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Hanyi presents Identity A Concert for Guzheng and Orchestra The beautiful guzheng virtuoso, Su Chang from Beijing's Central Music Conservatory, joins the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra to present the world premiere of Identity - Zhongshan Zhuang, a concerto for Guzheng and Orchestra This wonderful evening of classical music will also include several guzheng solos and the YMF Debut Orchestra's performance of Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser.
Identity - Zhongshan Zhuang is a concerto which relays what countless families went through as they were torn apart at the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. A Chinese Nationalist Army Officer reluctantly leaves his wife and 5-day old baby girl behind to lead his troops in the withdrawal to Taiwan. After 43 years of separation, the Officer realizes he will never live to see them again. He asks the son he brought with him to Taiwan to promise he will take the Officer's ashes and the Zhongshan zhuang, a very special shirt his wife made him when they first met, back home to China. The Officer wants his wife to know he loved her until his death. He wants his soul returned to the China he loved and to the country to which he belongs. SUN, FEB 21, 7PM Tickets & info: 562.921.3020
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