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An Evening in New and Ancient China Wu Man and Shanghai String Quartet
Date and Time
Thursday Oct 29, 2015
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDTLocation
Mahaney Center for the Arts 72 Porter Field Road Middlebury, VT
Fees/Admission
$25/20/6
Contact Information
802.443.3168
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World-renowned pipa player Wu Man and the impeccable Shanghai String Quartet meld the sounds of China with Western string quartet in an unforgettable evening of grand music. The program includes a suite of traditional Chinese folk songs, solo pipa works, Beethoven’s Op. 95 “Quartetto Serioso,” and a new multimedia work by eminent Chinese composer Zhao Jiping and his son, Zhao Lin, including some of Jiping’s most famous cinematic scores, Raise the Red Lantern, To Live, and Farewell My Concubine. Pre-concert lecture, Stories of the Cultural Revolution, by faculty from the Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, at 6:30 PM in Room 125. Funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the six New England state arts agencies. Sponsored by the Performing Arts Series, with support from the Department of Chinese and the Committee on the Arts. Reserved Seating. Buy Tickets: $25 Public/$20 Middlebury ID holders/$6 Middlebury students. Box Office Info>> On sale to PASS Members on Sep. 10; for Middlebury ID card holders on Sep. 16; and to the general public on Sep. 21.
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