SZS 2018 Tour — NCPA Concert
2018.4.11 (WED) 19:30
National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Concert Hall
CHEN Xieyang Conductor
Enwu Du Musical saw
Chenyun Hu Suona
Suzhou Symphony Orchestra
ZHU Jian’Er
Symphony No. 2, Op. 28
Suona Concerto, Tian Yue (The Heavenly Music), Op. 30
Fishermen’s Ballade Suite No. 1, Op. 16
I. Dance of the Netting Girls
II. Song of the Salt Water
III. Lullaby
IV. Frolic
Fishermen’s Ballade Suite No. 2, Op. 17
V. Out to Sea
VI. The Night Scene
VII. Buffoon
VIII. A Sorrowful Tune
CHEN Xieyang Conductor
Renowned conductor CHEN Xieyang is Honorary Music Director of Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of China National Symphony Orchestra.
After graduating from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Chen was appointed resident conductor of the Shanghai Ballet Orchestra, and served as Director of the Central Opera House in Beijing. In 1982 Chen was invited to conduct the Aspen Festival Orchestra in the United States. Following his success there he was appointed the President of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.
In 1991 Chen became appointed Music Director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra – the first music director of any performing groups in Chinese history. During his tenure at the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, he took the orchestra on an 11-city tour in the United States in 2003 and in the following year to Europe for the Sino-French Culture Year. On the occasion of the 125th Anniversary of Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, he conducted the orchestra in the Berlin Philharmonie to great acclaim.
He has conducted orchestras both in China and abroad, including the USA, Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Japan, Korea, the DPRK, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. He has led the China National Symphony Orchestra on its tours in Austria, Denmark and Germany, as well as the “Chinese Culture in America” Festival at the Lincoln Center. His concerts at the Großer Saal Musikverein of Vienna and the Lincoln Center of New York have won enormous successes.
Chen’s recording of the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto won the Gold Record prize in 1989. Since 1987 he has been listed in the Who’s Who in the World compiled by the Cambridge International Biographical Center in the United Kingdom. Chen’s discography includes the “Complete Symphonies of Zhu Jian-er”, Compilation of “Zhu Jian-er’s Orchestral Works”, “Lv Qiming’s Orchestral Works” and “Complete Beethoven Symphonies”.
Chen is now a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the People's Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the Shanghai Musicians' Association, member of the Standing Committee of the China Musicians' Association, and chairman of the Shanghai Symphonic Music Lovers' Society.
