Look back at the US-China Music Institute’s first annual Chinese New Year Concert —
The Sound of Spring
On January 25 at Bard’s Fisher Center and January 26 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, the US-China Music Institute welcomed masters of Chinese instruments from the Central Conservatory of Music in China to perform our first Chinese New Year Concert, The Sound of Spring, with The Orchestra Now. US-China Music Institute Director Jindong Cai conducted the first half of the program and Chen Bing from the Central Conservatory conducted the second half. View the program book here.
What the press is saying:
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Before Sunday’s concert we presented a Chinese instrument demonstration, in partnership with China Institute in Manhattan. Students of the US-China Music Institute performed and gave hands-on demonstrations on erhu, ruan, pipa and guzheng to an enthusiastic all-ages crowd.
