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Program:
Zhou Xianglin: Ode to Ancestors Yan and Huang, Yuan
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26
--intermission--
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in c minor, op.18
(Program is subject to change)
 

Piano: Wei Luo
Wei Luo is recognized as one of the most significant pianists of her generation. Already in her young career she has performed on many of the world’s leading stages. At age 17, she signed with Universal Music Group and was recognized by NYC classical radio station WXQR as one of the 19 artists to watch. Her self-titled debut album “Wei Luo” was released UMG Decca Gold label. The album was featured by Gramophone Magazine as one of the most exciting new releases. San Diego Union Tribune said: “Wei is doomed to be a star." Wei received the Gilmore Young Artist Award and “Salon de Virtuosi” Career Grant in New York at age 16. A graduate of the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia where she studied with Gary Graffman and Robert McDonald. She made her orchestra debut at age 11 with the Shanghai Philharmonic performing Prokofiev Concerto No. 3 at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center.
Beyond music, she is a published poet and her poetry was selected into the China National Poetry Selection of 2021. For World Sleep Day 2021, Wei participated in a campaign by Universal Music Group,  she recorded “Nocturne” by Grammy award winning composer Christopher Tin. In April 2022 NYC, she cooperated with the BLANC and presented an immersive experimental show combines her poetry, 3D visuals, dance and installations.
 

Conductor: Lin Daye
Lin Daye holds prominent positions serving as the music director and chief conductor of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, the artistic director and chief conductor of the Wuxi Symphony Orchestra as well as special guest conductor of the China National Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he is a professor of Composition & Conducting department at Shanghai Conservatory of Music and recognized as adjunct professor at the he Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Conservatory of Music. He is also a key member of the Shanghai municipal-level innovation team "First-Class Orchestra Talent Training and Practice". He is a council member of the Chinese Musicians Association and a member of the Shanghai Youth Federation. Throughout his career, Lin has received numerous accolades, including the He Lüting Art Achievement Award in 2020 and 2022, the National Arts Fund Young Performing Artist Award in 2020, and the first prize at the 6th George Solti International Conducting Competition in 2012. Notably, in 2023, he was honored with the title of Top Ten Outstanding Youth of Shenzhen.
Lin's journey began with prestigious mentors such as Professor Xu Xin from the Central Conservatory of Music, Professor Zhang Guoyong from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and Professor Christian Ehwald from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, Germany, where he earned the Konzertexam certificate.
In May 2016, he assumed the role of music director and chief conductor of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, leading the orchestra on both domestic and international tours to countries such as such as the Germany, United States, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Canada, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary and more. As well as participates in prestigious international music festivals such as the Ljubljana Festival, Radiro-International Radio Orchestras Festival, Emilia Romagna Festival, Merano Festival, Donizetti Festival, Festival delle Nazioni, Shanghai Spring International Music Festival among other international music festivals. His recent tour with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra in the United Kingdom in March 2024 received widespread acclaim from critics and audience.