DISCOUNT TICKETS: Twelve Girls Band - Greek LA

As a  valued customer of Nederlander Concerts, you are invited to take
advantage of this special  discount offer at THE GREEK THEATRE.

Twelve Girls  Band
Friday, Oct 5; 8:00  pm

Starting now through Thurs. Oct. 4 at 10:00  PM receive $12.00 off per ticket any price range to see the Twelve Girls Band live  at The Greek Theatre. Just click on the "Find Tickets" icon and put the password in the  Promotions and Special Offers box.  Tickets must be ordered in pairs, while supplies  last.

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The  Twelve Girls Band is a refreshing and innovative blend of East and West, pop and  traditional, making this band China's international sensation. With the 2008 Summer Olympics in  Beijing fast approaching, the world's attention is already turning to the culture of China. And the  biggest success story in that country's burgeoning music scene is Twelve Girls  Band. Shanghai coincides with a very special milestone in the career of Twelve  Girls Band: "Live From Shanghai," their first pledge drive event on PBS, which airs this  June on stations around the country. Notably, this debut marks the very first time an Asian artist  or group has been celebrated with a PBS special. This fall, Twelve Girls Band also  launches their first major U.S. tour. Set to begin October 2nd in Oakland, CA., the tour will  include a debut at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (Oct. 5), following the Grove of Anaheim (Oct.  9) as well as concerts in over 30 major markets in the States, the tour will cap a spectacular year  for the ensemble.

Twelve Girls Band was formed in 2001, after its  accomplished players-all of whom studied music at the most prestigious conservatories and schools  across the People's Republic of China, and have played in China's top orchestras-were culled from a  rigorous audition process. More than 4,000 young musicians applied, answering ads that were placed  in newspapers across the country. The idea behind the group was to fuse the ancient traditions of  Chinese classical and folk music with the sounds of Western pop, classical, and jazz music. The  musicians perform expertly on an array of ancient and fascinating Chinese instruments, including the  stringed and bowed erhu; the pear-shaped plucked lute called a pipa; the guzheng zither; the yangqin  hammered dulcimer; a transverse flute called the dizi and the vertical flute known as the xiao; a  single-stringed zither called the duxianquin; and the hulusi, a three-piped gourd flute.  Twelve Girls Band 's first international release, 2003's Beautiful Energy, debuted  first in Japan in 2003 and sold nearly two million copies there, giving Twelve Girls  Band the record for both the fastest- and highest-selling Chinese release in Japanese chart  history. Their follow-up, 2004's Shining Energy, broke another Japanese sales record with the  highest number of sales of any album in a single day. Their first US release, 2004's Eastern Energy,  reached No. 1 on the Billboard World Music album chart, and scored Twelve Girls  Band the No. 62 spot on the Billboard Top 200-the highest-ranking debut for any Asian  artist in Billboard chart history.

Also  appearing at the Grove of Anaheim on Oct.  9.