OCTOBER 11 TO NOVEMBER 24, 2009
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OCTOBER 2009
CHINA FESTIVAL PARTNER EVENT
VIDEO WORK BY GAO SHIQIANG AND CHEN QIULIN
Orange County Museum of Art
October 11, 2009—January 10, 2010
Gao Shiqiang, Artist
Chen Qiulin, Artist
The exhibition pairs video work by contemporary Chinese artists Gao Shiqiang (born in Shandong, 1971) and Chen Qiulin (born in Hubei, 1975), whose artistic visions capture the collision of tradition and modernity in China in distinct ways. Gao Shiqiang's epic Butterfly Lovers (2006) is a tragic love story that reverberates among three couples across time, and serves as an allegory for the new millennium. Chen Qiulin's Color Line (2006) is a sublime meditation on rapid urbanization and development in contemporary China, fusing a documentary format with dream-scape performance.
Presented by the Orange County Museum of Art. For more information, please visit: www.ocma.net
CHINA FESTIVAL PARTNER EVENT
CHRISTIAN DIOR PRESENTS PHOTOGRAPHS BY QUENTIN SHIH
South Coast Plaza, Jewel Court
October 15—November 7, 2009
South Coast Plaza in partnership with Christian Dior will present the U.S. premiere of a capsule exhibition featuring the work of celebrated Beijing-based fashion photographer Quentin Shih (born in China, 1975). This new presentation is developed from last year’s hugely successful Beijing exhibition Christian Dior & Chinese Artists, which reflected a unique collaboration between Dior and some of China’s leading contemporary artists.
Presented by South Coast Plaza. For more information, please visit: www.southcoastplazachinafestival.com
or phone 1-800-782-8888.
CHINA FESTIVAL PARTNER EVENT
HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND GARDENS CHINESE GARDEN MODEL DISPLAY
South Coast Plaza
October 15—November 7, 2009
South Coast Plaza will display a scale model of the 12-acre classical Chinese garden, Liu Fang Yuan (The Garden of Flowing Fragrance), completed in early 2008 at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. The Garden is currently the largest Chinese garden outside of China open to the public and the scale model will include a never-before seen second phase which The Huntington hopes to build in the near future.
Presented by the Huntington Library and South Coast Plaza. For more information, please visit: www.huntington.org or www.southcoastplazachinafestival.com or phone 1-800-782-8888.
CHINA FESTIVAL PARTNER EVENT
RED CLIFF (Chi Bi)
Regency South Coast Village Theater
Thursday, October 15, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Join visionary director John Woo for his latest epic adventure film. A massive hit in Asia and the most expensive Chinese film ever made, RED CLIFF reunites legendary filmmaker John Woo and international superstar Tony Leung for the first time since the 1992 classic HARD BOILED. A breathtaking war epic, RED CLIFF brings to the screen the legendary tale of the Battle of Red Cliff that took place in 208 AD and was immortalized in the classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This visual masterpiece will be followed by a Q&A session with Woo.
Presented by Orange County Film Society. Tickets are $10. For more information, please visit: www.OrangeCountyFilmSociety.com.
QUANZHOU MARIONETTE THEATER
Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Samueli Theater,
at Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Friday-Saturday, October 16-17, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Quanzhou Marionette Theater
Music, song and puppetry unite as the talented puppeteers and musicians of the Quanzhou Marionette Theater perform selections from Chinese folk tales. With song, musical accompaniment, and sophisticated storytelling from the Fujian Province in Southern China, the marionette theater is known as a regional form of traditional Chinese opera. On October 16, a special pre-concert event with best-selling author of Falling Leaves, Adeline Yen Mah, reading her own work will begin at 7 p.m. Attending guests will receive a copy of her latest success, CHINA: A Land of Dragons and Emperors.
Presented by the Philharmonic Society. For more information and tickets, CLICK HERE
CHINA FESTIVAL PARTNER EVENT
PING PONG DIPLOMACY: THE REMATCH
South Coast Plaza, Crate and Barrel/Macy’s Home Store Wing, Level 1
Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, October 18, 2009 from noon to 4 p.m.
In celebration of the legendary “Ping Pong Diplomacy” that helped President Richard Nixon open relations with China in 1972, South Coast Plaza in collaboration with the Richard Nixon Foundation will host a series of ping pong exhibition matches featuring collegiate athletes, Olympians and youth participants as well as opportunities for the public to “Challenge A Champ” in competition. To underscore the important role culture plays in Sino-American relations, “Ping Pong Diplomacy: The Rematch” will also feature an exhibit of historic photographs of the Richard Nixon’s extraordinary 1972 peace-making journey to China.
