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SZSO unveils program for new season
    2020-08-04  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

Debra Li

debra_lidan@163.com

WITH some of their concerts canceled and others performed in front of limited audiences, the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (SZSO) has finally bid farewell to their 2019-20 music season.

“We were thrilled to return to a live performance in July, met by a passionate audience,” said SZSO chairman Nie Bing. “After the COVID-19 lockdown, we look forward to a new season this September, which will make up for lost time and honor our commitment to our fans.”

The opening show of the new season, scheduled for Sept. 11, will feature pianist Chen Sa in Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G Major.”

Chen is no stranger to the local audience. A prized student of Dan Zhaoyi at the Shenzhen Arts School, she embarked on an international career in 1996 when she won fourth prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition at 17. She has since appeared with numerous celebrated conductors and leading orchestras, and in major festivals and venues around the world. She was also awarded the Best Polonaise Performance and fourth prize at the 2000 International Chopin Competition, and subsequently the bronze medal at the Van Cliburn Competition in 2005.

Conducted by SZSO artistic director Lin Daye, the orchestra in the second half will perform “The Rite of Spring” by Ravel’s Russian contemporary Stravinsky.

Concerts for the new season are categorized in three series: most under “Masters in Their Prime,” others under “Special Productions” and “In a Festive Food.”

“We will continue to expand our classical repertoire, taking greater challenges with more complex and demanding works,” explained Lin.

Take the examples of Gustav Mahler’s “Symphony No. 6 in A Minor” and “Symphony No. 2 in C Minor.” Conducted by the composer himself at premiere in 1906, Mahler once said the Sixth “propounds riddles” that only those who truly understand the previous five symphonies can find the solution. Meanwhile, the “Second Symphony,” an unusually large-scale work with vocal soloists and a chorus for the last two movements, reminds people of Beethoven’s “Choral Symphony.”

The orchestra will also perform Bela Bartok’s “Concerto for Orchestra.” Influenced by Hungarian folk music, the work has also been widely considered as profound and challenging.

As before, the chunk of the program will feature the best of classical, romantic and modern repertoire, including Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances,” Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 6 in B Minor,” Debussy’s “Sacred and Profane Dance,” as well as works by Mozart, Schubert and Handel.

Apart from the classics, SZSO has also commissioned a pipa concerto by Israeli composer Yaron Gottfried, who will conduct the premiere of his creation featuring pipa player Zhang Hongyan. With his previous works often influenced by jazz, Gottfried has a unique approach to a fusion between genres and styles.

This season, cellist Wang Jian and Japanese harpist Kazuko Shinozaki will serve as resident soloists with the orchestra.

An established musician, Wang has a long-lasting international career having performed with conductors such as Claudio Abbado and Riccardo Chailly and leading orchestras like the London Symphony and NHK Symphony.

Lin also mentioned that he was looking forward to the collaboration with German violinist Antje Weithaas, who is known for her energy, compelling musical intelligence and technical mastery of details.

“Her charisma and stage presence are captivating, but never overshadow the works themselves, which is a rare feat among virtuoso soloists,” Lin said.

Other guest soloists will include violinists Ning Feng, Yang Tianwa and Xue Suli, cellists Nie Jiapeng and Niklas Eppinger, pianist Zhou Shanxiang, soprano Song Yuanming and mezzo soprano Zhu Huiling.

Conductors Julian Lloyd Webber, Shinik Hahm, Christian Ehwald, Tan Dun, Zhang Xian, Yang Yang and others will also guest perform.

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