2024 WSU International Music Series: Gao Hong and Ignacio Monteverde
October 3 @ 6:00 pm
Gao Hong has received numerous top awards and honors in China and U.S. In 2019, she became the only musician in any genre to win five McKnight Artist Fellowships for Performing Musicians. In 2023, she received two Gold Medals from the Global Music Awards for ‘Best Duo’ and ‘Best Instrumentalist’, for her highly acclaimed album, Terri Kunda (House of Friendship), which she recorded with Senegalese kora player Kadialy Kouyate.Gao is now a Board member for the American Composers Forum and Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, a Recording Academy Voting Member for the Grammys.
Ignacio Monteverde is an acclaimed London-based flamenco guitarist, producer and recording engineer. Monteverde has been featured in live appearances at BBC Radio 3, London Festival of Baroque Music, Indian National Theatre and the Iraq Babylon Great Theatre, amongst others. In 2019, he was awarded the LATIN UK AWARD for Musician of the Year.
Oct.3 International Series: Gao Hong and Ignacio Monteverde
6:00 pm
DPAC Recital Hall
Free Admission
This year the WSU International Series will feature an Anishinaabe Nation Builder, a 2019 UK LATIN winner, a 5-time McKnight Artist Fellow, the first Indian musician to be awarded both a Bush Fellowship, and one of the world’s premier santoor performers. The lineup will feature artists presenting various cultural influences including Anishinaabe, Ghana, China, North and South India, and Argentina. These Minnesota-based artists present fascinating approaches to musicianship, cultural exchange, and identity. The concerts are a mix of both performance and sharing.
All concerts are free and open to the public and run about 50 minutes. All are on Thursdays at 6pm in the DuFresne PAC Recital Hall.