2019
Photo Credit: Lauren Kovacik Photography
November 15, 2019 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra & Masterworks Chorale
David Chang, violin
Nandani Maria Sinha, mezzo-soprano
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture (Nyasha Brice, graduate conductor)
Conus: Violin Concerto (III)
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
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November 1-3, 2019 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Dudamel conducts Norman and Bruckner”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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October 6, 2019 – Beijing, China
Chief Festival Representative of International Music Schools
Global Youth Artist Festival, Beijing
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October 4, 2019 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Melody Sparks, soprano
Pedro Schneider, clarinet
Todd Mason: Romance for Strings (World premiere)
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto (I)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
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August 18, 2019 – Hong Kong, China (canceled)
Conduct the opening concert of the 6th Hong Kong International Music Festival with the Shenzhen City Philharmonic
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August 16, 2019 – Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen City Philharmonic
Suli Xue, violin
Sousa: Hands Across the Sea
Copland: Our Town
Porumbescu: Ballade for Violin and Orchestra
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (excerpts)
Chen Peixun: My Country
Xue Chengqian: Wusuli Barcarolle
Zheng Lu: Good News from Beijing
Traditional folk song: Jasmine Flower
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August 2019 – Azusa, California
Lectures on Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Admissions to US Music Schools
Guest lecturer at the LA/China Young Artists Music Festival
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June 21, 2019 – Harbin, China
Harbin Symphony Orchestra
Suli Xue, violin
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Chen & He: The Butterfly Lovers Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
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May 31, 2019 – Santa Ana, California
Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Michelle Tseng, Chloé Tardif, Lisa Yoshida, and Amber Correa, violins
Jennifer Jolley: Motordom (world premiere of orchestral version)
Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad”
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April 14, 2019 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra and Masterworks Chorale
Angela Maria Blasi, soprano
Ryan Reithmeier, baritone
Joseph Klein: Against the gusts of blank repose, a threshold that exists (West Coast premiere)
Brahms: A German Requiem (John Simons, conductor)
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April 14, 2019 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Stravinsky: Faith”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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March 17, 2019 – Irvine, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Joint concert with Crean Lutheran School
Verdi: Nabucco Overture
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess (Nyasha Brice, graduate conductor)
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
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March 1, 2019 – Santa Ana, California
Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Danielle Lee, cello
Bailey Liu, saxophone
Ibert: Concerto de camera
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad” (II, III)
Elgar: Cello Concerto (I)
Bach/Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
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February 17, 2019 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Julie Makerov, soprano
Michael Geiger, bass
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
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February 1-3, 2019 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Britten and Strauss”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic