SZSO 2024/2025 Concert Season Closing Concert--Special Production • Puccini's La Bohème

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Program:
Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (Opera in Concert)
(Four-act opera lasts approximately 140 minutes, including an intermission. Program is subject to change)

The opera "La Bohème," is a classic four-act opera by the Italian maestro Giacomo Puccini. This opera is an adaptation of the novel "Scènes de la vie de bohème" by French writer Henri Murger. Puccini's masterpiece is an everlasting ode to youthful love and the free-spirited life. It narrates the bittersweet lives and loves of four impoverished young artists in the Latin Quarter of Paris, capturing the essence of pure love and freedom beyond material constraints. This noble spirit, transcending the confines of time, remains as relevant today as it was over a century ago. The great inventor Thomas Edison once wrote to Puccini, stating, "Men will pass, governments will fall, but the spirit of 'La Bohème' will live forever."

Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (SZSO)
The Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (SZSO), established in 1982, has thrived in the era of reform and opening-up, progressing steadily along the way. The unwavering philosophy of the SZSO's artistic development is "Pursuing excellence, serving the public, driven by both performance and creation." After more than 40 years of arduous endeavor and relentless pursuit, it has become a formidable force in both domestic and international circles, recognized as one of China’s finest professional symphony orchestras. The current music director of the orchestra is the renowned conductor Lin Daye.

Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Chorus
The Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Chorus was founded in June 2007. The current artistic director is Lin Daye, with Luo Bin serving as the president and Luo Shenka as the permanent conductor and vice president. All choir members are graduates of domestic and international art institutions, having undergone rigorous vocal training and possessing rich and solid experience in vocal practice. Since 2020, to meet the needs of major performances of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, the choir has further advanced towards professionalization, with its members becoming more professional and younger. In recent years, it has successfully performed in numerous Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra music season concerts and has been invited to perform in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, Harbin, Guiyang, and other places, sharing the stage with conductors and earning high recognition and praise from both industry insiders and the public.

Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Children's Choir
The Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Children's Choir, established in October 2017, is dedicated to nurturing the singing talents of children aged 6 to 14 in Shenzhen. The choir is guided by excellent teachers and features renowned musicians such as Dr. T.J. Harper, Liu Qiaoyue, and Guo Ting in its teaching staff. The choir regularly holds concerts and collaborates with professional groups like the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, continuously improving its performance standards. Since 2018, the choir has actively participated in public welfare activities and, in 2021, won the Gold Award in the children's category at the Taipei International Choral Competition. In the same year, it also secured the Gold Award at the World Choir Games and the Excellence Award in the children's category at the World Choir Olympics. These activities not only showcase the children's musical talents but also allow them to experience the joy of music.

Opera Coach: Guan Jun
Guan Jun, artistic director and the head of the Opera Coach Research Office in the Composition and Conducting Department at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She graduated from the piano department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and pursued further studies in piano accompaniment in New York and piano solo at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, Italy, where she graduated with honors.
Since becoming the head of the Opera Coach Research Office, Guan's opera coaching courses have been selected as key courses at the conservatory. She introduced an opera conducting course, which has been listed as a key graduate course, and won first prize at the Fourth Young Teachers Teaching Competition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She has organized and hosted numerous masterclasses and lectures, planning and producing special opera concerts, including Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Puccini’s La Bohème, among others.

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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