Performance of China Philharmonic Orchestra and Pianist Sa Chen

Pasadena Civic Auditorium

7:30pm, Sunday, June 16

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Dear alumni,

The China Philharmonic Orchestra, the most exemplary classical music figure

from China, and the famous Pianist, Sa Chen, will join together for a

performance at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Sunday, June 16.

PUAASC members can get tickets at the following special prices:

$15(regular:$25); $25(regular:$35); $38(regular: $45);

$47(regular:$55); $55(regular:$65)

These special tickets are limited. If you're interested, please make your

reservation by emailing Yu Yuan at yuyuan@usc.edu, indicating the

number of tickets and their prices, by Wednesday noon, June 12.

The tickets will be distributed on site or at Yu Yuan's home.

Please find more information about the concert at the end of this message.

Best regards,

PUAASC

6/5/2002

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Performers:

Pianist Sa Chen

Prize winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition and the Leeds

Piano Competition. The most musically sensuous pianist to emerge from China

Beijing China Philharmonic Orchestra

Widely known as the best orchestra from China and the largest orchestral

body in Asia

Time:

June 16, 2002 7:30pm

Place:

Pasadena Civic Auditorium Pasadena, CA 91101

Sa Chen is hitherto the only Chinese pianist winning prizes in both the Leeds

Piano Competition in the U.K. and the Chopin International Piano Competition in

Poland - two most important competitions of the kind, who also shared with

compatriot Yundi Li the prize for the Best Polonaise Performance in the latter.

Based in Beijing, China Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) is among the finest

ensembles in Asia. The orchestra consists of the best musicians one can find

in China as well as a number of superb players recruited overseas. Through

stringent and professional management, CPO has firmly established itself as an

organisation to set new standards of excellence in orchestral music in China.

CPO came to its existence by restructuring of the former Chinese Broadcasting

Symphony Orchestra which was one of the earliest orchestra in China and had

contributed significantly in the Chinese musical scene through collaborations

with many renownd musicians like Mikhail Pletnev, Klaus Weise, Gehard Poulet,

En Shao, Placido Domingo, Kallen Esperian and etc. The orchestra had made

highly successful tours to Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Austria, Hong

Kong and Taiwan, receiving critical acclaims from the media and audience there.

In November 2001, CPO recorded two albums for the famous record company

Deutsche Grammophon. The first disc features Wagner's Overture to Tannhäuser

and Schoenburg's orchestral arrangement of Brahms' Piano Quartet in G minor,

the second disc is a collection of Chinese orchestral music. This is the first

time in the one-hundred-year history of Deutsche Grammophon to record a Chinese

orchestra and release their discs world-wide.

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562-404-2867.