The D'Addario Foundation's 7th 'Performance Series' November 6th At Carnegie Hall Offers Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity For Emerging Guitar Virtuosos From Around The Globe

The D'Addario Foundation's 'Performance Series' offers virtuosic, emerging classical guitarists from around the globe a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: performing at Carnegie Hall for the first time in their careers. The seventh installment of the series will take place November 6th at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall at 8PM. The concert will feature an evening of music by China's Liying Zhu and Thailand's Ekachai Jearakul. For the first time in the series' history, an additional performance will take place on November 8th at San Francisco's St. Mark's Lutheran Church at 7:30PM featuring Liying Zhu. The D'Addario Foundation is a non-profit organization primarily funded by D'Addario, the world's largest maker of instrument strings and based in Long Island, NY.

Watch Ekachai Jearakul perform here:

and Liying Zhu here:

Beginning her guitar studies at the age of 11 in China, 25-year-old Liying Zhu has spent much of the last decade establishing herself as one of the top classical guitarists in the world. She has become the toast of central Europe's classical guitar circuit, culminating in a first prize at the 2015 Koblenz Competition, thought to be the most prestigious of its kind in Europe.

Thai sensation Ekachai Jearakul has won twelve of the most well respected guitar festivals in the world and was hand-selected to collaborate with the King of Thailand on his musical endeavors. In the past he has performed with orchestras from the Seoul Philharmonic to the International Orchestra of Italy.

To commemorate the 7th Performance Series, Ekachai Jearakul will be performing a specially commissioned piece by Welsh composer Stephen Goss. Over sixty full albums of Goss compositions have been professionally recorded in the past, and he counts everybody from John Williams to Mick Jagger as supporters. "Sonata for Guitar" will make its debut at the D'Addario Foundation Performance Series event, and Goss will be in the audience as Ekachai performs the work. "I decided to commission a work from Steve because I really like his past work," said Ekachai, "I had a chance to meet him at the Guitar Foundation of America convention this year and I asked him about this. He was really happy to write me a work."

http://www.daddariofoundation.org/performance-series

The D'Addario Foundation has presented over 25 guitarists from far-reaching corners of the globe as part of their Performance Series, which began in 2010. The events are an important step in the careers of these artists and in most cases represent their first-ever performances in the US. The level of talent showcased is astounding and can be appreciated by a music fan of any genre.

The D'Addario Foundation, solely funded by D'Addario for the past 30 years, had donated $10 million to support and partner with +250 music education programs worldwide including NYC's 92nd Street Y, Music For All, Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance, Education Through Music and more. D'Addario is a family-run business with a 300-year history of making instrument strings and accessories and currently make 700,000 strings a day at their Long Island factory. They are currently the world's largest maker of instrument strings and are led by CEO Jim D'Addario who has been profiled by NY Times, Forbes, Fast Company and more for his innovative approach.