

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Close Encounters: From East to West
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 08 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Witness the debut of the Taplin Quartet as they bring listeners on a journey From East To West with a varied program including familiar favorites like Waltzing Matilda and Clair de Lune alongside Debussy’s masterful String Quartet in G Minor, Lei Liang's dramatic piece, Gobi Gloria, inspired by Mongolian music, and an elegant arrangement of a Chinese traditional song.

Close Encounters is Heights Arts’ signature Sunday afternoon chamber music series, and the third concert in this season's series features performers Katherine Bormann, violin, Zhan Shu, violin, Gareth Zehngut, viola, Martha Baldwin, cello.

 

Stephan Koncz: Waltzing Matilda

Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune

Lei Liang: Gobi Gloria

Intermission

Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Animé et très décidé
 	Assez vif et bien rythmé
 	Andantino, doucement expressif
 	Très modéré – En animant peu à peu – Très mouvementé et avec passion
Chinese Traditional, Arr. Akejian: Jasmine

 
This concert is generously sponsored by: Bill Stigelman
Special thanks to our Winter Season Sponsor: &lt;a title="https://noexitnewmusic.com/" href="https://noexitnewmusic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc"&gt;No Exit Music Ensemble&lt;/a&gt;
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cleveland/close-encounters-from-east-to-west/200029425158509
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, concerts, performances, art, theatre, anime
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Cleveland
- **state**: OH
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Dunham Tavern Museum & Gardens
- **lat**: 41.50458
- **long**: -81.6431999
- **full address**: Dunham Tavern Museum &amp; Gardens, 6709 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103-3913, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Heights Arts (https://allevents.in/org/heights-arts/19971820)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 08 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Dunham Tavern Museum &amp; Gardens, 6709 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103-3913, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Heights Arts
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, music, concerts, performances, art, theatre, anime
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Close Encounters: From East to West ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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