Music

Metropolis!

30 performers direct from Houston's sister city Shenzhen (China) bring you this entertaining Broadway-style musical that bridges Chinese and Western performing arts with spoken word, lyrics, music, acting, singing and dancing.

Shredding for the Motherland: The Guitar in China

The Center for Chinese Studies at UC Berkeley presents a talk with James Millward on the guitar's place in Chinese society.

Film Screening: My Dad's a Rocker

Stanford University's Center For East Asian Studies hosts a screening of My Dad's a Rocker as part of the UNAFF 2015 International Documentary Film Festival

Music in the Chinese Garden - Qichao Liu on dizi and sheng

A different solo musician will perform each week inside the Love for the Lotus Pavilion, playing unamplified melodies on classical instruments including the dizi, sheng, pipa, erhu, and zheng.

Dudamel & Lang Lang

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.

Pianist Nora Chiang Worbel performs Chopin, Schubert, and Debussy

The Trinity Lutheran Church features Nora Chiang Worbel for it's Bach's Lunch Series.

"Returning Souls" Film Screening and Musical Performance

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Department of Anthropology, and Taiwan Focus present a screening of Returning Souls directed by Hu Tai-Li. Discussion and Q&A with filmmaker to follow, moderated by Myron Cohen, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University.

Spring Harmony: Chinese Music Concert

The Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies co-hosts the WEsleyan Chinese Music Ensemble for their spring concert

2014 Youth Ambassadors from Taiwan to perform at USC

Chinese opera, contemporary and classic dance collide together in a performance led by Taiwan Youth Ambassadors at USC on Sep. 6.

The Music of Li Jinhui: The Father of Chinese Popular Music

The Huntington Library presents an evening of music by Li Jinhui (1891–1967), featuring concert pianist Jing Ling Tam, pipa and vocal artist, Min Xiao-Fen and the Ron McCurdy Quintet.

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