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SHANGHAI QUARTET TO PLAY LIVE ON NPR'S "PERFORMANCE TODAY" MARCH 5

March 2, 2001

The Shanghai Quartet, the chamber music group celebrating its 10th year as artists-in-residence at the University of Richmond, will perform live on National Public Radio's "Performance Today" March 5.

The Shanghai will play selections from quartets by Haydn and Beethoven, plus Chinese folk songs arranged by one of its members, violinist Yiwen Jiang.

"Performance Today" airs locally in central Virginia on WCVE (88.9 FM) from 9-11 a.m. (ET). For broadcast times on other NPR member stations around the country, please see local listings or the NPR website (www.npr.org/programs/pt/whoweare/stations.html).