A Chinese Home, a staged work with video for string quartet and pipa, takes its inspiration from Yin Yu Tang, a large home from a southeastern Chinese village that was meticulously dismantled, transported to Massachusetts, and reconstructed in the Peabody Essex Museum. The work explores shifts in Chinese cultural identity, and the modernization of rural life through music and sonic environments. Tan Dun's epic Ghost Opera, drawing from shamanistic peasant traditions dating back more than four millennia, also delves into China’s expansive cultural timeline, in a staging with water, metal, stone, and paper.
Pre-concert talk starts at 6:30 PM in Zankel Hall: David Harrington and Wu Man in conversation with Jeremy Geffen, Director of Artistic Planning, Carnegie Hall.
Kronos Quartet
·· David Harrington, Violin
·· John Sherba, Violin
·· Hank Dutt, Viola
·· Jeffrey Zeigler, Cello
Wu Man, Pipa
Chen Shi-Zheng, Director and Visual Designer
TAN DUN
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Ghost Opera
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A Chinese Home (World Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Conceived by WU MAN, DAVID HARRINGTON, and CHEN SHI-ZHENG
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Program is approximately 2 hours, including one intermission
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Perspectives: Kronos Quartet
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