Arts Iowa is a collaborative network that services Eastern Iowa’s most prestigious arts institutions including Orchestra Iowa, Ballet Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, the Orchestra Iowa School, Opus Concert Café and Paramount Theatre.
Stories and styles converge in Hungarian composer Béla Bartók’s Miraculous Mandarin Suite, opening with wonder and excitement. Continuing along the Silk Road, Orchestra Iowa’s Principal Cellist, Philip Bergman, performs Tan Dun’s evocative Crouching Tiger Concerto. Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition wraps up the musical journey with its infamous booming fanfare at the Great Gate of Kiev.