Presented by the Richard Nixon Foundation and South Coast Plaza. For more information, please visit: www.nixonlibraryfoundation.org or www.southcoastplazachinafestival.com or phone 1-800-782-8888.
CHINA FESTIVAL PARTNER EVENT
CHINESE CULTURAL SHOWCASE
South Coast Plaza, Carousel Court, Level 1
Sunday, October 18, 2009 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, October 24, 2009 from 2 to 4 p.m.
The South Coast Chinese Cultural Association and Irvine Chinese School, dedicated to preserving Chinese heritage, enrich lives through cultural diversity, and integrate Chinese culture into mainstream society will present traditional ribbon dance, performances on ancient instruments, and demonstrations of Tai Chi and Kung Fu techniques. A booth featuring Chinese cultural crafts will also be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on performance days.
Presented by the South Coast Chinese Cultural Association/Irvine Chinese School and South Coast Plaza. For more information, please visit: www.sccca.org or www.southcoastplazachinafestival.com or phone 1-800-782-8888.
MUSICAL JOURNEYS THROUGH CHINA WITH WU MAN
Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Samueli Theater,
at Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Wu Man, Curator, Pipa, and Host
Li Family Daoist Band
Zhang Family Band (Old Tune Traditional Music with Shadow Puppets)
World renowned pipa virtuoso and founding member of Yo-Yo Ma’s cross-cultural Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man returns to Orange County with Musical Journeys through China. As curator and host, Wu Man will introduce various Chinese instrumental folk music traditions featuring an ensemble of talented artists. Topics include an introduction to Chinese instrumental folk music traditions during various events, and presentations of ancient Chinese instruments that played a vital part in Chinese traditional music, such as the qin and the pipa.
Presented by the Philharmonic Society. For tickets and more information, CLICK HERE.
CHINA FESTIVAL PARTNER EVENT
DOCUMENTING THE GLOBAL CITY: BEIJING
Regency South Coast Village Theater
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Films, including documentaries, have done much to shape American and Chinese perceptions of each other. Beginning in 2006, USC and Beijing’s Communication University of China launched a program to have student filmmakers collaborate in exploring Los Angeles and Beijing. Each summer since then six students from one school have traveled to the other school and spent summer working with their counterparts to produce short documentaries on Los Angeles and Beijing as global cities. See samples of these films as Professor Mark Jonathan Harris, a three-time Oscar-winner for best documentary film and a Professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and students from USC present and comment the work following the screening.
Presented by the Philharmonic Society. For tickets and more information, CLICK HERE.
Presented by USC/US China Institute and Orange County Film Society. For more information, please visit: www.OrangeCountyFilmSociety.com.
THE COLBURN ORCHESTRA WITH CHO-LIANG LIN
Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall,
at Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Yehuda Gilad, Conductor
Cho-Liang Lin, Violin
The Colburn Orchestra
The Colburn Orchestra, led by conductor Yehuda Gilad, will be joined by violinist Cho-Liang Lin to perform Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 and a performance of Tan Dun’s Out of Peking Opera (Violin Concerto No. 1), widely known for his Grammy and Oscar-winning scores for the movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. The concert concludes with Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47.
Presented by the Philharmonic Society. For tickets and more information, CLICK HERE.
NOVEMBER2009
LANG LANG AND FRIENDS
Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall,
at Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Lang Lang, Piano
Guo Gan, Erhu
Hai-Ye Ni, Cello
Zhu Dan, Violin
GeQun Wang, Tenor
Marc Yu, Piano
After his unforgettable appearance during the Philharmonic Society of Orange County’s 2008-2009 Season Opening Night Celebration, pianist Lang Lang returns with a program entitled Lang Lang and Friends. Lang Lang will perform alongside up-and-coming young Chinese musicians – erhu player Guo Gan, tenor GeQun Wang, cellist Hai-Ye Ni, violinist Zhu Dab and featuring 10-year old piano prodigy Marc Yu. The repertoire includes Schubert: Rondo in A major, Bizet: Fantasy On Themes From Carmen, and Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio.
The South Coast Chinese Cultural Association will present a pre-concert lecture and demonstration featuring Chinese musical instruments performed by the instructor and students from Irvine Chinese School’s Chinese Orchestra and Galaxy Youth Art Performing Group. This event will be open to all Lang Lang and Friends ticketholders (6pm).
