Opening Concert: China National Symphony Orchestra
Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts - Concert Hall
Date: April 06, 2018
Duration: Approximate 120 mins
Programme
TAN Dun
Symphonic Poem on 3 Notes
YE Xiaogang
Forging the Swords, from Symphonic Suite Luxun
Singers: SHEN Yang, SHI Yijie, LIU Songhu
SHAO En
Hani Symphony - Hani Impression
HUANG Yun
Hani Symphony - Children of the Mountains
——Intermission——
WANG Ming
Haixia Suite Movement Ⅲ, Harvest
BAO Yuankai
Excerpts from Customs and Charm of China
Green Willow
Flowing Stream
Wathcing Yangge Dance
Conductor
TANG Muhai is dedicated to creating new avenues for classical music and as such has most recently concentrated his attentions to building the audience and artistic reputation of new or lesser known orchestras. He is Chief Conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Tianjin Opera and Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Shanghai Philharmonic and Zhenjiang Symphony Orchestras in China. From September 2009 he has also held the role of Principal Guest Conductor of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra.
TANG Muhai has always been drawn to the musical stage, and has conducted opera on several continents, most recently with a highly acclaimed new production of Rossini’s opera Le Comte Ory in Zurich. He previously held the position of Chief Conductor of the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki where he conducted productions such as Die Frau Ohne Schatten, Turandot, Der Rosenkavalier and Pique Dame, Madame Butterfly, Tosca, La Rondine, Boris Godunov, The Marriage of Figaro, La Traviata, The Barber of Seville and Otello. In 2007 he conducted fully-staged performance of TAN Dun’s opera Tea with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic.
Among TANG Muhai’s many recordings, the Guitar Concertos by TAN Dun and Christopher Rouse with Sharon Isbin and the Gulbenkian Orchestra, for Teldec, was awarded a Grammy in 2002.