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Turquoise Lake
1/19/2018
Turquoise Lake is a collaboration between Afghan American vocalist Humayun Khan and renowned composer Douglas J. Cuomo. Blending the raga tradition of southeast Asia and poetry of Sufi masters with the harmony and improvisation of jazz, they create a joyfully virtuosic music that celebrates the cultural diversity that is Americas's highest ideal.
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Zhou Family Band
10/15/2018 at 6:00 PM
Zhou Family Band plays traditional wind and percussion music that has accompanied birth and death celebrations of people in central-eastern China for more than 600 years. Coming from Lingbi, Anhui Province, part of the Central Plain area which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization, the Zhou family has been musicians for seven generations, and are bearers of a tradition that represents the foundation of Chinese folk music— Bolin Laba, a national, intangible cultural heritage of China as declared by UNESCO.
Presented in collaboration with the Richmond Folk Festival.
Local Dance Commissioning Project: Diana Movius
10/14/2018 at 6:00 PM
With inspiration from Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Diana Movius’s world premiere multimedia ballet probes the fall of Wall Street during the 2008 financial crisis, the nature of accountability, and its impact on society.
Featured Artist(s)Diana Movius
Local Dance Commissioning Project: Diana Movius
10/13/2018 at 6:00 PM
With inspiration from Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Diana Movius’s world premiere multimedia ballet probes the fall of Wall Street during the 2008 financial crisis, the nature of accountability, and its impact on society.
Featured Artist(s)Diana Movius
Syria to Egypt: A Musical Continuum
10/12/2018 at 6:00 PM
Syria to Egypt: A Musical Continuum is a journey on land and through time of the formative years of Arabic music. The program will feature the five most important classical composers of the region, presented in a chronological order.
Presented in collaboration with Multiflora Productions’s Flash of the Spirit music festival.
Samer Ali
Takht Al-Nagham
Lubana Al-Quntar
Sevin Ceviker
Fadi Khoury
Orquesta el Macabeo
10/11/2018 at 6:00 PM
Puerto Rico’s Orquesta el Macabeo visits the Kennedy Center as part of their 10th anniversary tour in the U.S. The performance is a musical journey that travels through Orquestra el Macabeo’s evolution across four official album releases.
Presented in collaboration with Multiflora Productions’s Flash of the Spirit music festival.
Orquesta el Macabeo
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