Chamber concert series gives stage to young musicians
Promising young musicians will showcase their skills and passion through the Shanghai Oriental Art Center's chamber concert series.
About 130 classical works by over 50 composers will be presented during this year's series which runs through the second half of the year.
Pianist Lu Chao's recital on August 13 is a tribute to Liszt during which the Hungarian composer's "First Year, Switzerland" will be performed.
Wang Yuehan will introduce the ancient fortepiano to audience during her two-day concert "Mozart & Fortepiano" on September 23-24.
Wang Yuehan plays a fortepiano.
Pianist Li Ji's three-day recital falls on the National Day holiday (October 2-4). Schubert's best piano works will be performed to mark the Austrian composer's 225th death anniversary.
Soprano Wen Muya's solo concert "An Evening with Mezzo" is scheduled for October 29, during which programs from operas "Pique Dame," "Carmen," "The Maid of Orleans," and "Cavalleria Rusticana" will be performed.
Violinist Lin Ruifeng and pianist Tang Xiaoshu will present a masterpiece duo concert on November 19.
Pianist Yin Zhi and cellist Mo Mo will join hands for a duo on December 11 to demonstrate classic works by Beethoven, Brahms and Rachmaninoff.
Cellist Mo Mo (left) and pianist Yin Zhi.
Before their duo, the two musicians will give their own recitals on December 9 (Yin Zhi) and December 10 (Mo Mo) to perform compositions by Chopin and Bach.
The Neoclassica Camerata will perform Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" on December 24.
Tickets for each concert range from 120 yuan (US$17.80) to 300 yuan.
Introduced in 2007, the Oriental Art Center's annual chamber concert series has attracted near 70,000 audiences in the past 15 years.
The Neoclassica Camerata will perform Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons."
