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Hong Kong Arts Festival 2012, June Lovers《六月戀人》 | |
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Premieres February 9-11, 2012, 8pm, Hong Kong City Hall Theater A 90-minute music drama/musical, featuring female and male singers, live music ensemble and an original story exploring concepts of love and marriages in Asian metropolitan cities.  (eng) http://www.hk.artsfestival.org/en/prog/30 (chin) http://www.hk.artsfestival.org/tc/prog/30 Articles on June Lovers: Hong Kong Economic Journal Featured Interview HKEJ Festival Program Launch October 2011 featuring: Violinist David Coucheron*, Conductor Perry So # Six fabulous singers/actor/actress and eight musicians Set/costume design by Yoki Lai and Stage direction by Indy Lee   * David Coucheron, born in Norway, is presently the youngest concertmaster of all major U.S. orchestras. He is currently the concertmaster for Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and a soloist that frequently travels Europe and New York. # Perry So is the associate conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and an inaugural Dudamel Conducting Fellows at the Los Angeles Philharmonic with the kind permission of the Hong Kong Philharmonic to appear in this production |
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Aaron Copland House Award, August-September 2012 | |
| Invitation to reside at Copland House, Aaron Copland's restored, longtime New York home, a historic landmark in New York's lower Hudson Valley (along Hudson River) on 3 acres of secluded land. | ||
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University of Southern California, Irvine Symphony Orchestra Performance | |
| Her Thousand Years Dance Featuring shakuhachi virtuoso and faculty Kojiro Umezaki February 2012 |
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MacDowell Colony Residency, Summer 2011 | |
| July and August residency fellowship award A quiet time in the countryside of New Hampshire's Monadnock mountain, to write and compose a new work |
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Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund Interview and Filming | |
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Participation in the filming of the corporate video in a publicity program to commensurate the 30th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund, and to attend the launching ceremony and roving exhibition in Hong Kong See short promotional video See featured interview Featured interview in Express Weekly Magazine's Jessica Finance "Taste of Life", February 2011  |
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Solo cello work dedicated to Aldo Parisot | |
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Written for and premiered by cellist Alvin Wong Yale Sprague Hall on April 10, 2011 To be performed annually by the Aldo Parisot cello studio at Yale University |
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Peabody Dance "Choreography Showcase 2011" | |
| Collaboration with Peabody Dance to premiere a new work, Mantra Premieres April 2 and 3, 2011 at Miriam A. Friedberg Hall Featuring virtuosic Peabody percussionists Georgi Videnov, Terry Sweeney and Kei Maeda |
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Off the Map CD GRAMMY Nomination | |
| Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain is one of four featured pieces on the Silk Road Ensemble CD "Off the Map" The CD is nominated for a GRAMMY for Best Classical Crossover Album in 2011 |
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Yaddo Residency Nov 2010 - Jan 2011 | |
| Yaddo Artist Colony Residency Fellowship in Saratoga Springs, New York A quiet time to work on my doctoral thesis and conceptualize a new puppetry composition |
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Publication of Merry go Round | |
| Hong Kong Arts Development Council publication of Chinese and English choral work Merry go Round "One of the rare jewels of Southern China is its children's rhyme; this one is my favorite from childhood. I decided to set this extraordinarily rhyme into melody. It is about discovering the meaning behind the text." |
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Avignon / New Haven Sister Cities Composition Competition | |
| Winning performance to be held in spring of 2012 in New Haven, Connecticut and Avignon, France (date to be confirmed) | ||
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The Annual Yale Cellos Event directed by Aldo Parisot | |
| The Emperor's Eight Thousand Women Ghosts April 20, 2010, Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University For 16 cellos and piano Storyteller: Angel Lam See New Haven Register featured article |
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Featured Artist Interview with Best Buy Inc., Creative Minds | |
| Interview and filming of the rehearsal and performance of In Search of Seasons, performed by the Minnesota Orchestra |
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Interviews and the Press | |
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Financial Times, The decade the world titled east, by Niall Ferguson, December 28, 2009 See article "I must send my deepest gratitude to Professor Ferguson of Harvard University..... The gate of Shan Hai Guan--the most important defensive fortress at the northern border of the Great Wall..." (show story) (hide story) I must send my deepest gratitude to Professor Ferguson of Harvard University who was so kind to include my name in his article "The Decade the World Tilted East" in Financial Times on Dec 28, 2009. Mesmerized, that was how Mr. Ferguson described his feelings. This reminded me of a female character in Chinese history that mesmerizes and inspires me, Chen Yuan-yuan. After the Mongols were driven back to their own territories (the fall of Yuan dynasty), the Middle Kingdom rebuilt their Great Wall. For hundreds of years, those Northern Barbarians could no longer invade the Middle Soil. Then came a girl. A singer, poet, musician and painter. Her name is Chen Yuan-yuan. She broke the rules. The gate of Shan Hai Guan--the most important defensive fortress at the northern border of the Great Wall, was opened, because of her. The Manchurians came marching in, all the way into the capital Beijing, like going home. The year was 1644. The Manchurians (Qi-ren, people of Qi clans) had a population of not more than a million, but their counterpart, Middle Kingdom, had 123 million. The Old Empire seemed to be beaten down by a single woman. History blamed Yuan-yuan for the fall of the Empire into foreign hands. But no, the story has not ended yet; the most fantastic part is still beyond human imagination. Three hundred and five years later, the Manchurians had