Tales from the Forbidden City at Michael Fowler Centr

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In this groundbreaking project, the most renowned contemporary ensemble in China joins with the acclaimed New Zealand String Quartet to perform works written especially for the two groups by Chinese and New Zealand composers.

The centrepiece is a major new music and film collaboration by Michael Norris and David Downes, paired with a new concerto for piano and traditional instruments by one of China’s best known composers, Gao Ping. Tales from the Forbidden City is the culmination of a year’s work – it will astonish your ears, delight your eyes and stretch your mind.

Supported by the Ministry of Culture of China, The Confucius Institute at Victoria University of Wellington and the China Conservatory of Music, Beijing.