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At Celebrate Asia 2019, we unite for the sake of diversity

January 31, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“We don’t have walls. We are anti-wall.” So spoke emcee Aleksa Manila at the kick-off of Seattle Symphony’s eleventh annual Celebrate Asia festival. Manila’s words were greeted with applause from a room full of people that came together to celebrate what sets us apart.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Featured stories Tagged With: 2019, Celebrate Asia!, VOL 38 NO 6 | FEBRUARY 2 - FEBRUARY 8

Celebrate Asia

January 25, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE — The Seattle Symphony presents its eleventh annual Celebrate Asia concert on Jan. 27 at Benaroya Hall — honoring Seattle’s Asian American community by exploring the rich musical traditions of Asian countries. This annual celebration is presented with a myriad of pre- and post-concert performances that reflect various Asian cultures. This year’s festivities focus […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2019, Celebrate Asia!, VOL 38 NO 5 | JANUARY 26 - FEBRUARY 1

Celebrate Asia’s 10th anniversary celebrates culture and community

February 15, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jessica Kai Curry NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Community is a two-way street. This concept, expressed by Jerry Lee of the MG2 Foundation, was a predominant theme of Seattle’s 10th annual Celebrate Asia festival, hosted on Feb. 11 by the Seattle Symphony, and sponsored by Lee’s Foundation and the Northwest Asian Weekly, among others. Sharing culture […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2018, Celebrate Asia!, VOL 37 NO 8 | FEBRUARY 17 - FEBRUARY 23

Celebrate Asia

May 22, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle Symphony’s Celebrate Asia performance on May 12 featured movie music by famous Japanese composers as well as a second half dedicated solely to the music of Grammy® and Academy Award® winner A.R. Rahman. The artist made a special appearance at the program. This is the ninth annual Celebrate Asia concert — which highlights […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, Celebrate Asia!, VOL 36 NO 21 | MAY 20 - MAY 26

Celebrate Asia (Seattle Symphony)

May 12, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra commemorates the Asian cultures with its own event, Celebrate Asia.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Featured stories Tagged With: 2017, Celebrate Asia!, VOL 36 NO 20 | MAY 13 - MAY 19

Differences create great harmony — Celebrate Asia concert combines music of different cultures to bridge worlds together

February 5, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Emiri Aoki Northwest Asian Weekly Often, vastly different types of things cannot unite or be in harmony when combined. Music is no exception. However, when it works, the effect can be awe-inspiring. I got to see some cool combinations of different sounds across the world coming together during Celebrate Asia, an annual Asian concert […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Alireza Motevaseli, Benaroya Hall, Celebrate Asia!, Charlie Albright, China, Composer Xiaogang Ye, Contemporary Chinese, Emiri Aoki, Jindong Cai, Korean, New Arising, Seattle Chinese Chorus, Seattle Symphony, Tan Dun, Vol 35 No 6 | February 6 - February 12, Yayu Khoe, Yujin Kim, technology

Seattle Symphony celebrates Asia

February 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle Symphony’s “Celebrate Asia” Concert, upcoming Sunday, March 1, features guest conductor Carolyn Kuan. Amongst other pieces, the symphony will be performing the U.S. premiere of “Revive,” a concerto for koto and shakuhachi written by Japanese composer Yugo Kanno.  Another prominent piece, “Xizi,” from Chinese composer Ye Yanchen, […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Carolyn Kuan, Celebrate Asia Composition Competition, Celebrate Asia Concert, Celebrate Asia!, Chinese, Japanese Taiko, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Symphony, Taiwnese Aborigine, Vol 34 No 9 | February 21 - February 27, Ye Yanchen, Yoshi Minegishi, Yugo Kanno, attention

BLOG: The good and unexpected of Celebrate Asia

March 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Celebrate Asia, which was designed to highlight the merits of Asian cultures as part of the Seattle Symphony program, got mixed reviews last Friday. Even with much effort and investment in its sixth year at Benaroya Hall, the audience gave a thumbs-down to the first part of the program — especially “Nam […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2014, Celebrate Asia!, China, Chinese, Edvard Grieg, Eric Booker, Erzhan Xu, It Nam Mai, Nguyen Thanh Thuy, Pianist Haochen Zhang, Seattle Symphony, Seattleite Peter Xu, Shuying Li, Snoqualmie Casino, Sponsors Ming Zhang, Stefan Ostersjo, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4

Renowned pianist Zhang makes his Seattle debut

February 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alia Marsha Northwest Asian Weekly Pianist Haochen Zhang was first introduced to classical music when he was still in the womb. His mother, who was learning English at the time, came across an article in Reader’s Digest about the effects of classical music — specifically the piano, which is polyphonic — on the development […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2014, Alia Marsh, Bass Gold Medal, Benaroya Hall, Carnegie Hall, Celebrate Asia!, China, German Giants, Nancy Lee, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pianist Haochen Zhang, Seattle Symphony, Shanghai Concert Hall, Shanghai Conservatory, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Vol 33 No 9 | February 22 - February 28

Blind Japanese Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii to perform in Seattle

January 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By M.  L. Liu Northwest Asian Weekly The 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held in 2009 ended with a common scene, the winner cradling his trophy while simultaneously crying and laughing. However, the winner, then 20-year-old Nobuyuki Tsujii, is unlike any of the other competitors — he is completely blind.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2013, Baby Nobu, Celebrate Asia!, Critics Award, Heroic Polonaise, International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition, Itsuko Tsujii, Jingle Bells, Nobuyuki Tsujii, Piano Concerto Number, Seattle, Stanislav Bunin, Suntory Hall, Tokyo, United States, Val Cilburn, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Vol 32 No 4 | January 19 - January 25, japan

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