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| Silk String Quartet at The Clore Ballroom Silk String Quartet will perform on Friday 8 February 2008 at The Clore Ballroom of Southbank Centre, London. As part of an evening of celebrations at Southbank Centre for Chinese New Year, this unique and beautiful Quartet combine traditional and modern, Chinese and Western music in a fresh and creative way. New in its form and style, and unique in its instrumentation and presentation, the Silk String Quartet is a UK-based group of talented female musicians who have been performing across Europe, including at Womad in July 2007. They were the winners of PRS Foundation (for New Music) Awards for Performance Groups 2007. The Quartet features Cheng Yu (pipa and guqin), Qiu Zenghui (erhu), Han Ying (yangqin) and Xiao Ran (guzheng). write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Jazz News :: home page |