October 22 & 23: Third Angle presents "China Music Now"
Third Angle launches season with “China Music Now”
China Music Now
7:30 p.m. October 22 & 23, 2009
Fields Ballroom, Mark Building, Portland Art Museum
Co-presented with Portland Art Museum in conjunction with its "China Design Now" exhibition
With special guests Ye Xiaogang and Haiqiong Deng
Tickets:
$30 general, $20 age 65 and older, students and museum members
thirdangle.org and Portland Art Museum box office
Post-concert Q&A with Professor Ye.
What does contemporary Chinese music sound like? An ancient dance tune of the Northern Han people … the musical flavor of the early Bashu region … a Datura-induced dream state … the sound of the zheng. Vitality, tenderness and color; a perfect musical complement to Portland Art Museum's epic China Design Now exhibition. Featuring the brilliant music of Jia Daqun, Chen Yi, and Professor Ye Xiaogang, the Beijing Olympics composer, joining us from Beijing for these performances. With guest zheng virtuoso Haiqiong Deng.
“Third Angle's China 'journey' began in 2001, when I came across an article in The New York Times describing the first class of graduates from the Beijing Conservatory, post-Cultural Revolution,” said Ron Blessinger, Third Angle's artistic director. “The stories of Chen Yi, Jia Daqun and Ye Xiaogang were incredibly moving, great testaments of total commitment to art.”
