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Gershwin Piano Quartet Dance of Cadenza: Roma About the Classics 2016

Date: July 22 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 80-480 yuan

The Gershwin Piano Quartet sheds new light on the music of George Gershwin. It features four pianists on four grand pianos, playing, arranging and improvising on some of Gershwin's most popular songs and orchestral works, such as Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris and I Got Rhythm. The originals are rescored for the unfamiliar combination of 4 pianos by the members of the quartet themselves and make for a novel and exciting listening and viewing experience. In its new program, the quartet does not limit itself solely to the music of Gershwin but also includes important works by some of Gershwin's contemporaries, namely Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka and Maurice Ravel's La Valse.