Daniel Hsu, Piano Changsha Music Hall 9 June 2018, 8:00 CONCERT REVIEW: On a recent pleasure, business, and culinary tour of China, I had a lovely week in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. As in many large Chinese cities, Changsha has a striking, new, architecturally grand and modern Music Hall. And while fine performances by touring virtuosi playing traditional Chinese instruments are now regular in the U.S., and as well, music conservatories worldwide are flush with talented Chinese classical musicians, no Chinese music or performers were on the docket during my visit. In fact, and not unexpected, it is Western classical music soloists and ensembles who dominate the event calendars of the great Chinese performance venues. And so, on a Saturday night, here on the Far Side of the Northern Hemisphere from home, I headed for the Changsha Music Hall, to hear the Chinese debut of 2017 Cliburn Bronze Medalist and California native, Daniel Hsu, performing music that I know
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