Date and Time

Sept. 8th (Fri) 8pm

Venue

Symphony Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall

Programme

Artist  Lineup

Ciprian Teodorașcu

A graduate of the National University of Music in Bucharest, Ciprian Teodorașcu carries out a rich  artistic activity at the Bucharest National Opera as well as throughout the world. His repertoire  includes over 40 Opera and Ballet titles, as well as Vocal-Symphonic, Operetta or Musical. He collaborated with great artists such as Angela Gheorghiu, Alberto Rinaldi, Alina Cojocaru, during tours held  in Spain, Germany, South Korea or Belgium.

LIN Daye

Lin Daye, music director and principal conductor of Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, artistic director  and principal conductor of Wuxi Symphony Orchestra, special guest conductor of China National  Symphony Orchestra, associate director of Composition & Conducting department at Shanghai  Conservatory of Music, adjunct professor of The School of Music of The Chinese University of Hong  Kong, Shenzhen. He has successively studied under Prof. Xu Xin, a conductor educator from the  Central Conservatory of Music, Prof. Zhang Guoyong from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and  Prof. Christian Ehwald of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, Germany, and obtained the  Konzertexam certificate.

Laurent Korcia

Laurent Korcia is one of the top international violinists of this generation. At the age of eighteen,  Laurent Korcia won the Paganini Competition in Genoa, which earned him the honor of performing on  Paganini’s Guarnerius del Gesu. Laurent Korcia’s concerts have covered Europe, the Americas, the  Middle East and the Far East, New Zealand and Australia. He has been invited to play as soloist of  major symphony orchestras.

Angela Gheorghiu

Since her Royal Opera debut, Angela Gheorghiu has appeared at the world’s leading opera houses and  concert halls around the world, her repertory including, among others, Mimì in La bohème, Violetta in  La traviata, Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Marguerite in Faust, Micaëla (Carmen), Liù (Turandot). She  has recorded widely for EMI Classics / Warner Classics and Decca and has received numerous international artistic honours.

Jonathan. Tetelman

Jonathan Tetelman completed the graduate performance studies program at The New School of  Music, Mannes College and earned his undergraduate degree from Manhattan School of Music. Mr.  Tetelman has also made his Royal Opera House at Covent Garden debut as both Alfredo in La traviata  and Rodolfo in La bohème, and sang Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca with Teatro Regio Torino.

Sahib Pashazade

Sahib Pashazade is an internationally acclaimed tar virtuoso. Pashazade is one of Azerbaijan's most  famous performers of mugham, who celebrates worldwide success both as a soloist and in collaboration with famous musicians and orchestras from more than 50 countries. The tar virtuoso became the  first instrumental musician to receive the Grand Prix in 2017 in the history of the famous “Sharq  Taronalari” festival in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and the first ever tar player to perform with Russia’s  Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra.

Krzysztof Jablonski

Prof. Krzysztof Jablonski, is currently serving as Academic Leader and Head of Piano & Keyboard at  the School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Laureate of the 1985 F. Chopin  International Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, as well as numerous top prizes at international  piano competitions in Milan, Palm Beach, Monza, Dublin, New York, Calgary, and Gold Medal at the A.  Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv.

GUO Sen

Guo Sen graduated from Shanghai Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Liu Ruo’e, and studied  with Zhou Xiaoyan for the postgraduate study. In 2002, she performed Queen of the Night in Mozart’s  The Magic Flute at the Semperoper Dresden in Germany. After that, she was invited to perform the  same role by major opera houses in Europe. In the same year, she signed a contract with the Zurich  Opera House and is its Chinese soprano soloist with the longest contract at the opera house. She has  played the leading roles in dozens of operas and gained extensive experience in opera singing and  acting.

Karen Korchayan

Karen Kocharyan graduated from Yerevan Tchaykovsky Special School of Music (Class of Prof. Alexander Chaushyan) and Yerevan State Conservatory (class of Prof. Geronty Talalyan). Karen Kocharyan  was First Solo Cellist of the Armenian Chamber Players (ACP) and Solo Principal of the Armenian  Philharmonic Orchestra. He has toured with the Armenian Chamber Players and Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra throughout Europe, featuring as soloist as well.

Edoardo Turbil

Edoardo Turbil is considered one of the most notable Italian pianists of his generation. He has been  praised by the international music world as an “excellent pianist, with sensitivity and a well-developed  technique” (Badura-Skoda) and as capable of evoking “an enthralling picture of a character torn by  longing” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). Turbil graduated from The Juilliard School’s DMA piano  program with top marks, in the studio of Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky.

ZHANG Liping

Zhang Liping is currently serving as an Associate Dean (Faculty) at the School of Music, The Chinese  University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. She is a leading soprano who performed at the world’s major  opera houses including the Royal Opera Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Opera  de Paris, NCPA etc. to sing under the baton of Loren Mazel, Daniel Oren, James Colon amongst others;  and to sing opposite esteemed artists such as Placido Domingo, Leo Nucci, etc.

ZHU Huiling

Zhu Huiling is the Professor of School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. The  Shanghai-born mezzo-soprano, Zhu Huiling graduated from Hochschule für Musik und Theater  Hamburg, and Musikhochschule Stuttgart, where she made her Bachelor, Master and Soloist (Doctor)  degrees of Lieder and Opera. Her repertoires include Carmen, Werther, Così fan Tutte, Barbe-Bleue,  Rheingold, The Wilderness etc., as well as the operettas. As an opera singer, she’s invited by different  orchestras and opera houses in China, such as NCPA, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (SSO), Central  Opera House, etc.

SHI Yijie

Shi Yijie, tenor, is currently serving as Professor, Academic Leader and Head of Opera & Voice at the  School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and visiting professor of many  conservatories in China. Shi Yijie is an accomplished Chinese vocalist who actively performs on stages  around the world. In 2007, he won the gold medal at International Vocal Competition for the fourth  consecutive year, making him the first Chinese singer to perform at Rossini Opera Festival, where  Rossini’s works are best performed.

LIU Songhu

Dr. LIU Songhu, a world-renowned baritone, serves as a Professor of Opera & Voice at the School of  Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He is a soloist at the National Centre for the  Performing Arts and an Associate Professor at the Academy of Opera of Peking University. He has  played leading roles in more than fifty operas like La Bohème, Il Barbiere di Siviglia Carmen, Die  Zauberfloete, Eugen Onegin, Le Nozze di Figaro etc. Up to now, theatres and operas in both Europe  and China have witnessed his performances more than six hundred times, all of which have been  hailed by world media.

Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (SZSO)

After 40 years of hard work and unremitting pursuit, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra is recognized as one of the outstanding  professional symphony orchestras in China and has become a beautiful business card for Shenzhen. National first-level performer  and violinist Nie Bing is the current chairman of the orchestra artistic committee. The music director is the distinguished conductor Lin Daye. Yu Long is artistic advisor, German conductor Christian Ehwald is honorary music director, and famous musician Tan  Dun is principal honorary conductor.

Lanzhou Concert Hall Choir

Lanzhou Concert Hall Choir was established in May, 2017. It is the first professional choir in the history of Gansu Province. The  Choir has 70 signed actors. At the beginning of its establishment, the choir received the concern and support from Chinese Musicians Association and all sectors of society, and received unanimous praise from the audience. The Choir has collaborated with  many famous Chinese conductors, such as Yu Long, Chen Xieyang, Zhang Guoyong, Li Xincao etc., and also collaborated with many  famous Chinese singers: Wei Song, Mo Hualun, Yao Hong, Liao Changyong, etc.. Through a number of cooperation projects, the  Choir has created and performed many Chinese and foreign outstanding works.