02/07/2015 8pm
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue, New York, NY
Featuring cross-cultural collaborations between musicians from Japan, China, Korea and the United States in two concerts at Asia Society, in New York, followed by a tour to Washington, D.C., Fukushima City and Tokyo.
East Asian Vibrancy
Preceded at 7:00 pm by free pre-performance lecture, “Exploring the Music of East Asia,” by Ralph Samuelson with demonstrations by the performers
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, New York, NY)
Saturday, February 7 at 8:00pm
$25 members; $30 students/seniors; $40 non-members
Three internationally acclaimed traditional instrumentalists from Japan, Korea, and China will perform contemporary and classical repertoire. A series of solo works will be followed by a group improvisation and the world premiere of Unkai (Sea of Clouds), written by MFJ-commissioned composer Ned Rothenberg especially for the occasion.
Mayumi Miyata will perform Japanese sho (a reedy sounding mouth organ traditionally used in gagaku, the ancient court music of Japan); Chinese-American Wu Man will perform pipa (Chinese lute); and Korean-American Jin Hi Kim will perform komungo (Korean zither).
The performance will take place at Asia Society (725 Park Avenue) on February 7 at 8:00pm
For more information, please visit
AsiaSociety.org/NYC