Holiday Wonders on Broadway
New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV) is presenting Holiday Wonders at the Beacon Theater on Broadway, Dec. 19-24. This will be the first occasion for a Chinese symphony orchestra to accompany a performance in the Beacon Theater. Audiences will experience both the splendor of Western symphony as well as traditional Chinese folk instruments such as erhu, biwa (pipa), guzheng (Chinese zither), and the Chinese flute.
The Celestial Melody Orchestra was specifically formed for the Holiday Wonders performances. The orchestra has 50 performers, and many of them are award winning musicians and first class national artists from China.
"The theater has excellent acoustics and the audience will experience a world premier of original music, combining the best of East and West," said Chen Rutang, the Orchestra's conductor. He is China's first class cellist, and former director of the Chinese National Symphony Orchestra, as well as chief artistic director for the 2006 NTDTV Chinese New Year Spectacular.
One of the many outstanding performers is erhu artist Qi Xiaochun. She started playing the two-stringed erhu when she was only six years old. Her teacher is the famous Chinese erhu artist Wang Yongde, and Qi herself is an award winner of Shanghai Spring International Erhu Competition in 1991. Critics praised Qi's solo erhu works in the last three NTDTV Chinese New Year Spectaculars as rarely seen masterpieces
First cellist Deng Yu graduated from Conservatory of Guangzhou, and was a member of Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra before migrating to the U.S. Deng also has a Master's degree in music from the U.S. and specializes in cello performances. Deng said, "We want to help spread the beauty of ancient Chinese culture around the world, and we are certain that the audiences will be moved and uplifted."
NTDTV is an independent, nonprofit Chinese language TV broadcaster established by overseas Chinese who are committed to contribute to pluralism and free flow of information in the Chinese-language media. NTDTV is the only Chinese language TV station broadcasting uncensored information from the West via satellite into Mainland China. It reaches over 200 million viewers worldwide.
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Benjamin Lighthouse is an independent writer. His focus are cultural, humanistic and spiritual concerns and events http://shows.ntdtv.com
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