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Contemporary Chinese Composers

Flushing Town Hall
Featuring musicians of The Academy — a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
The illustrious Class of 1978, the first graduating class from music conservatories after the Cultural Revolution, included composers who would revitalize Chinese contemporary music. This concert includes chamber music by this extraordinary generation of composers.
CHEN QIGANGInstants d'un Opéra de Pékin for Solo PianoCHEN YIQi for Flute, Cello, Percussion, and PianoBRIGHT SHENGString Quartet No. 3GUO WENJINGParade for Six Peking Opera Gongs, Op. 40ZHOU LONGTaigu Rhyme for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Percussion
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Featuring musicians of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education

CLASS OF 1978
In 1978, after the Cultural Revolution, Chinese music conservatories once again opened their doors to a new generation of composers. This program features chamber music by these extraordinary figures who have since revitalized contemporary Chinese music.
CHEN QIGANGInstants d'un Opéra de Pékin for Solo PianoCHEN YIQi for Flute, Cello, Percussion, and PianoBRIGHT SHENGString Quartet No. 3GUO WENJINGParade for Six Peking Opera Gongs, Op. 40ZHOU LONGTaigu Rhyme for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Percussion
Alice Tully Hall
Tan Dun
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Cho-Liang Lin
Tan Dun’s film score Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won both an Oscar and a Grammy, while his music for the concert hall has won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award. His work can sound ghostly, irresistibly rhythmic, and highly melodic. This all–Tan Dun concert under the composer’s leadership features the distinguished soloist Cho-Liang Lin performing a world premiere.
ALL-TAN DUN PROGRAM; Concerto for Six; Secret Land for Orchestra and 12 Violoncelli; Silk Road; Violin Concerto "The Love" (World Premiere)
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Michael Tilson Thomas
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Lang Lang
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Anne Sofie von Otter
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Gregory Kunde
The performance starts on the edge of the Pacific with music by an eclectic American who employs Chinese, Korean, and Mexican instruments. Then hear a new piece by a miraculous Chinese composer whose music trembles at the edge of silence and ecstasy. And lastly Mahler breathes the air of eternity in his late masterpiece.
LOU HARRISON“The Family of the Court” from Pacifika RondoLÜ WENCHENGAutumn Moon on a Calm LakeTRAD.The Moon Chased by the Colorful CloudsHE LUTINGThe Cowherd's FluteSUN YIQIANGDance of SpringCHEN QIGANGEr Huang for Piano and Orchestra (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall through the generosity of Henry R. Kravis in honor of his wife, Marie-Josée)MAHLERDas Lied von der Erde; Program is approximately 2 hours, including one intermission
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Yan Huichang
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Trey Lee
It’s a cultural phenomenon: traditional Chinese instruments placed in a Western orchestral configuration. The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra is one of the most famous of these groups, known for performing everything from folk music to newly commissioned classical works.
LAW WING-FAIFlowing PhantasmGUO WENJINGThree Melodies of West YunnanZHAO JIPINGZhuang Zhou's DreamCHENG DAZHAOThe Yellow River Capriccio; Program is approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes, including one intermission
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
David Robertson
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Colin Currie
With their colorful orchestral suites, Bartók and Stravinsky depict the China of fairytales. A more realistic China—but equally evocative—emerges in music by Bright Sheng and Tan Dun. In Tan Dun’s concerto, percussion soloist Colin Currie makes intoxicating sounds, plunging his hands quite literally into water.
STRAVINSKYChant du rossignolTAN DUNWater ConcertoBRIGHT SHENGColors of CrimsonBARTÓKThe Miraculous Mandarin Suite; Program is approximately 2 hours, including one intermission
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Robert Spano
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Yo-Yo Ma
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Angel Lam
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Celena Shafer
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Jessica Rivera
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Irina Tchistjakova
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Vinson Cole
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Kostas Smoriginas
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Jason Grant
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Denis Sedov
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Sean Mayer
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Stephen Ozcomert
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus
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Norman Mackenzie
Stravinsky’s complete opera The Nightingale unfolds with playful, shining music that tells the story of a beautiful fable. Yo-Yo Ma begins the evening with a new cello concerto by Angel Lam, a young composer whose work sounds both Chinese and Western, contemporary but also timeless.
ANGEL LAMAwakening from a Disappearing Garden for Cello and Orchestra (NY Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall through the generosity of Henry R. Kravis in honor of his wife Marie-Josée)STRAVINSKYLe Rossignol; Program is approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes, including one intermission
Alice Tully Hall
Joel Sachs
This program features works by composers living and working in China today.
LI SHAOSENGSkyline on the Moon (World Premiere)YE XIAOGANGNine HorsesGUO WENJINGConcertino for Cello and Chamber OrchestraJIA DAQUNThree Images from Ink and Wash PaintingLIU SOLAIn Corporeal 1ZHU JIAN'ERSymphony No. 4, Op. 31
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Long Yu
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Lang Lang
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Xiaoduo Chen
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Meng Meng
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Nan Wang
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Jia Li
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Xin Sun
The incomparable Lang Lang joins China’s oldest Western-style orchestra, founded in 1879, for Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. The program closes with a contemporary Chinese classic, Chen Qigang’s Iris Unveiled.
RACHMANINOFFPiano Concerto No. 2CHEN QIGANGIris dévoilée; Program is approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes, including one intermission

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