The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office is proud to announce that Taiwanese music ensemble A Moving Sound will stage two free performances in Washington, D.C.:
1. Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 6 p.m. (http://tinyurl.com/pokmwef); free.
2. George Washington University’s Jack Morton Auditorium on Monday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. (http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6002201747); free, but RSVP is required (see link).
The performances will showcase what National Geographic World Music described as "one of the most original outfits working in the world music arena today." A Moving Sound blends traditional Chinese styles and instruments, such as the Chinese erhu and zhong-ruan, with the avant-garde artistry embraced by Taiwan.
The music of A Moving Sound has been praised by critics and world music advocates around the globe. Chris Heim of the Global Village radio show said their work was "...delicately balanced between many worlds ... an entryway to Eastern music and an artful expression of the human condition." And Theodore C. Levin, the noted Dartmouth University ethnomusicologist who was the first Executive Director for Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project and the producer of the groundbreaking Smithsonian Folkways Music of Central Asia series, describes their work as "really beautiful, and beautifully presented."
A sample of A Moving Sound’s music can be seen and heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNGap_k6vo. Please come and join us for these enchanting feasts of dance and music that offer the audience a unique encounter with Taiwanese culture fused with neighboring Asian and Western music.
