Shen Tianyi: Sound of Imagination
Shen Tianyi: Sound of Imagination is the new album in the Debut Series of young Chinese musicians released by NCPA Classics, the music label of the National Center for the Performing Arts.
Artists & Tours News
Guitarist Meng Su Major Tour
From January – February 2022, Guitarist Meng Su will be joined by a string quartet for concerts in 21 cities across the country. She will also enjoy offering a recital on her birthday in Jiangsu Grand Theatre (Nanjing). In 2015, Meng Su won the prestigious Parkening International Guitar Competition, becoming the only player in the world …
Dance Music Theatre Yuanyuan Tan and Her Friends – Magical Night at the Art Museum
From June to August 2021, Armstrong Music & Arts and Poly Armstrong jointly produced the first dance music theater production, “Yuanyuan Tan and Her Friends – Magical Night at the Art Museum”. This new production featured San Francisco Ballet Principal Dancer Yuanyuan Tan as Artistic Director and co-choreographer, and Ke Zhou, the renowned director who won the …
Classical Guitarist Meng Su is appointed to a Professorship at San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Classical guitarist Meng Su gave recitals and performed with string quartet in Beijing’s Dongjing Yuan Temple and Shanghai Concert Hall in 2021. She also participated in the dance music theater “Yuanyuan Tan and Her Friends – Magical Night at the Art Museum”, where she performed “Carmen” with the ballerina Yuanyuan Tan. She also successfully joined the San Francisco …
Pianist Tianxu An’s major recital tour
Tianxu An, the first Chinese pianist in 17 years to win a prize at the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition – Piano, embarked on a month-long major recital tour of 21 performances in 19 cities. Mr An presented two programmes, including Scarlatti, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Liszt, Chopin, Prokofiev and Brahms. In 2021, he also collaborated with the …
Yihua Li Organ Recital Tour & The Shanghai Camerata Concert
In 2021, organist Yihua Li toured eight cities and introduced the organ to audiences, which was received with great success. The Shanghai Camerata, China’s first historically-informed period instrument baroque band, also performed on the occasion of its 5th anniversary at the Beijing Music Festival and in Shanghai. In 2022, the two groups of artists will present more …
Jonathan Darlington conducted new productions of both opera and ballet
Jonathan Darlington, Music Director Emeritus of Vancouver Opera, conducted a new production of Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus at the Hamburg State Opera, and a new ballet Le Rouge et le Noir for nearly 20 performances at the Opéra national de Paris. Despite the various complications caused by the pandemic, and much rescheduling, he also was pleased to be …
Felix Korobov conducts a busy schedule of operas and orchestral concerts, despite the pandemic!
Felix Korobov, Music Director of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre, conducted a busy schedule of operas and ballets in 2021 in his home theatre, despite the pandemic! He conducted a highly successful new production of Rigoletto, while ongoing repertoire included Madama Butterfly, Lucia di Lammermoor, Manon, L’elisir d’amore, The Queen of Spades, and Eugene Onegin. He continued his …
Marek Šedivy conducts operas and orchestras
Martin Popelar The Czech conductor Marek Šedivy is currently the Opera Music Director of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Ostrava, Czech Republic and the Principal Guest Conductor of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, although many performances were cancelled/postponed, he conducted several performances of Ostrava’s new production of Smetana’s opera The Kiss, and revival performances of …
Josef Spacek makes debuts at famous summer festival
In 2021, violinist Josef Spacek made two excellent debuts at summer festivals, playing Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 at the Verbier Festival, and performing in pianist Leif Ove Andsnes’ Rosendal Chamber Music Festival in Norway. In September, he replaced Joshua Bell, playing and leading the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in Dvořák Prague International Music Festival.