completely disappeared from our world. The Manchurians were eaten up by the Middle Kingdom--they lost their languages, words, culture, and even abandoned their surnames. The Middle Kingdom had doubled in size after Ming dynasty, but official Chinese history don't want to talk about her, because....it is true. I must send my thanks again. Mr. Ferguson had given me great encouragement. The road sometimes feels like a blind run in the midnight sky. All alone, with a destination that is abstract and difficult to reach. My mother who came to visit Yale two years ago, cried when she saw my humble living. "It is so convenient to have a small place." I explained. I insisted to burn my youth in a small room where I cook, eat, and compose in the same spot. His words had strengthened my artistic pursuit and I must work harder and harder. American Scholar Magazine, June 2009 (interview) See article Carnegie Hall Playbill, October 2009 (interview) See article Gramophone North America, October 2009 special edition (interview) See article American Symphony Magazine, August 2009 (interview) Cathay Pacific Airline The Club magazine, August 2009 See article Wen Wei Po (Chinese language newspaper, China / Hong Kong), October 4, 2009 (interview) Atlanta Journal Constitution, October 2009 (interview) Preview Atlanta Journal Constitution, October 2009 (interview) Review Spinner.com Off the Map, October 2009 (interview) See article Yalie of the Week, Yale Alumni Magazine, October 15, 2009 See article TimeOut New York, October 2009 (interview) See article Musical America, Artist of the Month, November 2009 (interview) See article ConcertoNet.com, November 8, 2009 Review New York Times, November 9, 2009 Review Carnegie Hall "Ancient Paths, Modern Voices" Blogs, November 2009 See blogs Metropolian Opera Guild's Opera News, February 2010, Vol. 74, No. 8 Review |
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Silk Road Ensemble East Asia tour with Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain, April 2010 | |
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Seoul, South Korea Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok, Thailand Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore Macao S.A.R., China Taiwan |
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Minnesota Orchestra "Inside Classics" | |
| In Search of Seasons - Autumn Inside the Classics concerts explore masterpieces inspired by the four seasons March 10-11, 2010 "An entertaining tour of the four seasons as portrayed in music by Vivaldi, Astor Piazzolla and contemporary Russian composer Alexander Raskatov. Hosted by Orchestra violist Sam Bergman and co-hosted by Principal Pops and Presentations Conductor Sarah Hicks, the Orchestra will perform excerpts from works by Messiaen, Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Angel Lam, an alumna of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute." |
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Hong Kong Arts Festival 2010 | |
| Additional movement in Silk Road, Silk Road, written for Kings Harmonica Quintet Performance: February 26, 2010, Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall Silk Road, Silk Road I. Mirage, elevation 12,000 feet II. Baby camel walk III. Mirage on the train (new work) |
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Minnesota Orchestra, November 21, 2009, Future Classics Concert | |
| Performance of In Search of Seasons, for orchestra Conducted by Music Director Osmo Vänskä November 17-22, 2009, highlighted by Saturday, November 21's Future Classics Concert Participation and performance in The Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute Concert review on Pioneer Press, TwinCities.com Go to Minnesota Public Radio webpage & review Play video clips |
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Commission from Carnegie Hall and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | |
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A new work for cello and orchestra with narration, Awakening from a Disappearing Garden The world premiere will be given by Yo-Yo Ma and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Spano in the Atlanta Symphony Center on October 15, 2009. A second performance will be held on October 16, 2009. The New York premiere will be given by Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, New York City on November 7, 2009. See: Carnegie Hall Event Description and New York Times Season Announcement Carnegie Hall China Festival press release: English Chinese Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Gallery |
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CD New Release: Off the Map, performed by Silk Road Ensemble |
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| Brand new recording of Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain Released in France, Germany, England Sept-Nov 2009 United States release October 2009 See Off the Map on sale in all major stores See Spinner.com interview |
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Performance at Royal Albert Hall, London | |
| Silk Road Ensemble performs Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain On September 11, 2009, with Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 |
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Norfolk Chamber Music Festival | |
| A new chamber work to be premiered at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Yale Summer Music Festival on July 25, 2009, written for violin, cello and piano |
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EarShot and Colorado Symphony Orchestra | |
| July 16-17, 2009, Colorado Symphony Orchestra Readings, In Search of Seasons, for orchestra Conducted by Delta David Gier On Friday, July 17, 2009, 10am-12:30pm it is open to the public The Colorado Symphony Orchestra New Music Readings will be held at the Boettcher Concert Hall At the Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1000 14th Street, Denver, CO |
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Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain Silk Road Ensemble North American tour |
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Symphony Hall, Boston, MA Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada Concert review EDGE Boston - March 10, 2009 |
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Festival of Lessons and Carols at Loyola High, Los Angeles | |
| A new composition for the Lessons and Carols Services to take place at St. John's
Cathedral in Los Angeles Premieres Saturday, December 13, 2008, 8pm St. Johns Cathedral See Concert Poster A work for SATB choir, orchestra and organ Text based on 16th century Saint Robert Southwell's evocative poem The Burning Babe |
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