes (to 4:15).
Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)
Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)
David Henry Hwang
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Bright Sheng
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Jeff Yang
Join David Henry Hwang, Tony-award winning playwright in conversation with composer-conductor-pianist Bright Sheng and Jeff Yang, writer of San Francisco Chronicle's Asian Pop column, for a discussion on how China’s past and present are shaping the dynamic and modern cultural identity of Chinese American artists.
The Paley Center for Media
The Performance Project @ University Settlement
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.
Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Works & Process at the Guggenheim
New York–based company Shen Wei Dance Arts launches its 10th-anniversary season with a program that explores Shen Wei’s creative process through performance and a discussion with the artist. A reception with the artists follows.