Yo-Yo Ma to Perform World Premiere Cello Concerto During the Pacific Symphony's American Composers Festival That Begins March 1 in Costa Mesa, California.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Photo Editors/Entertainment Editors MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4583725 SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2004 Orange County's Pacific Symphony and world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma are teaming up to perform the world premiere of a cello concerto by Chinese-American composer Chen Yi March 10 and 11 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center The Orange County Performing Arts Center is a performing arts complex located in Costa Mesa, California. It is the home of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Opera Pacific, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and the Pacific Chorale. in Costa Mesa, California Costa Mesa is a suburban middle class city in Orange County, California, United States. The population was 108,724 at the 2000 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a suburban city with an economy based on . Yo-Yo Ma's performance of Chen Yi's "Ballad, Dance and Fantasy" for Cello and Orchestra is the centerpiece of the Pacific Symphony's American Composers Festival 2004: Tradewinds from China, which runs March 1-21. This compelling musical and visual journey into the Cultural Revolution and "re-education" of Chinese culture explores Western influences on Eastern art and music. Unprecedented in scope and format, Tradewinds from China features works by Chen Yi, Bright Sheng, Zhou Long and Academy Award(R) winner Tan Dun. Many of the compositions will feature traditional Chinese instruments, including the pipa pipa or p'i-p'a Short-necked Chinese lute. It has a pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard, and the silk strings are plucked with the fingernails. It is prominent in the opera orchestra and as an ensemble, solo, and accompanying instrument. and the erhu The erhu (Chinese: ; Pinyin: èrhú), also called nanhu (, literally "southern fiddle"), and sometimes known in the West as the "Chinese violin" or "Chinese two-string fiddle," is a . "This year's American Composers Festival centers on the music of China, and features Chinese-American composers who have bewitchingly be·witch tr.v. be·witched, be·witch·ing, be·witch·es 1. To place under one's power by or as if by magic; cast a spell over. 2. To captivate completely; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. blended the many elements of Chinese folk music and traditional Chinese instruments with European traditions," commented Pacific Symphony Music Director Carl St. Clair. In addition to the concerts featuring Yo-Yo Ma, there will be a concert at the Irvine Barclay Theatre on March 1 called "Diary of a Revolution;" an intimate Chamber Music concert called "Tales from the Cave" March 7 in Founders Hall at the Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. ; a Classical Connections concert March 13 titled "Sonic Fusion: East Meets West" that examines the lives and music of masterful Chinese-American composers; and a Chinese-American League Showcase for Young Musicians concert that closes the Festival March 21. Festival participants include composers Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Bright Sheng and Joan Huang, erhu player Karen Han, pipa player Min Xiao-Fen, and Festival Advisor and Musicologist mu·si·col·o·gy n. The historical and scientific study of music. mu  si·co·log Joseph Horowitz. Concerts include discussions on the effects of the Chinese Cultural Revolution on art and society. Festival composers will also discuss their personal feelings of growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and its impact on their compositions. For more details and ticket information on the Pacific Symphony's American Composers Festival, call the Symphony's box office at 714-755-5799, or visit www.pacificsymphony.org. MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4583725 |
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