Schedule of Events

Wednesday, April 21

East Meets West: Mimi Hay, Opening Reception and Slide/Artist Talk for the Festival Exhibit

6:00 p.m., Elmes Gallery, SWCC King Community Center

Ms. Hay’s exhibit will include texture and color-rich Japanese Kimono creations prepared in the traditional Japanese tie-dye method known as Arashi Shibori.

Workshop, April 22-24, Limit of 12 people, registration required, 276.964.7348 or 276.971.4367

Artist Mimi Hay was born in Okinawa where she was influenced by the Japanese design found in furniture, pottery, textiles, artwork and flower arrangements. A lover of textile scraps, patterns and texture, she enjoys collaging a rich array of fabrics to create beautiful and colorful wall hangings, wearable art, etc. The workshop will include the technique of the art of Japanese tie-dying process, Arashi Shibori.

Thursday, April 22

Kuniuko Yamamoto: Magical Mask, Mime and Music of Japan, 7:30 p.m., Grundy Community Center, Grundy VA
Presents dramatic storytelling using myths and fables from ancient and modern Japan, using traditional Japanese music, handcrafted masks, stylized movement and a touch of magic to create an artistic balance of illusion and reality.

 

Friday, April 23

Chinese Music Ensemble of New York, 7:30 p.m., Lebanon High, Reception hosted by Lebanon Rotary Club

This professional ensemble uses a wide range of Chinese bowed and plucked strings, wind and percussion instruments performing repertory that ranges from ancient classical to modern compositions spanning some 1500 years of history, as well as folk music of various regions or ethnic groups in China.

Sunday, April 25

Festival Fanfare! Piano Times Three: Pavlina Dokovska, Vladimir Valjarevic and Joseph Trivette, 3:00 p.m., SWCC King Community Center
Sponsors Reception to follow performance

This popular musical extravaganza features three extraordinary pianists, Pavlina Dokovska, Vladimir Valjarevic and Joseph Trivette. In a variety of styles, they will perform selections for four hands, two pianos, four hands and three pianos, six hands!

 

Monday, April 26

Cultural Walk On the Silk Road,

6:30 p.m.: Dinner with reservations required in advance ($20 per person/sponsors complimentary, buffet, catered by Your Grate Escape);

7:30 p.m. Performance, (voluntary donation),  SWCC King Community Center

Dr. J. Randolph Forehand will enlighten us with his informative and creative Cultural Walk, using a multi-media presentation of exquisite visual images and exotic music to accompany individual vignettes of costumed personages important to the travels and development Along the Silk Road.

Tuesday, April 27

Silk Road Café, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
SWCC King Community Center

Camerata Virtuosi New York,

This ensemble of internationally acclaimed musicians will perform in three concerts, Caravan from the East, Marco Polo's Path and Oriental Enchantment, to demonstrate the diversity of music Along the Silk Road. The ensemble includes: Stefka Evstatieva, soprano, Diliana Momtchilova, cello, Kim Foster Wallace, viola

Caravan from the East, 7:30 p.m., Main Street United Methodist Church, Tazewell, VA

Presents Musical Treasures from the Lands of the Rising Sun to Italy’s Shores including composers Bright Sheng, Zhou Long, Ma Si Cong, Heifetz/Khachaturian, Respighi, Puccini and others.

Wednesday, April 28

China Today, Dr. Zhou Peguin and Dr. John Brenner, 11:00 a.m., Buchanan Hall B1310

Indian Classical Dance
Performed in the Bharatha Natyam  and Kuchipudi style of dance by Mrs. Bhavani Murthy and her daughter Ranjani Murthy. Professionally trained dancers, they choreograph Indian classical as well as folk dances. 

workshop (2 pm) and performance 7:30 pm.
SWCC King Community Center

 

Thursday, April 29

 

Along the Silk Road Jeopardy, 12:10 p.m., SWCC Dellinger Hall

Camerata Virtuosi New York; Marco Polo's Path, 7:30 p.m., Honaker Baptist Church

A Musical Journey from Italy to the Orient and Back Again including composers Rota, Paganini, Ganachian, Zinzadse, Cowell, Kosaku, Enescu and others.
The Gaynelle Lockhart Albert Memorial Concert

Friday, April 30

Yu Wei Chinese Dance Collection,

Honored as a Daughter of China, Yu Wei performs dances such as Lotus, Mountain, Water, Bird, Smoke, Tears, all inspired by nature and full of the imagery of life. Her dance is influenced by the synergy between dance, poetry and music that flourished during the Tang Dynasty. Insightful film work and exquisite costumes will accompany her indescribable dance.

7:30 p.m.
SWCC King Community Center

 

Saturday, May 1

Spotlight on Talent, 11:00 a.m., SWCC King Community Center

Area piano students who have studied with Pavlina Dokovska and Vladimir Valjarevic during the festival will perform. A reception, hosted by Trish and Mark Estepp, will follow the Spotlight

Camerata Virtuosi New York, Oriental Enchantment, 7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, College Avenue, Bluefield VA

Presents Sounds and Stories of the East in Western Music featuring composers Handel, Kreisler/Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Oberacker, Mozart, Lehmann, Puccini and others.

 

Sunday, May 2

Festival Fanfare! Knoxville Symphony,

Always a highlight of the festival, the Knoxville Symphony, conducted by James Fellenbaum, will include the performance of Yellow River Concerto performed by acclaimed pianist and winner of many piano competitions in her native China, Ying Feng. This will be the first performance of this piece in the United States performed by a Chinese pianist. The orchestra will also accompany soprano Stefka Evstatieva and the SWCC Community Chorus,

4:00 p.m.
SWCC King Community Center