As the curtain rises in Memorial Hall, the spotlight will shine on both new, innovative artists and classic, loved performers for Carolina Performing Arts’ sixth season.
“It is important to establish long-term relationships, and when people ask us why we bring the same artists back sometimes, it is because we are actually interested in having the audience see the artists grow and develop over time,” said Emil Kang, executive director for the arts. “I think it is much more compelling experience than just seeing a single snapshot that you never experience again.”
Carolina Performing Arts introduces the new International Theater Festival, which is made up of three performances celebrating international theater.
The groups program also aligns with the 2010-11 Creative Campus Initiative, which explores the theme of “Voices of Dissent.” This project is meant to instigate discussion of the different forms of expression used speaking up and acting out against the status quo.
The season, which begins August 17, also features global and local talents. Some performances will allow local community members chances to perform with famous artists.
“This coming year we will be presenting a very diverse group of artists and not just in terms of their styles but in the works they are presenting,” said Harry Kaplowitz, the marketing manager for Carolina Performing Arts.
Yo-Yo Ma
Aug. 17 - Multiple Grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma will return to Memorial Hall with The Silk Road Ensemble, composed of internationally renowned musicians, composers, arrangers, visual artists and storytellers from more than 20 countries. Their tour explores the exchanges that happened along the Silk Road trading route that extended from Japan to the Mediterranean Sea.
Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev
Oct.13 - Russia’s Mariinsky Orchestra, known for decades as the Kirov Orchestra, plays under the highly in-demand Valery Gergiev. The group was founded during the reign of Peter the Great. The concert is a part of Gergiev’s season-long project of performing the complete Mahler symphonies in New York. They mark the 150th anniversary of Mahler’s birth and the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death.
