The Sound of Dragon Ensemble brings together some of the most skillful musicians from the east and west to create new inter-cultural music featuring a unique combination of instruments. The Ensemble includes bowed strings, with Lan Tung and Nicole Li on erhu/Chinese violin and Marina Hasselberg on cello; plucked strings, with Zhimin Yu on the ruan/Chinese lute and Itamar Erez on guitar; winds, with Charlie Lui on the dizi/Chinese flute and Roderick Seed on the flute, and; the multi-talented Jonathan Bernard on percussion instruments from around the world.

On March 9, they come together to present original works by Vancouver composers John Oliver, Mark Armanini, Farshid Samandari, Bruce Bai, and Lan Tung, Toronto composer Tony Leung, and Italian composer Marco Bidin. The Ensemble will also collaborate with Vancouver conductor Jin Zhang and dancer Dong Mei for the first time.