An Evening in New and Ancient China

Wu Man and Shanghai Quartet

World-renowned pipa player Wu Man and the impeccable Shanghai Quartet meld the sounds of China with Western string quartet and pipa in an unforgettable evening of grand music. The program a suite of traditional Chinese folk songs, solo pipa works, Beethoven’s Op. 95 “Quartetto Serioso,” and a new, multimedia work by eminent Chinese composer Zhao Jiping and his son Zhao Lin, including some of Jiping’s most famous cinematic scores, including Raise the Red Lantern, To Live, and Farewell My Concubine. Pre-concert lecture, Stories of the Cultural Revolution, by faculty from the Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, at 6:30 PM in Room 125. Funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the six New England state arts agencies. Sponsored by the Performing Arts Series, with support from the Department of Chinese and the Committee on the Arts. Reserved Seating. Tickets: $25/20/6