Presented by the Philharmonic Society and South Coast Chinese Cultural Association/Irvine Chinese School.
For tickets and more information, CLICK HERE. or www.sccca.org..
CHINA FESTIVAL PARTNER EVENT
PANEL DISCUSSION: “DESIGNING CHINA”
Orange County Museum of Art
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7 p.m.
The University of California Humanities Research Institute will host a two-week Seminar in Experimental Critical Theory (SECT) in Shanghai this summer entitled Designing China. A debriefing seminar will take place as part of Ancient Paths, Modern Voices to reflect upon the outcome of the summer institute –focusing on China as a case study where design issues are raised in perhaps their most problematic and provocative form. The panel consists of two leading artists from Beijing in conversation with faculty from the University of California: musician, composer and novelist Liu Sola of the “Class of 1978”, noted artist Liu Dan, together with Ackbar Abbas of the University of California, Irvine and Achille Mbembe of the University of California, Irvine/University of Witwatersrand. The panel will be moderated by David Theo Goldberg, Director of the University of Humanities Research Institute.
Presented by The University of California Humanities Research Institute. For more information, please visit , www.uchri.org or www.ocma.net
CHINA FESTIVAL PARTNER EVENT
CHINESE PLAY READING OF ADELINE YEN MAH’S FALLING LEAVES
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Julianne Argyros Stage,
South Coast Repertory,
Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
South Coast Repertory will present a staged reading of Chinese American author Adeline Yen Mah’s best-selling book entitled Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter on the Julianne Argyros Stage. Falling Leaves recounts the story of the author’s life in China and the tragedies that had overshadowed her life. A compelling, painful, and ultimately triumphant story of a girl's journey into adulthood, Adeline's story is a testament to the most basic of human needs: acceptance, love, and understanding.
Presented by South Coast Repertory. For more information, please visit www.scr.org
CHINA FESTIVAL PARTNER EVENT
FROM MAO TO MOZART: ISAAC STERN IN CHINA”
Bowers Museum
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 2 p.m.
The Bowers Museum will present a screening of Academy Award-winning From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China, a 1980 documentary film about Western culture breaking into China, produced and directed by Murray Lerner. The film captures the renowned violinist and music teacher Isaac Stern as the first American musician to collaborate with the China Central Symphony Society (now China National Symphony Orchestra), documenting Mr. Stern's rehearsals and performances of Mozart and Brahms violin concertos with the famous Chinese conductor Li Delun, who also acted as his guide and translator on his trip. The film includes footage of Mr. Stern's visit to the Central Conservatory of Music, where he lectured to Chinese music students on violin playing and the art of musical expression. Among many talented players, young cellist Jian Wang (at the time only ten years old) is featured briefly. Jian Wang has gone on to international stardom.
The screening will take place concurrently with the Bowers’ exhibition Ancient Arts of China: A 5000 Year Legacy.
Presented by the Bowers Museum. For more information, please visit: www.bowers.org.
CHINA FESTIVAL PARTNER EVENT
SILVER SPEAR
Bowers Museum
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 1:30 p.m.
Silver Spear is a digital opera film starring Yuan Huiqin, a Peking opera artist, who has combined the traditional art form of Chinese opera with contemporary Hi-Tech film and performance art, providing a visual and musical masterpiece on film.
Presented by the Bowers Museum and Chinese American Film Festival. For more information, please visit: www.bowers.org or www.cafilmfestival.com.
YUJA WANG AND THE SHANGHAI SYMPHONY”
Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall,
at Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Long Yu, Conductor
Yuja Wang, Piano
The Shanghai Symphony
Led by conductor Long Yu, the Society’s celebration of Chinese Culture concludes with Yuja Wang’s vital performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Mussorgsky’s Introduction from Khovantchina and Chen Qigang’s scenic cantata Iris dévoilée – a scenic cantata, which features three traditional Chinese instruments: pipa, erhu, and zheng.
Presented by the Philharmonic Society. For tickets and more information, CLICK HERE.
Ancient Paths, Modern Voices: A Festival Celebrating Chinese Culture in Southern California is presented with the support of South Coast Plaza and The Segerstrom Foundation. Ancient Paths, Modern Voices: Celebrating Chinese Culture is made possible by a leadership gift from Henry R. Kravis in honor of his wife, Marie-Josée.