SZSO 2024/2025 Concert Season--Virtuoso Series • Diyang Mei’s Virtuoso Vibes
- Performed by:Conductor/Lin Daye, Viola/Diyang Mei
- Hosted by:Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (SZSO)
- Time:2025-03-14 ( Friday) 20:00
- Address:Symphony Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall
- Price(RMB):880(VIP)/680/380/280/180/100/50
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- Address: 2016, Fuzhong 1st Road, Futian District, Shenzhen
- Business Hours: 9:00 – 18:30 Daily, 9:00 – the end of performance on Performance Day.
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Program:
York Bowen: Viola Concerto in c minor, op.25
—intermission—
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
(Program is subject to change)
York Bowen: Viola Concerto in c minor, op.25
—intermission—
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
(Program is subject to change)
Viola: Diyang Mei
Ever since violist Diyang Mei’s brilliant success at the 2018 ARD International Music Competition, winning first prize in the viola category, the Audience Prize, and several special prizes, he has been steadily furthering his international career. Since 2022, he serves as 1st Principal Viola of Berliner Philharmoniker.
He was awarded first prizes at the 52nd International Instrumental Competition for Viola in Markneukirchen (2017), at the International Max Rostal Music Competition for Viola in Berlin (2015), at the Kulturkreis Gasteig Musikpreis for Strings in Munich (2015), at the IVC Young Artist Competition in Rochester (2012), at the 19th International Johannes Brahms Viola Competition in Austria (2012) and at the 10th International Viola and Cello Competition in Villa de Llanes, Spain (2008).
The violist’s recent CD, titled “Viola a L’Ecole de Paris”, was released in 2022 by the label CAvI Music.
Diyang Mei has studied with Hariolf Schlichtig at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, and later with Nobuko Imai at the Kronberg Academy. His instrument by Antonio Mariani from 1646 is made available to him from the Stretton Society.
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.