The San Francisco Conservatory of Music faculty, collegiate students, and friends celebrate its historic and future relationship with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in a special concert featuring works by Shanghai composers as part of the San Francisco Bay Area-wide Shanghai Celebration. Performers will include world-renowned mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao and The Bridge Chamber Virtuosi, a new string trio featuring Conservatory violin faculty member Wei He and San Francisco Symphony members Yun Jie Liu and Amos Yang.
- Venue: San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall
- Date: Mon February 8, 2010 8:00pm
- City: San Francisco
- Price Range: $20, $15 students/seniors/Friends of the Conservatory
- Tickets: 415.503.6275
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Program
Xu Shuya
San for 11 instruments
Jia Daqun
Intonation for 14 instruments
Yang Liqing
Trio - The Tune Far Away
Chen Qiangbin
String Sextet
Liang Xiaoyue
Xi for string quartet
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January 26, 2010
Violinist Yin Bin Qian wanted to study abroad after graduating from the prestigious Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the oldest Western-oriented music school in China. He applied to graduate school at Yale, the Eastman School of Music, USC, and other American colleges. But after hearing violinist Wei He perform at the Shanghai Conservatory last year, Qian set his sights on the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where He is on the faculty. More »
