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