Wang Guowei with Shanghai Quartet

Acclaimed erhu player Wang Guowei performs in "The Shanghai Quartet and Friends" concerts as part of the Asia Society's presentation of Art and China's Revolution.

Friday, Oct. 24, 8 pm
Works created by contemporary Chinese composers (including Chen Yi, Bright Sheng, and Zhou Long) and Chinese folk songs from the Cultural Revolution period.
Wang Guowei plays popular erhu music during the Cultural Revolution, accompanied on yangqin by Li Liqun.

Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 pm
Works created by contemporary Chinese composers (including Chen Yi, Bright Sheng, and Zhou Long) and Chinese folk songs from the Cultural Revolution period.
Wang Guowei joins the Shanghai Quartet in Chen Yi's Fiddle Suite.

Asia Society Auditorium, 725 Park Avenue, New York
$20 seniors and students w/ID; $20 members; $25 nonmembers

Buy tickets online:
http://asiasociety.org/events/calendar.pl?rm=detail&eventid=17329&date=10%2F6%2F08&filter_region=0&filter_category=0&keywords =

Phone: 212-517-ASIA
Web: http://www.asiasociety.org/resources/081024_shanghai_quartet.html

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