Former schoolmates at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, Wu Man and the Shanghai Quartet reunite in an effort to bring traditional Chinese music and folk songs of their heritage to the modern western musical world. Their program, “A Night in Ancient and New China,” offers contemporary arrangements of Chinese folk tunes, a new multimedia work by Zhao Jiping in collaboration with his son Zhao Lin, traditional folk songs arranged by the violinist Yi-Wen Jiang, and solo pipa works by Wu Man.
