03/19/2015 8:00pm – 9:30pm
Asian Society
725 Park Avenue, New York, NY
his performance will be preceded at 7:00 pm by a pre-performance lecture.
“Wu wields [the sheng] on stage like a harmonica on steroids.” — Financial Times
Take the sheng — a Chinese mouth-blown free reed consisting of vertical pipes — an instrument with the tone color and harmonic possibilities of a pipe organ and the immediacy of a saxophone. Then put it the hands of a world-savvy player who knows no musical bounds. Wu Tong, charter member of the Silk Road Ensemble and founding front man for the Beijing-based rock band Lunhui, offers a broad sampling of his music sensibilities, from traditional tunes to new compositions and free improvisation.
With Simon C.F. Yu, guitar; Shane Shanahan, percussion; Neena Deb-Sen, cello; and featuring the U.S. premiereof Clifford Ross’s “Harmonium Mountain II” video.
For more information, please visit
http://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/wu-tong