GENE & SHELLEY ENLOW RECITAL HALL Announces
CHINA ANHUI TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRA
WHEN: Saturday, March 5, at 7:30 PM
WHERE: Gene & Shelley Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, on the East Campus of Kean University at 215 North Avenue in Hillside.
TICKETS: $40 and can be purchased online at EnlowHall.kean.edu or by calling the box office at 908.737.SHOW (7469).
Established in 1956, China Anhui Traditional Orchestra (CATO) is a leading art institution devoted to the research, recomposing and performance of traditional Chinese music. The orchestra’s concert at Enlow Hall will feature folk selections of the Anhui Province performed on traditional instruments including the pipa, bamboo flute, erhu, jinghu and guqin. Principal artists include conductor Zhu Xiaogu, Chen Huilong on flute, Yu Hongmei on the erhu and Zhao Cong on the pipa.
CATO has toured extensively through more than 30 countries and districts including Japan, Korea, Russia, Mexico, Algeria, Denmark, Zambia, Mali, Mozambique and Yemen. In addition to its performance at Enlow Hall, the orchestra will also present concerts at The Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and Battell Chapel at Yale University.
Enlow Hall is a new, state-of-the-art concert hall boasting precision acoustics in an elegant and intimate performance space. China Anhui Traditional Orchestra’s performance is part of Enlow Hall’s historic Inaugural Season.
For complete 2010-2011 season information, please visit enlowhall.kean.edu.
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