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Past Events: performance
Robed in magnificent costumes and playing traditional Tibetan instruments, the Drepung Loseling monks will perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing.
Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a mandala sand painting and perform special ceremonies August 18-21 in Asia Society Texas Center’s Louisa Stude Sarofim Gallery. During this ritual, millions of grains of sand are painstakingly laid into place in order to purify and heal the environment and its inhabitants.
Hear both traditional and modern Chinese music with this accomplished ensemble led by performing artist Li Chi. Playing the erhu (the Chinese two-string bowed fiddle), Chi captivates audiences with her skilled musicianship.
The Foreign Cultural Exchange Association of China Gansu Province hosts a luncheon.
Pure summer magic: the astonishing Yuja Wang plays jazzy classics by Ravel and Gershwin conducted by Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel.
Ms. Sara Velas, President of the International Panorama Council will present a lecture as an overview of 20th & 21st century panoramas in Asia, with a focus on the panoramas of China. Enjoy the gardens and exhibits of the Velaslavasay Panorama before and after this lecture. Ambient Folk & Classical Chinese music will be performed in the garden after the presentation by musician Susien Cheng.
The Getty Center hosts a discussion with renown composer Tan Dun following a performance inspired by Dunhuang.
Gustavo Dudamel launches the Bowl’s classical season with the passionate glories of Tchaikovsky – joined by superstar pianist Lang Lang – and the Russian drama of Rimsky-Korsakov.
Society for Asian Art hosts a demonstration and performance of the Chinese opera style Kunqu.
Confucius Institute for Global China Studies hosts a performance of Guzheng by Yunshu Huang.