On Friday evening September 23, 2005 at 8:00pm, Gao Hong will give a concert on the Pipa. Gao Hong, a Chinese music prodigy and master of the pear-shaped lute, the pipa, began her career as a professional musician at age 12. Hong graduated with honors from China’s premier music school, the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she studied with the great pipa master Lin Shicheng. Throughout the world, Hong has received numerous top awards and honors including First Prize in the Hebei Professional Young Music Performers Competition. As a composer, she has received commissions from the American Composers Forum and Twin Cities Public Television.

Gao Hong’s performance will be in the Passant Theater in MSU’s Wharton Center. Tickets are $26.00. To purchase tickets, please contact the Wharton Center Box Office directly:

Phone: 517-432-2000 or order online: http://www.whartoncenter.com