Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
3pm

The fourth annual China Now Music Festival concludes online with a selection of pieces from the Festival’s live concerts, presented to the worldwide public for free, featuring two major works by the festival’s composer-in-residence, Huang Ruo: a preview of excerpts from his latest work, Angel Island Oratorio, and selected episodes from his 2014 opera An American Soldier. With performances by the Del Sol Quartet, The Orchestra Now, the China Now Festival Chorus, and guest artists including Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang. Conducted by Jindong Cai.

Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College
3pm

Jindong Cai conducts The Orchestra Now in a symphonic concert featuring works by Tan Dun, Peng-Peng Gong, and Xinyan Li, plus episodes from Huang Ruo’s powerful 2014 opera about the tragic death of US Army solder Danny Chen, An American Soldier. With guest artists Nina Yoshida Nelsen, Li Yi, Helen Zhibing Huang, and Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang.

Online (Zoom Webinar followed by YouTube livestream)
8pm

Musicians and composers featured in the 2021 China Now Music Festival will discuss how Asian American artists are responding to this moment in history. The webinar will be followed by Del Sol Quartet’s new recording of Huang Ruo’s A Dust in Time, a meditation on the pandemic.

Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College
8pm

The second night of China Now features the festival’s ensemble in residence, the Del Sol String Quartet, and Guggenheim Composer Fellow Jin Hi Kim, in a showcase of Asian American composers of contemporary American music.

Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College
8pm

The opening event of the fourth annual China Now Music Festival, Asian American Voices, presents two major works by New York-based composer Huang Ruo: A Dust in Time, composed in 2020 in response to the pandemic; and a preview of excerpts from the oratorio Angel Island, composed in 2021 to honor the stories of immigrants from China. With performances by the Del Sol Quartet, from San Francisco; Bard’s own The Orchestra Now; and the China Now Festival Chorus. The festival’s artistic director, Jindong Cai, will conduct.