<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31799" align="center" style="text-align: left; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31798" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31797"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31796"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31795" style="font-weight: bold;">East Meets West</span>: </span></font></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">A Butterfly Lovers Concert</span><br></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31789" align="center" style="text-align: left; font-size: 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0,
127);"><b id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31793"><font id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31792"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31791" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">《梁祝音乐会》</span></font></b></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left; font-size: 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"><font style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">Elegant Chinese Music with Full Orchestra</font></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_178" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic;"> featuring the Cleveland premiere of the "Butterfly Lovers" Violin
Concerto</span></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31803" align="center" style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31802" style="background-color: transparent;">8 p.m., Saturday, March 23, 2013</span></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31812" align="center" style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_185" style="background-color: transparent;">The Hermit Club</span></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31806" align="center" style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;
font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31805" style="background-color: transparent;">1620 Dodge Court (behind Playhouse Square, near the corner of Chester Ave. and E. 17th St.)</span></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31783" align="center" style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31782" style="background-color: transparent;">Cleveland, Ohio</span></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31809" align="center" style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; color:
rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_31808" style="background-color: transparent;">$35 (only 90 tickets will be sold so reserve your tickets early via website or phone)</span></div><div id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_54" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_150"><br id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_152"></span></div><div id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_54" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_445" style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: transparent;">Cleveland’s prestigious Hermit Club presents a concert of stunning beauty featuring the Cleveland, Ohio premiere of the most beloved work in the
Chinese classical repertoire: the famous “Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto” (LiangZhu, 小提琴协奏曲《梁山伯与祝英台》), featuring violin soloist Steven Greenman and the 40-piece Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra led by conductor Stephen A. Eva. This work, which was </span><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_452" style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: transparent;">composed in 1959 by the Chinese composers Chen Gang and He Zhanhao,</span><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_99" style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: transparent;"> tells the timeless story from Chinese folklore of the tragic romance between two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and is regarded as the Chinese equivalent of "Romeo and Juliet."</span><br></div><div id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_54" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(0, 0, 127);"><font id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_482" style="background-color: transparent;"><br id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_488"></font></div><div id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_54" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"><font id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_506" style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_542">This special "East Meets West" concert will feature the music of China -- both traditional and symphonic -- played by Chinese and non-Chinese musicians from Cleveland, Ohio.</span> </font><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32017" style="background-color: transparent;"><font id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32016">Held in the elegant setting of the 109-year-old Hermit Club (the nation's oldest continuously operating private
club devoted to the performing arts), the concert will showcase both serious classical music and traditional music of China, marking an important cultural and historic first for Cleveland.</font><font id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_437"> </font><font id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32022">Other orchestral highlights--both also Cleveland premieres--will include the festive overture "The Flowers are Beautiful, the Moon is Full" (<span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32166">Hua Hao Yue Yuan</span>, </font></span><span style="background-color: transparent;">花好月圆)</span><font id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_340" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 64, 127);"> </font><span lang="EN" style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_336">and the tone poem "Dance of the Yao People" (Yaozu Wuqu</span>, </span><span style="background-color:
transparent;">瑶族舞曲</span><font style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 64, 127);"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_500" lang="EN">)</span></font><font id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_549" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 64, 127);">.</font></div><div id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_54" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_212"><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32024" style="background-color: transparent; padding: 0in; border: none;"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_277"><br></span></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32028" style="background-color: transparent; padding: 0in; border: none;"><span
id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32027"><font id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32181">This enchanting evening will be splendidly complemented by a selection of beautiful melodies played on traditional instruments by the 7-member Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble (</font><font id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_396">克里夫兰民族乐团)</font><font id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32026">, led by ethnomusicologist David Badagnani, featuring vocal soloist Xue "Snow" Yu (于雪) of Qingdao, Shandong, China. The ensemble's instruments </font></span><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_434" style="background-color: transparent;">include </span><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_431" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic;">dizi</span><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_566" style="background-color: transparent;"> and </span><span
style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic;">xiao</span><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_563" style="background-color: transparent;"> (bamboo flutes), </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic;">sheng</span><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_477" style="background-color: transparent;"> (mouth organ), <span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_480" style="font-style: italic;">erhu</span> (fiddle), </span><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_474" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic;">pipa </span><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_504" style="background-color: transparent;">(pear-shaped lute), </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic;">guzheng</span><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_440" style="background-color: transparent;"> (zither), and
percussion.</span></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32030" style="background-color: transparent; padding: 0in; border: none;"><br></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32210" style="background-color: transparent; padding: 0in; border: none;"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32209">The concert will be followed by an after-concert reception.</span></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32205" style="font-style: italic; background-color: transparent; padding: 0in; border: none;"><br></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32033" style="font-style: italic; background-color: transparent; padding: 0in; border: none;"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_346"><div id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_29543" style="font-style: normal;"><span
id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_136">The organizers gratefully acknowledge the support of Margaret Wong, Alex Machaskee, Anthony Yen, the Cleveland State University Confucius Institute, the Cleveland Contemporary Chinese Culture Association (CCCCA) of Solon, Ohio, and Anne Y. Pu of the "Erie Chinese Journal" for their assistance in making this concert a success.</span></div><div><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_351"><br></span></div></span></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32033" style="background-color: transparent; padding: 0in; border: none;"><span id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_22_1361999414766_364" style="background-color: transparent;">Tickets are now on sale to the public and may be reserved via the Internet at the following website:</span><br></div><div class="yiv518205063MsoNormal" id="yiv518205063yui_3_7_2_1_1361999414766_32149" style="background-color: transparent;
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