US-CHINA MUSIC INSTITUTE
BARD COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
CHINA NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL GALA
纽约当代中国音乐节晚宴
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 AT CARNEGIE HALL
Leon Botstein
President, Bard College
Tan Dun
Dean, Bard College Conservatory of Music
Frank Corliss
Director, Bard College Conservatory of Music
Jindong Cai
Director, US-China Music Institute
Gala Cochairs
Jinqing Cai
Angela Chen
Denise S. Simon
Jonathan Slone
James A. von Klemperer
Shirley Young
Xin Zhang
You are cordially invited to attend the China Now Music Festival Gala,
a benefit for the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music
Monday, September 30, 2019
Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Avenue, New York City
5:30 PM
Cocktail Reception
Weill Terrace Room, Carnegie Hall
7:00 PM
Wellington Koo the Diplomat–A Life in Song
multimedia concert
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
8:30 PM
Dinner and Auction
Weill Music Room, Carnegie Hall
Festive attire
RSVP by September 20
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CHINA NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL 2019
CHINA AND AMERICA
UNITY IN MUSIC
MAIN EVENTS
(Admission free for gala ticket holders.)
WELLINGTON KOO THE DIPLOMAT–A LIFE IN SONG
September 30, 2019, Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
A multimedia concert paints a musical portrait of Koo's life and role in opening China to the world and developing its relationship with the United States. Performances are by world-famous musicians, including soprano Ying Huang, bass-baritone Shenyang, and Luoyong Wang as narrator, with a world-premiere chamber piece by composer Peng-Peng Gong.
FROM THE MIDDLE KINGDOM TO THE WILD WEST
October 1, 2019, Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall
Celebrate "China Day" with an orchestral concert of music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Zhou Long, including the world premiere of Man of Iron and the Golden Spike–a symphonic oratorio honoring 19th-century Chinese railroad workers of the American West. Performed by The Orchestra Now, Jindong Cai conducting, with the China Now Festival Chorus and soloists.
Wellington Koo, photo courtesy of the Koo family; Shenyang, photo by Jerry Liu; Ying Huang, photo by J Henry Fair;
The Orchestra Now, photo by Karl Rabe;; Jindong Cai, photo courtesy of the artist; Zhou Long, photo courtesy of the artist
More information: barduschinamusic.org/china-now-music-festival
845-758-7026 [email protected]
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