Opening Concert

2018-03-19

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.

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