SZSO 2024/2025 Concert Season-- Special Production • Ye Xiaogang's Lu Xun Symphony

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Program:
Ye Xiaogang: Symphony No.5 “Lu Xun”
(Approximately 70 minutes with no intermission. Program is subject to change)

“Without Confucius, the world would be plunged into endless night. A century ago, the dawn of the Republic of China brought a cacophony of voices and a flourishing nation, where every individual bore a duty. Zhang Taiyan opposed Yuan Shikai; Liang Qichao clamored for constitutional monarchy; Sun Yat-sen championed the Three Principles of the People; Chen Duxiu founded the Communist Party; Cai Yuanpei advocated for academic freedom; Hu Shi promoted democratic ideals; Liang Shuming endorsed rural reconstruction; Xiao Youmei established music education; Lu Xun wielded literature as a tool for social critique; Chen Yinke asserted ‘the spirit of independence and freedom of thought.’ The extraordinary talents and leaders of that era wrote a stirring cultural history in the first half of the century. I often find myself envisioning these intellectual forebears; their ideas still bloom vibrantly, their towering presence a fixture in the firmament of Chinese culture. Without their contributions, the discussions of millennia might have been in vain, and the perplexities of the past century irremediable.”

Composer: Xiaogang Ye
Xiaogang YE, a music educator, is the founding dean of School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music. He was a member of the 10th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee and a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th, 12th, and 13th CPPCC National Committee. He is currently vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, chairman of the China Musicians Association, an international honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, international chair in composition at the Royal Northern College of Music, distinguished professor of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, honorary professor of the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, and a consultant to the Tianjin Juilliard School. YE is the artistic director of the Beijing Modern Music Festival, Shenzhen Belt & Road International Music Festival, Tsingtao International Music Festival, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Music Season, and the director of the Artistic Advisory Board of International Music Competition Harbin. He is one of the members of the first Talents Project selected by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, and an expert who enjoys a special allowance from the State Council. As a renowned composer, YE is regarded as a representative figure, who plays a leading role in contemporary Chinese music.

Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (SZSO)
The Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (SZSO), founded in 1982, has thrived in the progressive atmosphere of China’s reform and opening-up. The orchestra’s guiding principles are “pursuing excellence, serving the public, and driving both performance and creation.” Over more than four decades of hard work and relentless pursuit, the SZSO has emerged as a formidable force in the music world, recognized as one of the finest professional orchestras in China. The current music director is the renowned conductor Lin Daye.

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.

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