Artists’ Pitches for the Chinese New Year Celebrations on Sunday 29th January 2012

2012 welcomes the auspicious Year of the Dragon and Sunday 29th January 2012 will see London celebrate in style with a one-day festival featuring a Dragon parade through the streets of Soho, performances on a spectacular stage in Trafalgar Square as well as the lion dances throughout the day in Chinatown.



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Virtuoso Chinese pianist Lang Lang will be celebrating his hero Franz Liszt’s 200th birthday with a one-off anniversary concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Charles Dutoit, and it will be broadcast live and as-live into cinemas throughout the UK, Ireland, mainland Europe and Asia on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 2pm (UK time).
In order to find out the nearest cinema broadcasting this exceptional event, visit www.xdcentertainment.com

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This Chinese cultural celebration will feature a sumptuous selection of artistic presentations. These will include screening of a short film about how different groups in the Chinese community celebrate the festival, Chinese music performed through collaboration between Chinese and Western musicians, Festival Poetry performed in Mandarin and English, Festival songs performed by leading Chinese vocalists (along with a local community choir) and a multimedia dance piece based on the myth upon which the Festival is based.

Audience members will also be treated to samples of the traditional festival MOON CAKES and Chinese tea.

‘Moonlight Reveries’ is funded by Liverpool Primary Care Trust, Arts Council England and Merseyside Police Authority, and is supported by Merseyside Dance Initiative, Confucius Institute, Hope Street Ltd.

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The mighty Rustic-- Anyone with a passing interest in the Beijing music scene will have no doubt come across the hair metal-loving, punk pathetique-referencing, stage-dominating threesome, and fallen in love with their outrageously enjoyable performances.” --- Time Out Beijing

This September, catch the outrageous rock band RUSTIC from China as they tour the UK!

London -- 229 The Venue -- 10 Sept.
Manchester -- Ruby Lounge -- 13 Sept.
Newcastle -- The Cluny -- 14 Sept.
Glasgow -- The Soundhaus -- 15 Sept.
Liverpool -- The Zanzibar -- 17 Sept.
Birmingham -- The Adam and Eve -- 18 Sept.





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Free Urban Junk Drumming Workshops
Friday 19th and Sunday 21st August 1.30-3.30pm

Chinatown Arts Space presents, in partnership with London Chinese Community Centre, the Urban Junk Drumming Workshops for East Asian young people of 11-18 years old. No experience required!

Junk Drumming Master Bernie Gardner will show you a new way of drumming - creative, spontaneous and fun - using urban junk such as water bottles, pots and bins, plastic buckets, and even stuff found in London Chinatown, e.g. oil tins, chopsticks, frying woks and pans…anything that can be hit to create a rhyme!

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Please check out my music at: http://listn.to/KevinQuanmusic

Thanks for your support!

Kevin.Q

Chinatown Arts Space Creative Director David Tse discusses the subject of Arts vs the Professions in an article in the May edition of Hong Kong's Baccarat magazine. The article is available to access via a PDF file - click the link below to view/download.

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1) 22/6 to 31/7 Enter Stage Right: Costumes from the Beijing Opera – Admission Free to this exhibition

http://www.amc.org.uk/enter-stage-right

2) 25/6 – 26/6 Kunqu Opera Dan Voice and Movements Course

http://www.amc.org.uk/asian-music-education/kunqu-opera-dan-voice-and-movements-course

3) 29/6 Calligraphy with Ruijun Hu

http://www.amc.org.uk/asian-music-education/chinese-calligraphy-workshop-ruijun-hu

4) Thurs 21/7 – An Evening of Beijing and Kunqu Opera: ‘The 4 Faces of the Dan in Beijing and Kunqu Opera’ – Show start time: 7.45 pm

This is an entirely different programme to what we have presented at SOAS on 7/4 2011. There will be English and Chinese surtitles as usual with our performances. The link to online booking is shown on both websites below.

http://www.amc.org.uk/asian-music-concerts/evening-beijing-and-kunqu-opera

http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/gigs-contemporary/tickets/an-evening-of-beijing-and-kunq-59162

Book and Lyrics by Robert Lee
Music by Leon Ko

Eddie Woo is at a bit of a crossroads to say the least. He has failed his A-Levels (again) while juggling two girlfriends, managing his father's takeaway (badly) and in his spare time fantasises about being the new (Chinese) Tom Jones!

This World Premiere by Robert Lee and Leon Ko is directed by Theatre Royal Stratford East's Artistic Director Kerry Michael whose other credits include the international hit The Harder They Come and the award-winning Come Dancing by Ray Davies.

Takeaway is a new musical about being young, British and hopelessly confused.

Get your tickets today at stratfordeast.com or by contacting us directly at 02085340310.

A 5 day series of workshops and lectures on the quintessential Chinese arts of the qin zither, weiqi (the game of Go), calligraphy and painting.

A concert featuring qin masterpieces, improvisation with live painting, the première of “Jieshi” for qin and string quartet by award winning composer Raymond Yiu; performed by Li Xiangting, Cheng Yu (President of the London Youlan Qin Society) and the English Chamber Orchestra.

Taught by: Li Xiangting, China’s greatest qin master.
Go expert Tony Atkins of the British Go Association,
and Chinese calligrapher and painter Guo Le.

Participants will receive a special booklet on the
Chinese Four Arts, to complement the classes.

COSTS
British Museum:
All events over the 3 days: £80/£65
Lecture: £5/£3
Concert: £5/£3

SOAS:
All events over the 2 days: £55/45 (SOAS students/staff £35)



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