SZSO 2024/2025 Concert Season--Mastery Magnitude • From Glinka to Shostakovich

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Program:
Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
--intermission--
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in d minor, op.47
(Program is subject to change)

Violin: Dan Zhu
Dan Zhu is widely recognized as one of the leading musicians of his generation on the international stage today, praised as “an artist of affecting humility and beautiful tone production” by The Strad magazine, performing internationally in North America, Europe, and Asia. His recent triumphant performance with the Boston Symphony at the Tanglewood Festival has been raved by the critics as "truly brilliant, compelling, and polished".
Dan Zhu’s latest seasons highlights of duo recitals with Christoph Eschenbach on Mozart and Beethoven sonatas at the Kennedy Center and at NCPA in Beijing; with pianist Gerhard Oppitz at Enescu Festival; with Kun Woo Paik on Brahms sonatas for violin & piano; solo appearance includes with Zubin Mehta and the Orchestra Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; with Camerata Salzburg at the Salzburg Festspiele; with the Philadelphia Orchestra on Tan Dun’s concerto with the composer conducting the performance at Kimmel Center; Recital at Verbier Festival; Concerto tour with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in China; Chamber music series at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées; K.A.Hartmann “Concerto Funebre” with Korean Chamber Orchestra at Seoul Arts Center; China premiere of Bright Sheng’s violin concerto “Let Fly” with the composer conducting Hong Kong Philharmonic.
A native of Beijing, Zhu made his first public appearance at the age of nine, performing Mendelssohn’s violin concerto with the China Youth Chamber Orchestra. At age twelve he was admitted by the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he studied with Xiao-zhi Huang. Four years later he was awarded full scholarship to study with Lucie Robert at Mannes College of Music in New York, where he made his Carnegie Hall debut with Tchaikovsky violin concerto at the age of eighteen. His mentors have included Ivry Gitlis, Gerard Poulet, and Aaron Rosand. As recording artist, Dan Zhu has appeared on several international labels, such as BIS, Cascavelle, CPO, Naxos, ORF. His latest world premiere recordings of Bright Sheng’s violin concerto “Let Fly” and Boris Papandopulo’s epic violin concerto, praised as “Mr. Zhu is most eloquent and musical, his tone succulent” by the American Record Guide. He has been invited to give masterclass and lecture at Sibelius Academy, Tanglewood Festival, Princeton University, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts and Music.

Conductor: Zhang Guoyong
Zhang Guoyong is a renowned Chinese conductor and music educator. He graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music's conducting department in 1983 and earned his Doctor of Music degree from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 1997. He studied under prominent Chinese conductor and educator Professor Huang Xiaotong and the internationally acclaimed conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky.
Zhang currently serves as a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, music director of the Qingdao Symphony Orchestra, and music director of the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra. He previously held positions as music director of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra and as president and artistic director of the Shanghai Opera House. Zhang is also vice chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association and the Shanghai Musicians Association, a recipient of the "Four Batches" Talent Project by the Central Propaganda Department, a leading figure in Shanghai, and a recipient of the State Council Special Allowance.
In 2006, Zhang was invited to serve as a judge for the 8th Cadaqués International Conducting Competition in Spain.

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