China Crossing: Contemporary and traditional Chinese music
Date: Thursday 19 July, 2018, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Adam Concert Room, New Zealand School of Music, Gate 7, Victoria University of Wellington
Contemporary and traditional music for the yangqin (Chinese dulcimer), sheng (reed instrument), Western chamber music instruments and taonga puoro.
A return of the extremely popular China Crossing concert held in 2017, this year’s event will see musicians from Hangzhou, China perform contemporary and traditional music alongside students from the New Zealand School of Music and guest Alistair Fraser.
Gabriela Glapska (PhD student at NZSM) will join Shen Yujing to perform the NZ premiere of Flowers Joyful Falling of West Lakeby Shen Nalin, a duet for piano and sheng.
Student composers from the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music will also have their works performed by students from the New Zealand School of Music.
The audience is invited to stay on for refreshments and a chance to talk to the musicians after the concert – we hope you can join us.
Free entry
Registration essential on Eventbrite.
Presented by
New Zealand School of Music (Te Kōkī), with the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music and Confucius Institute at Victoria University.
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