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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/liverpool-2018-china-dream-seaso
 n-february-october/
SUMMARY:Liverpool: Liverpool 2018: China Dream Season (February to October)
DESCRIPTION:China Dream Season (February to October)\n\nPart of Liverpool 2
 018\, 10th anniversary of the European Capital of Culture\n\nAgainst the b
 ackdrop of the breath-taking China’s First Emperor and the Terracotta Wa
 rriors exhibition at World Museum\, Liverpool will be embracing its Far Ea
 st links with a special China season. Throughout this time some of the bes
 t artists\, musicians and performers from China and the UK will present wo
 rk in the city. The season is in three chapters themed around Chinese New 
 Year\, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Moon Festival.\n\nSome events whic
 h are part of these chapters are:\n\nPresence: A Window into Contemporary 
 Chinese Art – 9 February to 3 June\nThis brand new contemporary arts ex
 hibition located in St George’s Hall will showcase some of the best Chin
 ese artists working today including Yan Zing\, Cao Fei\, Sun Xun and Luke 
 Ching. The artworks belong to the New Collection of Chinese Contemporary A
 rt\, part of the University of Salford Art Collection\, and is the first t
 ime this work has been displayed together.\n\nJian Wang cello with the Roy
 al Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – 8 February and 9 February\n\nFame
 d Chinese-born cellist Jian Wang (born in Xi’an where the Terracotta War
 riors were discovered) performs with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orch
 estra\, conducted by Julian Rachlin. He will bring his special brand of po
 etry to two of Tchaikovsky’s mini-masterpieces\, Variations on a Rococco
  Theme and Andante cantabile\, in a concert which includes Beethoven’s r
 evolutionary Eroica symphony. The Orchestra welcomes back Chinese virtuoso
  pianist Zhang Zuo\, and there’s a Liverpool debut for China’s leading
  conductor Long Yu later in the China Dream season.\n\n\n\nChinese New Yea
 r 2018 – 16 to 18 February\n\nLight\, projections\, firecrackers and so
 und will take over Chinatown\, Berry Street\, William Brown Street and Bol
 d Street in a celebration of the relationship between Liverpool and China\
 , using the voices and stories of young Chinese people living in the city.
 \n\nArtists and organisations including Illuminos\, Pagoda Arts\, First Ta
 ke\, CooL and Kazimier Productions will use the city scape as their canvas
  to present a story of modern China in the UK. The city will be dressed fo
 r the festival from the 8 – 28 February with traditional Chinese Lantern
 s\, lighting and digital projections with activity taking place across thi
 s period with traditional performers from Hung Gar Kung Fu.\n\nThe festiva
 l will end on Sunday evening with a lumiere showcase followed by a pyrotec
 hnic finale.
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