MLCCC's Mid-Autumn Chinese Festival

On October 15, 2011, the Main Line Chinese Culture Center hosted Philadelphia's first Mid-Autumn Chinese Festival at the Independence Seaport Museum on the beautiful Delaware River waterfront, signaling the renewed importance of Chinese-American relations in an increasingly global economy and culture.

The daylong event began at 11 a.m. with a multicultural mix of exhibits, food and retail vendors, and free music and dance performances in the museum's auditorium. The event culminated with an evening concert and post-concert reception featuring world-renowned Bright Sheng's brilliant reinventions of Chinese folk tunes, Curtis Institute of Music alum and young rising star Ya-Jhu Yang's enchanting songs Rain Out at Sea and her new trio for pipa, erhu and cello performed by Curtis graduates. It was a unique celebration of Eastern and Western music.

Bright Sheng Duet: "Little Cabage"

Pipa and Dance "Green Waist"

The Erhu Solo "Parting After Wedding"

Ya-Jhu Yang: Rain Out at Sea

Pipa, Er Hu, and Cello Trio: Lunar Ode