Celebrating the first ever Guqin Day, NAGA upcoming events

 

Dear Qin Friends,

 

On June 19^th, 2007, Mayor Jose Esteves of Milpitas CA announced the following:

“I, Jose Esteves, Mayor of Milpitas, recognize and commend Wang Fei and her North American Guqin Association for their achievements in using the guqin as a bridge between American culture and Chinese culture in the United States, for their efforts to restore and promote the significance of this world heritage art form, and proclaim November 7 in Milpitas as GUQIN DAY”. For more detailed coverage please see http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/newsletters/07nagaevents/nagaguqinday0619.htm.

This is the world's first festival to date to be established for China's oldest plucked-string instrument, the guqin. A series of guqin events will be held to celebrate the day.

1. NAGA director Wang Fei has been invited by people.com.cn, the largest news media organization in China, to give a live video interview on November 7^th, Beijing time. Besides performance by using a 1200-year-old guqin, she will discuss guqin culture and guqin diplomacy and will also chat with guqin friends online.

 

Time:

Beijing time: November 7^th 2:00 p.m.

PST, US: Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 10:00:00 p.m.

UK time: Tuesday, 6 November 2007 at 6:00 a.m.

 

You can log in at URL http://culture.people.com.cn/GB/22219/6475457.html

2. “Music from the Middle Kingdom: The Guqin in Chinese Culture”, a presentation in Milpitas library

Time:

November 17^th, 3:00 p.m.

Address: Milpitas Community Library,

40, N. Milpitas Blvd,

Milpitas, CA

(408) 262-1171

Please see event flyer at http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/newsletters/07nagaevents/1107flyer.pdf

 

3. “Scholarly Arts of China: The Guqin in Chinese Culture”, a presentation in Union City library

Time:

December 1^st, 3:00 p.m.

Address:

34007 Alvarado-Niles Rd.

Union City, CA 94587

Tel: 510-745-1464

(866) 841-9139 ext.1555

Please see event flyer at http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/newsletters/07nagaevents/1201flyer.pdf