Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra will collaborate with young conductor Zhang Jiemin to present a night of popular classical music to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Soprano Chen Li’an, accordionist Tan Jialiang and tenor Wei Jianjiang will also be featured.

    The program will include Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Elgar’s “Salut d’amor,” Saint-Saens’ “Danse Bacchanale,” Piazzolla’s “Oblivion” and songs from operas and operettas, including Lehar’s “The Land of Smiles,” “The Merry Widow,” Bizet’s “Carmen,” Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale,” “La Fille du Regiment” and Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.”

    Zhang studied piano, percussion, orchestral conducting and composition and graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1995. That same year she was appointed as resident conductor of the Shanghai Opera House and in 1998 she worked at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence as assistant to Zubin Mehta for the production of “Turandot” in the Forbidden City in Beijing. Since 2002, Zhang has worked with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and has been a regular guest conductor at the Beijing International Music Festival, Shanghai Spring Music Festival and the Macao International Festival.

    Zhang’s career in Europe began in 2006 with a gala concert at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, and in the same season she conducted several concerts with Teatro La Fenice’s orchestra at various music festivals across Italy. The following year she made her debut in Spain with La Traviata at the Palazzo dello Sport in Madrid, and in 2008 she conducted in a series of concerts at Salerno’s opera house. In 2001-2002, she worked as assistant conductor at National Orchestra Capital du Toulouse in France.

    Time: 8 p.m., Feb. 14

    Tickets: 50-380 yuan

    Booking: 400-185-8666

    Venue: Shenzhen Concert Hall, intersection of Hongli Road and Yitian Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路和益田路交汇处深圳音乐厅)

    Metro: Line 3 or 4, Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit D(SD News)