Who:
Xuefei Yang

What:
Fort Worth Classic Guitar Society and Allegro Guitar Society of Dallas present Xuefei Yang the foremost Chinese Classical guitarist, and a rare international, female guitarist live in concert. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at guitarsociety.org or at the concert.

When:
Tuesday, October 16 at 7:30PM (Latino Cultural Center in Dallas)
Thursday, October 18 at 7:30PM (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth)

Where:
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107

Latino Cultural Center
2600 Live Oak at Good Latimer
Dallas, Texas 75204

Why:
Detox from your hectic day with live, classic guitar music in an intimate and real setting.
About Xuefei Yang:

• First guitarist in China to enter a music school and later graduate from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing with a B.A degree; first guitarist from her country to study classical guitar in the West.
  
• Born in Beijing, Ms. Yang began playing the guitar at the age of seven. At the age of ten, she made her first public appearance -at the First China International Guitar Festival. She gained such immediate acclaim that the Spanish Ambassador in China presented her with a handmade concert guitar.
  
• Since 2000, she has been in England studying with Michael Lewin, John Mills and Timothy Walker at the Royal Academy of Music. From there, she graduated with distinction, won the Dorothy Grinstead Prize for her recital at Fairfield Hall, Croydon, and received the Principal’s prize for exceptional all-round studentship achieving a Recital Diploma, and was awarded the dip RAM - the highest performance award conferred by the Royal Academy of Music.
  
• Ms. Yang has performed concerts throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and the United States.
  
• Future engagements include recital tours in Asia, UK, USA and Europe, and touring as a soloist with English Chamber Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Toledo Philharmonic of Spain and Northern Sinfonia Orchestra of UK.
  
  

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