2024
Photo Credit: Lauren Kovacik Photography
November 14, 2024 – Bursa, Turkiye
Bursa State Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Boldachev, harp
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Jessie Montgomery: Starburst (Turkish premiere)
Debussy: Danses sacree et profane
Handel: Harp Concerto in B-flat
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
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November 3, 2024 – Yorba Linda, CA – Richard Nixon Presidential Library
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Junqi Sophie Tang, violin
Cimarosa: I Nemici Genorosi Overture
Puccini: Crisantemi (Suli Xue, graduate conductor)
Massenet: Meditation
Chenqian Xue: Central Plains Fantasy for violin and orchestra (Suli Xue, graduate conductor)
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2
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September 27, 2024 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Abigel Szilagyi, violin
Verdi: Nabucco Overture (Raphaela Lacerda, assistant conductor)
Puccini: Crisantemi (Karen Martins, graduate conductor)
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Raphaela Lacerda, assistant conductor)
Chadwick: “Jubilee” from Symphonic Sketches
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July 12, 2024 – Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
Suli Xue, violin
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Ives: Symphony No. 2
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April 26-28, 2024 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Bartok and Mozart”
Pre-Concert lectures for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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April 18, 2024 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra and University Choir
Beethoven: Egmont Overture (Suli Xue, conductor)
Florence Price: Symphony No. 3 (Christopher Russell, conductor)
Durufle: Requiem (Dr. John Sutton, conductor)
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March 22-24, 2024 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“John Adams’ City Noir”
Pre-Concert lectures for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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March 15, 2024 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Marek Szpakiewicz, cello
Halvorsen: Entry of the Boyars
María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir: Clockworking (2019)
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3
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February 9, 2024 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Catherine Jia Hou, violin
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 60 “Il Distratto”
Ravel: Tzigane
Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from “Samson and Delilah”
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January 16, 2024 – Palm Springs, California
Pre-Concert lecture for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London