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Classical Beauties: 2015 Summer Concert
Date: August 8, 2015
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Flushing Public Library (41-17 Main St. Flushing, NY 11355)
On Saturday, August 8, 2015, 2 p.m. the Queens Public Library in Flushing, New York Chinese Opera Society, and Kunqu Society will present “Classical Beauties: 2015 Summer Concert.” The event is free and will be held in the auditorium.
Passing on the Kunqu Art: From Master to Disciples
Date: April 19, 2015
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Miller Theatre at Columbia University (2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027)
On Sunday, April 19, 2015, 2 p.m. This Kunqu Society performance introduces four signature plays of Kunqu Master Jiqing Zhang to American audiences: “A Maddening Dream,” an episode from “Ballad of The Rotten-Ax Mountain”, “A Stroll in the Garden,” “An Interrupted Dream,” and “Dreamland Revisited,” three episodes from “The Peony Pavilion” (by Xianzu Tang in 1598 A.D.)
Performers: Ms. Fang Wang, Master Jiqing Zhang’s disciple, Plum Blossom Award winner; Mr. Jiulin Yu, Plum Blossom Award winner; Ms. Yuxian Weng; and other outstanding Kunqu artists from Suzhou Kunqu Opera Institute, Suzhou, China.