Tenri Cultural Institute of New York

Heritage & Harmony

The Tenri Cultural Institute in partnership with pianist Donna Weng Friedman presents Heritage & Harmony: Bringing people together through stories, music & dance featuring choreography by Ariel Grossman and guest artists Hana Ginsburg Tirosh and Jesse Obremski.

The featured artists — acclaimed cellist Soo Bae, renowned soprano Marsha Thomson, dancer extraordinaire Hana Ginsburg Tirosh, and piano virtuoso, creator of Heritage and Harmony, Donna Weng Friedman — will weave their heartwarming stories of heritage into the music they perform. Fall in love with music by today’s most celebrated composers and swoon to the masterpieces from the past. Heritage and Harmony is proud to present two world premieres, choreographed by Ariel Grossman, the creative artistic director of Ariel Rivka Dance, with a special guest appearance by the amazing Jesse Obremski.

Program: Music by Beata Moon, Chinary Ung, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Kim D. Sherman, Jules Massenet, Richard Strauss

Two world premieres:

Reach for the Sky, music by Stefania De Kenessey, choreographed by Ariel Grossman

Never Fade Away, music by Frederic Chopin, choreographed by Ariel Grossman