Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Wu Tong: Song of the Sheng
This performance will be preceded at 7:00 pm by a pre-performance lecture.
When:
February 6, 2015 3:15pm
Where
This performance will be preceded at 7:00 pm by a pre-performance lecture.
Take the sheng — a Chinese mouth-blown free reed consisting of vertical pipes — an instrument with the tone color and harmonic possibilities of a pipe organ and the immediacy of a saxophone. Then put it the hands of a world-savvy player who knows no musical bounds. Wu Tong, charter member of the Silk Road Ensemble and founding front man for the Beijing-based rock band Lunhui, offers a broad sampling of his music sensibilities, from traditional tunes to new compositions and free improvisation.
With Simon C.F. Yu, guitar; Shane Shanahan, percussion; and featuring the U.S. premiere of Clifford Ross's "Harmonium Mountain II" video.
“His charisma is electric.” — Financial Times
Cost:
$22 members; $26 students/seniors; $30 nonmembers
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