Back to Press Release List > 10/15/2009 - Carnegie Hall Shop To Feature Shanghai Tang Items During Ancient Paths, Modern Voices Festival

From October 21 to November 10, 2009, Carnegie Hall presents Ancient Paths, Modern Voices: A Festival Celebrating Chinese Culture, paying tribute to China’s diverse and vibrant culture and its influence around the world with 21 days of events at Carnegie Hall and throughout the city at New York partner institutions.

A variety of distinctive items from Chinese luxury brand Shanghai Tang will be featured in The Shop at Carnegie Hall throughout the three week festival. Merchandise will include Lang Lang’s signature Shanghai Tang silk scarf; hand bags; jewelry; apparel for women, men, and children; cuff links; and home goods, among other items. The Shop at Carnegie Hall is located on the First Tier level of Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage adjacent to the Rose Museum and is open during Ancient Paths, Modern Voices before concerts, during intermission, and after concerts. For more information, please call 212-903-9610 or email theshop@carnegiehall.org.

About Shanghai Tang
Founded in 1994, Shanghai Tang features modern Chinese chic designs with themes deeply rooted in ancient and authentic Chinese culture, from calligraphy to The Silk Road to Chinese contemporary art. Their product line includes a full range of clothing for men, women and children, plus home furnishings, accessories, and gifts. Shanghai Tang´s merchandise is renowned for combining traditional Chinese design and motifs with tongue-in-cheek humor and a contemporary sensibility. Shanghai Tang has flagship boutiques in the shopping capitals of the world including Shanghai, New York, Paris, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Pianist Lang Lang, who performs three times during the Ancient Paths, Modern Voices festival, will host a private meet-and-greet event for Carnegie Hall subscribers and Shanghai Tang patrons at the retailer’s Madison Avenue location in New York City on Monday evening, October 26. 10% of sales generated that evening will be donated to Carnegie Hall.

About Ancient Paths, Modern Voices
This fall, Carnegie Hall presents Ancient Paths, Modern Voices: A Festival Celebrating Chinese Culture, paying tribute to China’s diverse and vibrant culture and its influence around the world with 21 days of events at Carnegie Hall and New York partner institutions, presented from October 21 to November 10, 2009. An exciting new alliance between Carnegie Hall and Segerstrom Center for the Arts will also bring select Ancient Paths, Modern Voices programming to Costa Mesa, California, resulting in a complementary festival presented simultaneously by the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and partner institutions on the West Coast from October 11 to November 24, 2009.

Ancient Paths, Modern Voices features performances by leading international musicians, including some artists traveling outside China for the first time. Festival performances will feature many genres of music—from Western symphonic and chamber music influenced by Chinese culture to Chinese traditional folk music and contemporary music, including premieres by internationally recognized Chinese composers Chen Qigang, Tan Dun, and Angel Lam. The festival exploration also includes a wide variety of other offerings on each coast, including traditional marionette theater, dance, film screenings, calligraphy, panel discussions, and art exhibitions, offering insights into a world that mixes the ancient and the modern, the traditional and the cutting-edge.

With over 40 events, the reach of Ancient Paths, Modern Voices in New York will be extended throughout the city through partnerships between Carnegie Hall and other prestigious cultural institutions: Asia Society, China Institute, Works & Process at the Guggenheim, The Joyce Theater, The Juilliard School, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Chinese in America, and The Paley Center for Media, as well as through a series of free Neighborhood Concerts presented by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute in the community venues of Flushing Town Hall in Queens as well as Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement and The Performance Project @ University Settlement on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

Ancient Paths, Modern Voices: A Festival Celebrating Chinese Culture is made possible by a leadership gift from Henry R. Kravis in honor of his wife, Marie-Josée.

Sponsored, in part, by Deloitte LLP

Additional funding from Roche, Agricultural Bank of China, China Merchants Bank, and the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office, New York

Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.

Festival Ticket Information
Tickets for all events at Carnegie Hall are on sale at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800, or online at carnegiehall.org. In conjunction with Ancient Paths, Modern Voices, Carnegie Hall has launched a special web site: carnegiehall.org/chinafestival. This online companion features the most up-to-date information on festival events, video interviews and performance excerpts from featured artists, and insights into Chinese culture and festival programs.

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