Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Performance: Shanghai Quartet
The Smithsonian's Museums of Asian Art, Freer/Sackler, present the Shanghai Quartet, playing Schubert's Quartetsatz; Bartók's Quartet no. 4; Beethoven's Quartet op. 132; and new arrangements of Chinese folksongs by Yi-Wen Jiang.
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The globetrotting Shanghai Quartet returns for its nineteenth season at the Freer with a program that features Schubert’s Quartetsatz; Bartók’s Quartet no. 4; Beethoven’s Quartet op. 132; and new arrangements of Chinese folksongs by Yi-Wen Jiang.
Pre-concert activity: Unearthing Chinese Art, 6:15–7:15 pm, Freer, outside galleries 18 and 19.
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