CCM Celebrates Music From the Great Wall on October 27

The Great Wall International Music Academy celebrates its fifth anniversary with a special multimedia performance featuring faculty members and young artists from the academy.

Date: 10/20/2009 12:00:00 AM
By: Curt Whitacre and FangFang Li

The Great Wall International Music Academy (GWIMA) successfully completed its fifth season this summer in Beijing and academy founder and president, Kurt Sassmannshaus, is bringing a taste of the enthusiasm and talents from the Far East to the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) on Tuesday, October 27. “Music from the Great Wall” features performances by young artists and faculty members who have taken part in the academy over the last five years. A multimedia presentation of photos and videos from the Great Wall Academy will accompany the concert. This very special event takes place in CCM’s Robert J. Werner Recital Hall at 8:00pm on Oct. 27. Admission to this event is free.

“Music from the Great Wall” will showcase some of the best performances from the Great Wall. GWIMA alumni and current CCM students Yabing Tan, Ying Zhang, Yang Liu, Haoli Lin and Christoph Sassmannshaus will be joined by GWIMA faculty artist Haeri Suh in thrilling performances. The evening will also feature performances by CCM faculty members Kurt Sassmannshaus, violin; Piotr Milewski, violin; William Grubb, cello; Yehuda Hanani, cello; and Frank Weinstock, piano. German viola virtuoso and CCM alumnus Matthias Buchholz, a faculty member at the Cologne University of Music who has taught at GWIMA for many summers, will also perform.

The first half of the program will include movements from the Mozart Duo for Violin and Viola in G Major, Bach Cello Suites, Brahms Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Beethoven String Quartet in F minor “Serioso,” Ysaye’s Ballade, Wieniawski Polonaise Brilliante in A major, Sarasate Navarra and Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Major. The entire Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor will be performed in the second half of the concert.

Tickets & Information

Admission to "Music from the Great Wall" is free. Parking is available in the CCM Garage (at the base of Corry Boulevard off of Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. For complete event and parking information, visit www.ccm.uc.edu or call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183.

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ABOUT THE GREAT WALL INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ACADEMY

The Great Wall International Music Academy brings together the current and future generation of outstanding string soloists and teachers for one month of musical training, performance and cultural exchange in Beijing. Acclaimed by the Cincinnati Enquirer as “the first festival of its kind to bring together the best of Western and Chinese musicians,” these world renowned string masters and young gifted string players converge on the main academy site, Grand Epoch City, for private lessons, master classes, chamber music coaching, faculty and student concerts and solo opportunities with a professional orchestra. The faculty of the Great Wall Academy includes the most important Chinese pedagogues from the best Chinese Conservatories, such as the Beijing Central Conservatory and the Shanghai Conservatory, as well as from major European and American schools. Inspired by the work at the Great Wall Academy, many of China’s most prodigious young artists have come to enroll at CCM.

	CCM Celebrates Music From the Great Wall on October 27 The Great Wall International Music Academy celebrates its fifth anniversary with a special multimedia performance featuring faculty members and young artists from the academy. Date: 10/20/2009 12:00:00 AM By: Curt Whitacre and FangFang Li The Great Wall International Music Academy (GWIMA) successfully completed its fifth season this summer in Beijing and academy founder and president, Kurt Sassmannshaus, is bringing a taste of the enthusiasm and talents from the Far East to the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) on Tuesday, October 27. “Music from the Great Wall” features performances by young artists and faculty members who have taken part in the academy over the last five years. A multimedia presentation of photos and videos from the Great Wall Academy will accompany the concert. This very special event takes place in CCM’s Robert J. Werner Recital Hall at 8:00pm on Oct. 27. Admission to this event is free. “Music from the Great Wall” will showcase some of the best performances from the Great Wall. GWIMA alumni and current CCM students Yabing Tan, Ying Zhang, Yang Liu, Haoli Lin and Christoph Sassmannshaus will be joined by GWIMA faculty artist Haeri Suh in thrilling performances. The evening will also feature performances by CCM faculty members Kurt Sassmannshaus, violin; Piotr Milewski, violin; William Grubb, cello; Yehuda Hanani, cello; and Frank Weinstock, piano. German viola virtuoso and CCM alumnus Matthias Buchholz, a faculty member at the Cologne University of Music who has taught at GWIMA for many summers, will also perform. The first half of the program will include movements from the Mozart Duo for Violin and Viola in G Major, Bach Cello Suites, Brahms Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Beethoven String Quartet in F minor “Serioso,” Ysaye’s Ballade, Wieniawski Polonaise Brilliante in A major, Sarasate Navarra and Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Major. The entire Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor will be performed in the second half of the concert. Tickets & Information Admission to "Music from the Great Wall" is free. Parking is available in the CCM Garage (at the base of Corry Boulevard off of Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. For complete event and parking information, visit www.ccm.uc.edu or call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183. __________ ABOUT THE GREAT WALL INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ACADEMY The Great Wall International Music Academy brings together the current and future generation of outstanding string soloists and teachers for one month of musical training, performance and cultural exchange in Beijing. Acclaimed by the Cincinnati Enquirer as “the first festival of its kind to bring together the best of Western and Chinese musicians,” these world renowned string masters and young gifted string players converge on the main academy site, Grand Epoch City, for private lessons, master classes, chamber music coaching, faculty and student concerts and solo opportunities with a professional orchestra. The faculty of the Great Wall Academy includes the most important Chinese pedagogues from the best Chinese Conservatories, such as the Beijing Central Conservatory and the Shanghai Conservatory, as well as from major European and American schools. Inspired by the work at the Great Wall Academy, many of China’s most prodigious young artists have come to enroll at CCM.
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