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TIDEWATER CLASSICAL GUITAR

Tidewater Classical Guitar presents

MENG SU
March 19 Williamsburg Regional Library
March 20 S u s a n S . G o o d e F i n e a n d P e r f o r m i n g A r t s C e n t e r, Vi r g i n i a We s l e y a n U n i v e r s i t y c o n c e r t s a t 8 P M
General Admission: $30 Members/College Students/Military/Educators/Seniors: $25

The TCGS season is sponsored in part by:The Business Consortium for Arts Support The Norfolk Commission for the Arts & Humanities,
The Virginia Commission for the Arts and The National Endowment for the ArtsThe Williamsburg Area Arts Commission
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• Multifaceted guitarist Meng Su is captivating audiences around the world P.O. Box 777
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with her stunning virtuosity and refined artistry. New York Concert Review Norfolk, VA 23501
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called her performance “seemingly effortless and stunningly polished….
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• Add to that a beautiful – and fashionable! – stage presence, and she is
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poised to be in high demand” while Classical Guitar Magazine wrote that Permit NO. 186
“she has already reached the status of a seasoned artist.”
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• In addition to her busy solo career, Meng Su is an avid chamber musician
who tours regularly in the Beijing Guitar Duo and as a soloist with orches-
tras. This season, Ms. Su will make her solo debut with China Philharmonic
Orchestra in the Chinese premiere of Tan Dun’s concerto Yi2; with the Mul-
house Symphony Orchestra in Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez; and with the
Adelaide Symphony with her duo partner Yameng Wang in Rodrigo’s double
concerto, Concierto Madrigal.
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• As a soloist, Meng Su will perform in Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Baltimore,
Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., Sarasota, Poznan (Poland), Iserlohn (Ger-
many); and she will tour in Japan, with concerts in Kobe, Nagoya, and Tokyo.
• Meng Su’s performances and recordinghave impressed the public with “an
ability and artistry that exceeds her years.” (Baltimore Sun) A recording in
trio, “China West,” with Maestro Barrueco and the Beijing Guitar Duo was
released in May 2014 to critical acclaim. Meng Su’s debut solo recording
“Meng,” released in 2016 was called “awe-inspiring” and “this year’s finest
debut by far” by Classical Guitar Magazine.
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• Born in Qingdao, China, Meng Su began studying the guitar at the age of 5
and showed her talents from an early age under the guidance of Prof. Chen
Zhi at the Central Conservatory in Beijing. Meng Su has won first-prize in nu-
merous international competitions around the world, the last one being in the
prestigious Parkening International Guitar competition in 2015. She obtained
a Master’s Degree and an Artist Diploma with Maestro Manuel Barrueco at
the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University.