Bard College Conservatory of Music Presents

Ancient Echoes and New Sounds—Guqin in the 21st Century

The fifth annual conference of the US-China Music Institute, Ancient Echoes and New Sounds: Guqin in the 21st Century, is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events looking at how this ancient instrument has been revived and reimagined for today.

The guqin is a 7-stringed wooden instrument associated with the spiritual and intellectual culture of the literati class in ancient China. The conference will bring together renowned guqin scholars and performers from China and the US to consider and demonstrate how the guqin has found new life in contemporary musical culture. All events are open to the Bard community and the general public. 

 

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, APRIL 6TH
Bard Hall
7:30PM to 9:30PM Keynote Address and Student Concert

FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH
László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building
10AM to 12PM Graduate Student lecture recitals
1PM to 5PM Guqin Scholar Talks & Panel Discussion
7:30PM to 9:30PM Zhao Xiaoxia and the Trio of Three Continents — a concert of Guqin and mixed ensemble music

SATURDAY, APRIL 8TH 
12PM to 3PM
Bard Hall
Annual Yaji 雅集 ‘Elegant Gathering’
— calligraphy, poetry, painting, music, and tea

7PM to 9:30PM
Fisher Center
Naomi Woo Conducts THE ORCHESTRA NOW
— with Zhao Xiaoxia, guqin, and Stella Chen, violin

 

For more information, call 845-758-7026, e-mail [email protected],
or visit https://www.barduschinamusic.org/events/ancient-echoes.

Location: Bitó CPS, Bard Hall, Olin Hall, Fisher Center