QIULIN ZHANG Recital

FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 at 20H30

At the Temple des Batignolles - 44, boulevard des Batignolles - 75017 Paris
Metro Rome or Place de Clichy

QIULIN ZHANG Recital

Singing recital, with the gracious participation of Qiulin ZHANG, internationally renowned contralto, accompanied by the talented Duanduan HAO, at the piano.

In the programme :

Schubert, Wagner, Brahms, Fauré, Mahler and Chinese melodies

Ticket prices: 20 € in advance (25 € the evening of the concert)

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Qiulin ZHANG performs regularly on the biggest international stages such as the Paris Opera, the Royal Albert Hall in London,

the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Beijing Opera in many roles of the operatic repertoire including Suzuki (Madame Butterfly), Carmen, Erda (Siegfried), Ulrica (A ballo in maschera) and many others.

Extract from Télérama, Gilles Macassar: “Let us pay homage to the only brief moment of theatrical magic: the appearance, before the finale, of the mother goddess Erda (the prodigious Chinese contralto, Qiu Lin Zhang). "

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Born in China, Duanduan HAO began studying piano at the age of four and six years later, joined the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
At fourteen, he played Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. He has accumulated an impressive number of prizes in international competitions including the Second Prize (First Prize not awarded) of the 63th Geneva International Competition in 2008.

This recital is for the benefit of Couleurs de Chine, a sponsorship association promoting the education of children (mainly girls) of the Miao, Dong and Yao minorities in Guangxi province. To date, we sponsor near 5000 children through 2300 godfathers. For more information, please visit the association's website

(Www.couleursdechine.org).