First Monday at Jordan Hall: Exploring Cultures of the World—Chinese
Six concerts celebrating world cultural traditions in music. Artistic Director Laurence Lesser has teamed up with NEC faculty, alumni, and friends to bring you the music they love from across the globe.
This concert will include the presentation of an honorary doctorate for esteemed composer Chou Wen-chung, who studied at NEC.
Monday, October 1 | American
Monday, November 5 | Czech
Monday, December 3 | Italian
Monday, March 4 | Chinese
Monday, April 1 | Hungarian
Monday, May 6 | Polish
- Laurence Lesser, Artistic Director, First Mondays at Jordan Hall
Guo Wenjing: Parade: Trio for Six Beijing Opera Gongs, Op. 40
Artists- Aiyun Huang ’98, percussion
- Tsz Ho Samuel Chan ‘15, percussion
- ’01 MM, percussion
Chou Wen-chung: Yü Ko
This concert will include the presentation of an honorary doctorate for esteemed composer Chou Wen-chung, who studied at NEC.
Artists- Li-Mei Liang’12, ’14 MM, ’17 DMA, violin
- Jessi Rosinski’06 MM, alto flute
- Ben Fox, English horn
- Aleksis Martin, bass clarinet
- Victoria Garcia ’16 MM, trombone
- David Kidd, bass trombone
- Robert Schulz ’92 MM, ’94 GD, percussion
- ’01 MM, percussion
- Feng Niu ’14 MM, ’16 MM, ’19 DMA, piano
Zhou Long: “Song of 8 Unruly Tipsy Poets” from Poems from Tang
Artists- Kristopher Tong’05 MM, violin
- Li-Mei Liang’12, ’14 MM, ’17 DMA, violin
- Nicholas Cords, viola
- Jing Li, cello
Traditional: Spring Night on a Moonlit River
Artists- Hui Weng, guzheng
- Eden MacAdam-Somer’12 DMA, violin
- Hankus Netsky, piano
Lei Liang ’96, ’98 MM: Five Seasons
Ensembles- Carpe Diem Quartet
Artists- Yihan Chen, pipa
Bright Sheng: Hot Pepper
Artists- Angelo Yu ’12, ’14 AD, ’17 DMA, violin
- Tsz Ho Samuel Chan ’15, percussion
Tan Dun: Elegy: Snow in June
Artists- Laurence Lesser, cello
- Robert Schulz ’92 MM, ’94 GD, percussion
- Tsz Ho Samuel Chan ’15, percussion
- Aiyun Huang ’98, percussion
- ’01 MM, percussion
Six concerts celebrating world cultural traditions in music. Artistic Director Laurence Lesser has teamed up with NEC faculty, alumni, and friends to bring you the music they love from across the...
Six concerts celebrating world cultural traditions in music. Artistic Director Laurence Lesser has teamed up with NEC faculty, alumni, and friends to bring you the music they love from across the...