Sunday, May 11, 2014
3:00 pm

Wentz Concert Hall
171 E. Chicago Ave
Naperville, IL 60540

Monday, May 12, 2014
7:30 pm

Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60604

Experience a mood-setting juxtaposition between the ethnic identities of the Eastern European Jews and the Chinese, which are connected by the Silk Road. We move from Jewish culture with gypsy-jazz tinged Klezmer music, to being entranced by the lush, lyrical sounds of the guzheng, a Chinese folk instrument.

LEVINSON: Selections from Shtetl Scenes
LEVINSON: Klezmer Rhapsody
SHAPIRO, M / CHENG, V: Identity: Zhongshang Zhuang
ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

Mei‐Ann Chen, conductor
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Alex Koffman, Violin
Su Chang  蘇 暢, guzheng