Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Xinghai Premiere

Begin your new year of 2008 with a dazzling music showcase! In four consecutive weekends from from 11 Janunary, Maestro De Waart will conduct four of the most brilliant young Chinese musicians today. You will hear the soulful playing of Wang Jian in Dvořák’s cello concerto, the virtuosic performance of Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy by Paganini competition winner Huang Mengla, Prokovfiev’s 2nd Piano Concerto by Yundi Li, and Yang Xuefei’s interpretation of the beloved Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, the same work with which she won great praises at the mere age of 14 from the legendary Spanish composer himself.

Rodrigos’ guitar concerto is one of the greatest hits of classical music in the 20th Century, capturing a uniquely Spanish mood through vibrant dance rhythms and hauntingly exotic melodies. Beijing-born Yang Xuefei performed before the legendary Spanish composer at the age of 14 and has since established a major career in Asia, Europe and North America. Respighi’s neo-baroque suite throws the spotlight onto the Hong Kong Cultural Centre’s splendid grand organ and de Waart’s celebrated mastery of Beethoven reveals the sheer joy of the Fourth Symphony.

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