In Memory of Tchaikovsky - Special Concert of Tchaikovsky Concertos June 19, 2008

Time: 2008/6/19
Venue: NCPA-Concer Hall
Price: 80/120/180/280/380/480
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Violinist: Lu Siqing
Pianist: Li Ang
Performer: Beijing Symphony Orchestra

TheBeijing Symphony Orchestra was set up in October 1977. Since itsestablishment, the orchestra has staged a lot of famous works byforeign and Chinese composers. The orchestra's repertoire includessymphonic works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz,Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Mahler, Sibelius,Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Shotakovitch and orchestral music, concertos,operas and ballet works by J.S. Bach. Handel, Paganini, Weber, Rossini,Glinka, Chopin, Liszt, Wagner, Verdi, Offenbach, Smetana, Saint-Saens,Delibes, Bizet, Bruch, Mussorgsky, Grieg, Rimsky-korsakov, Debussy,Dukas, Glazunov, Respighi, Bartok, Stravinsky, Gershwin, Copland.

For the first time in China, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra has presented Dvorak's Symphony No 6 in D Major, Symphony No 7 in d minor, Gliere's Symphony No 2in c minor and Bruckner's Symphony No3 inD major. The orchestra has toured countries such as Yugoslavia andRepublic of Korea with many overseas symphony orchestras includingRussia national Symphony Orchestra, Australia ABC Symphony Orchestra,and maestros from home and abroad, including Evgeny Svtlanov fromRussia, Jean Perisson from France, Herbert Zipper and Ronald Schweitzenfrom the United States, David Procelijin from the Netherlands, HansHerbert Joris from Germany and Li Delun, Huang Feili, Yan Liangkun, HanZhongjie, Shui Lan from China and pianist Vladimir Ovchinikov, Fu Cong,Liu Shikun, Yin Chengzong, Hsu Fei-ping and Kong Xiangdong, ViolinistsJean Mouilere from France, A.Tellefsen from Norway, Takako Nishzakjfrom Japan, Zhongguo Sheng and Lu Siqing from China.

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