Tan Dun's The Map

The NYU Symphony Orchestra will perform Tan Dun’s masterpiece, The Map in a one-night only concert performance with special guests - Grammy-nominated conductor Andrew Cyr and leading classical cellist Wendy Sutter. The field video recordings used inThe Map capture passionate antiphonal singing, intriguing tongue singing, emphatic percussive dance and other images of ethnic musical life. The interaction of audio-video and live music connected generations and cultures across years and over continents. The evening will also feature Tan Dun’s Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa featuring pipa virtuoso Zhou Yi.

Chinese music, chilling compositions for a Western orchestra, and stunning visual footage of rural China, giving American audiences a window into a world oceans away.