Join virtuoso Professor Chi Li for a sumptuous tour of Chinese music. Sample musical styles from ancient and modern China. With performance and demonstration, Professor Li will introduce the repertoire of the bowed fiddle (erhu) and other Chinese musical instruments.
Center for World Music presents Supeena Insee Adler, Christopher Adler, and Batya MacAdam-Somer performing the diverse music of Thailand.
Center for World Music is pleased to present Amadou Fall on the kora, a stringed instrument build from a calabash & covered with cow skin.
The Center for World Music proudly announces its 2023 Winter/Spring concert season of World Music at Mingei presenting three performances at Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park. The series includes music traditions, both classical and folk, that will introduce the audience to the sounds, aesthetics, and cultural significance of the music from select regions from around […]
Join us for an exciting evening of dance and music inspired by the percussion-centered pungmul traditions of the Korean peninsula. Pungmul is a colorful and dynamic Korean tradition of folk performance that features drumming but also includes lively dancing and singing.
Be transported to the heart of Spain and explore Flamenco's diverse roots through an evening of music and dance with internationally acclaimed dancer La Chimi. This is guaranteed to be a moving and joyous evening you do not want to miss!
With a career spanning five decades, I Nyoman Wenten is one of Bali's most versatile master musicians and dancers. Along with his wife, choreographer, and dancer Nanik Wenten, he will lead his group Gamelan Burat Wangi for a majestic evening of gong orchestra and dance drama.
Lose yourself in the classical and folk songs from the Arab world with Al-Salam Ensemble. The sounds of the oud (fretless lute), ney (flute), kaman (violin), riq/daf (tambourine), and tablah (goblet drum) will transport you to another place and time.
