Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival: Re-imagining the Musical Tradition

This program focuses on the transformation of ancient performance styles from Japan, China, and Korea. From Japan, the celebrated Master Tosiko Yonekawa II offers three pieces that allow listeners to experience the transformation of ziuta, a chamber music style of shamisen music, in which the performer sings while playing the instrument. From China, this performance features Zhou Long’s pipa concerto, The King of Chu Doffs His Armor, in which the pipa is played in the traditional manner accompanied by the Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Jindong Cai. And, from Korea, Jin Hi Kim presents her modernization of the ancient komungo using electronic and digital technology to perform "Eternal Rock," a concerto she composed specifically for the digital komungo. Part of the eighth annual Pan-Asian Music Festival at Stanford.

• Venue: Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
• Date: Sat February 11, 2012 8:00pm
• City: Palo Alto
• Price Range: $5-10
• Tickets: 650.725.2787

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