Hawthorn Arts Centre has secured the talent of SinoBeats and international guzheng star Mindy Meng Wang for its annual Lunar New Year celebration.

Illuminating Harmony is an exceptional concert in two parts that offers both traditional Chinese music and a contemporary East-meets-West fusion. Thirty accomplished musicians will align at Hawthorn Town Hall in constellations of duets, quartets and ensembles.

Opening with the Xingyun Ensamble of ten classical Chinese musicians offering loved cultural anthems, followed by pairings playing guqin, erhu, tang drum, guzheng and dizi. The Sinobeats ensemble delivers classic tunes with erhu, yangqin and guzheng.

The second session will see Mindy Meng Wang and her jazz ensemble add piano, cello, double bass and flute, taking the sounds to meet the Western influence of Jazz.

Renowned composer and master of the erhu, Paul Lv, contributes otherworldly virtuosity to the contemporary compositions.

Allocated theatre-style seating. The Arts Bar opens at 5:30pm. Companion Cards are welcomed at this event.