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  • Best Documentary Winner Lost Years Takes on Diplomatic Mission

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Feb. 20, 2013, — I received the DVD of Lost Years on Feb. 16, the same day when Lost Years won the Best Feature Documentary Award at Asians on Film Festival Premiere in Los Angeles (North Hollywood). It was a wonderful Chinese New Year gift from my friend Canadian director Kenda Gee. The film was also recently nominated for Best Original Music, Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto on Feb. 27.
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    Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel presents a copy of Lost Years to Mr. Jiang Kun, Secretary General of the China Literature and Art Foundation in Beijing, January 7, 2013 (Photo: City of Edmonton)
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  • Song Zuying’s Radio City Music Hall Concert — Picture Perfect

    New York City, Feb. 17, 2013 –In the evening of Feb. 16, 2013, “Cultures of China, Festival of Spring” Song Zuying USA Spectacular was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Despite of a cold windy night, over 6000 fans attended the concert. Together with American Symphony Orchestra and Collegiate Chorale Singers Chorus and two guest performers Tsewang Dorjei and Sha Baoliang, Song Zuying wowed her fans with her beautiful voice and four splendid costumes. One of the costumes was the traditional dress from the Miao ethnicity which Song Zuying is a member of.

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    Song Zuying passes flowers to conductor Xia Xiaotang at end of the concert. (photo provided by Metro Images)
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  • Zigen Fund’s Harvard Charity Concert Features World-Class Opera Singers and Chorus

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    In the afternoon of March 3, 2013, Zigen Fund will present a Charity Concert at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. This concert features award-winning opera singers Guang Yang and Jing Wei. Boston Eastern Heritage Chorus(BEHC) and its conductor Wanjun Qiao, the recent winners of 2012 World Choral Festival at Vienna’s Golden Hall of the Musikverein Concert, will also join this charity concert. Tickets for the concert can be ordered at: zigen2013.eventbrite.com.
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  • American Comedian Curt Mabry Realizes His Dream in Shanghai

    (from www.icshanghai.com)

    This is what Curt Mabry has always loved to do. Before moving to Shanghai from the United States four years ago, he spent years hosting radio shows and singing at weddings. However, his life took a sudden turn.
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  • Queen of Chinese Folk Music Song Zuying Comes To Radio City Music Hall

    Song Zuying, the acclaimed Chinese soprano widely considered the “Reigning Queen” of Chinese folk songs, is embarking on a concert tour of the United States this coming February. Her New York concert, together with the American Symphony Orchestra and its Chorus, will be held at the Radio City Music Hall at 7 PM on February 16, 2013.
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  • West Meets East Concert To Be Held on Feb. 16 as Boston Celebrates Chinese New Year

    By Yan-Huang Performing Arts

    Yan-Huang Performing Arts Corporation was established by Hong Jiang in 1999 and is a tax-exempt, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

    In order to fulfill our mission, we have annual concert series “West Meets East”. The series are comprised of concerts where Eastern and Western music and artists are brought together to offer people an opportunity to discover and appreciate the difference, commonality, and mutual influence of the two musical worlds.

    Since 1999 we have held sold-out concerts at Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall and Sanders Theater in Boston and at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York. We are proud to present the 2013 West Meets East Concert at Jordan Hall featuring some of the well-respected musicians in Boston area. It will be a great night of Chinese and Western music as we celebrate the beginning of Year of Snake, which starts on Feb. 10.
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  • “Cultures of China, Festival of Spring” Comes to Salt Lake City on February 21, 2013

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    The Chinese New Year is by far the most ceremonious, celebrated and traditional festival in China. Sponsored by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of China’s State Council and the Overseas Exchanges Association of China, “Cultures of China, Festival of Spring” presents top-level art performances overseas during the Chinese New Year season, connecting people from all around the world with art and culture and bringing the spirit of unity, harmony, and peace wherever it goes.
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  • China’s Top Musicians to be Featured in the Empty Choreography Concert at Jordan Hall

    中華表演藝術基金會

    Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts

    Presents

    Empty Choreography*玄門步虛

    Buddhism and Taoism Temple Music

    Featuring the Four-virtuosos of Chinese Wind Instruments

    中國管樂四大金剛

    Bao Jian包鍵, guanzi pipe

    Hu Jianbing胡建兵, sheng mouth organ

    Chen Tao陳濤, dizhu flute

    Guo Yazhi郭雅志, suona

    And

    Chinese Performing Arts of North America北美中樂團

    Saturday, February 2, 2013, 8 PM Concert

    6:30 -7:30 PM Pre-Concert Lecture

    (Prof. Waifong Loh English translation)

     

    New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall

    Tickets: $15-$50, Order online: www.ChinesePerformingArts.net

     

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  • bostonese.com’s Film Review Made to the Back Cover of Lost Years DVD

    Boston, Jan. 10, 2013, — On Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, our senior reporter Mr. David Li received an email from Kenda Gee, a well-respected Canadian director and filmmaker. In that email, Mr. Gee mentioned that David Li’s review article Never to Be Forgotten – Lost Years Documents Struggles of Early Chinese Immigrants has been quoted on the back cover of DVD of the documentary film Lost Years. Director Gee also sent a picture of the DVD cover below.
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  • Wu Ying Vocal Studio 2013 Concert To Be Held on Jan. 12 in Lexington

    Ying Wu, a mezzo-soprano, B.A. in Vocal Performance from Hangzhou Normal University, China. After her graduation, she performed as a soloist with the Performing Arts of Beijing Postal. In 2007, Ms. Wu played the title role in opera “Carmen” with Zhejiang Opera and Dance Drama Theatre. She also taught vocal performances in Beijing Zhongyin Arts School and Hangzhou Municipal Art Center for Youth.
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