Friday, August 23 from 5:30PM to 8PM
Asian American/Asian Research Institute – CUNY (25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor, between 5th & 6th Ave)
This event is organized by the United Nations Book Club and China Association of American World Artists Association. This event is free and open to the general public. Light refreshments will be served.
A delegation from Xinjiang, China will make a presentation on the life and work of Wang Luobin and also exhibit art and stamp collections.
Wang Luobin (1913-1996) was a renowned Chinese songwriter. He specialized in composing Mandarin-language songs based on the music of various ethnic minorities in western China. In 1938, in Lanzhou in Gansu Province, Wang composed his first Xinjiang-inspired song, “The Girl from Dabancheng”. In all, Wang wrote seven operas and published six songbooks, and wrote some 700 western-style songs.
Wang began to win accolades for his work towards the end of his life. In 1993, “At a Faraway Place” and “The Crescent Moon Rises” were selected as the Chinese music classics of the 20th century. A year later, in July 1994, Wang received the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Exchange of Western and Eastern Cultures from UNESCO. Wang was made the honorary town head of Dabancheng in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by the local government in December of that year.
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