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Recap: Pieces of China (S2, E2), Jindong Cai on the Concert that Promoted Dialogue, 9.24.20

Sep 25, 2020

Pieces of China is an online series using objects to tell the story of China. In season 2, episode 2, we explored the 1997 concert that promoted dialogue in China, with conductor Jindong Cai of the US-China Music Institute at Bard Conservatory. It was 1997, and Chinese conductor Jindong Cai wanted to add something challenging […]

Pieces of China: Jindong CAI on the Concert That Promoted Dialogue

Sep 24, 2020

Pieces of China is an online series that tells the story of China, one object at a time. It was 1997, and Chinese conductor Jindong Cai wanted to add something challenging to a series of American music concerts he was performing in Shanghai. He first served up some crowd-pleasing Gershwin and Copeland. Then came Corigliano’s Symphony […]