NEW YORK—Shen Yun Performing Arts concluded its performances at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Sunday afternoon. Like previous shows, many in the audience were performing artists.
One of the more prominent artists in the Sunday matinée performance was Louis Lev, a violinist from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, who said he has been to Shen Yun performances four times before.
Mr. Lev said, “The dancers are always very wonderful.”
Mr. Lev also commented on a unique aspect of the orchestra. “The uniqueness is the combination of the instruments. The erhu and the Chinese instruments combined with the Western instruments well. It’s a very unique combination—you don’t see that any other place—where you have both types of instruments working together so tightly. It’s a very interesting texture and a very interesting sound. Very well done, very well done, I enjoyed it very much.”
He also didn’t think that it was easy to combine Chinese and Western instruments in an orchestra, but felt that Shen Yun had been able to do it. “That’s why I think it is so well done. The sound of the instruments is very different. The Western sound and the Eastern sound—the differences in the overtone, the difference in the timbre is markedly different, and the way they come together. In these performances [they] actually make it work, which is very impressive.”
Mr. Lev concluded by saying that even though he had seen Shen Yun many times, the show was still fresh every time and recommended that even people who have seen the show before to see it again.
Reporting by Wei Si and Stephen Summer.
New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has three touring companies that perform simultaneously around the world. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
