You're in for a treat because Carnegie Hall's Zankel Theater is one of the most beautiful spaces to see a show. Here's the link to the show description on Carnegie Hall's website.
The Kronos Quartet & Wu Man
Perform the world premiere of:
A Chinese Home, a staged work with video for string quartet and pipa, takes its inspiration from Yin Yu Tang, a large home from a southeastern Chinese village that was meticulously dismantled, transported to Massachusetts, and reconstructed in the Peabody Essex Museum. The work explores shifts in Chinese cultural identity, and the modernization of rural life through music and sonic environments.
The first work on the program will be Tan Dun's epic Ghost Opera (1994, listen here), which was composes for Wu Man and the Kronos Quartet, drawing from shamanistic peasant traditions dating back more than four millennia. It also delves into China’s expansive cultural timeline, in a staging with water, metal, stone, and paper.
Here's is a video of some of Wu Man's pipa work:
Program Details
Pre-concert talk starts at 6:30 PM in Zankel Hall: David Harrington and Wu Man in conversation with Jeremy Geffen, Director of Artistic Planning, Carnegie Hall.
Kronos Quartet
·· David Harrington, Violin
·· John Sherba, Violin
·· Hank Dutt, Viola
·· Jeffrey Zeigler, Cello
Wu Man, Pipa
Chen Shi-Zheng, Director and Visual Designer
Learn more about Wu Man and Kronos on their websites.
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