Part of the 2023 China Now Music Festival: The Bridge of Music
Presented by the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music

Pre-concert talk with composers at 6 PM

The China Now Music Festival returns to the Fisher Center at Bard for its sixth season with a concert honoring two of the most influential composers from China working in the U.S. today, Zhou Long and Chen Yi. Led by maestro Jindong Cai, The Orchestra Now will perform U.S. premieres of major symphonic works by this legendary couple and their renowned teacher at Columbia University, Chou Wenchung. With the addition of two pieces by their young protégées Zhou Juan and Li Shaosheng, who now have major careers in China, the program links three generations of composers to highlight the generational bridge that Chen Yi and Zhou Long have built between the country of their birth and the one they now call home — a musical bridge between China and the U.S. that is both strong and enduring.

Jindong Cai conductor
Chen Bing conductor
Liu Xiaojing pipa

GENERATIONAL CROSSINGS
Chou Wen-chung And the falling petals U.S. PREMIERE
Li Shaosheng The Tale of the Southern Tour U.S. PREMIERE
Chen Yi Symphony No. 3: My Musical Journey to America U.S. PREMIERE
Zhou Juan Half the reason is you WORLD PREMIERE
Zhou Long Beijing Rhyme U.S. PREMIERE