Sam Wu's 'dolphin songs' Onstage at Asia Society

1,086 views · Published 15 January 2015 · 30:44 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Asia Society · 2015 · Music

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NEW YORK, January 13, 2015 — Musicians Audrey Chen (cello); Andrew Funcheon (percussion); Jocelin Pan (viola); Emma Powell (violin); Thomas Reeves (piano); and Annie Wu (bamboo flute) perform Sam Wu's four-movement work dolphin songs, which the composer describes as a lament for the Yangtze River's recently extinct white dolphins. Part of Shanghai/New York: Future Histories, a co-presentation between Asia Society and Performance Space 122 in collaboration with the China Shanghai International Arts Festival (CSIAF).
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