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Twenty years after Hong Kong’s return to motherland,
Shenzhen Concert Hall now is embracing music from Hong Kong.
Let us have a dream of Mendelssohn’s midsummer night and Mahler’s utopia
with the music power of Conductor Long Yu, soprano Lan Rao and piano prodigy Yalun Wang.

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) is recognized as Asia’s foremost classical orchestra. The Orchestra presents more than 150 concerts over a 44-week season and attracts more than 200,000 music lovers annually. The mission of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is to inspire and expand musical appreciation in Hong Kong and beyond, and to be a financially secure institution that brings distinction to the music world through its enriching performances and premier international standing.
Jaap van Zweden, one of today’s most sought-after conductors, has been the Orchestra’s Music Director since the 2012/13 concert season, a position he will continue to hold until at least 2022. In addition, Maestro van Zweden will also be the next Music Director of the New York Philharmonic starting with the 2018/19 season.
Also under van Zweden, the orchestra has undertaken tours to Taiwan, Europe and Mainland China. The orchestra will undertake an ambitious five-city tour to Seoul, Osaka, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney in April - May 2017 in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR.
Conductors and soloists who have recently performed with the orchestra include Yo-Yo Ma, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Ning Feng, Matthias Goerne, Lang Lang, Yu Long, Yundi Li, the late Lorin Maazel, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Yuja Wang.
The HK Phil promotes the work of Hong Kong and Chinese composers through an active commissioning programme, and has released recordings featuring Tan Dun and Bright Sheng, each conducting their own compositions, on the Naxos label. Its acclaimed community engagement programme brings music to tens of thousands of children annually. A recording was issued free to schoolchildren throughout Hong Kong of Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and Leopold Mozart’s Toy Symphony.
The Swire Group has been the Principal Patron of the HK Phil since 2006. Through this sponsorship, which is the largest in the orchestra’s history, Swire also endeavors to promote artistic excellence, foster access to classical music and stimulate cultural participation in Hong Kong, and to enhance Hong Kong’s reputation as one of the great cities of the world.
Thanks to a significant subsidy from the Hong Kong Government and long-term funding from Principal Patron Swire, the Hong Kong Jockey Club and other supporters, the HK Phil now boasts a full-time annual schedule of classical music concerts, pops concerts, an extensive education programme, and collaborations for staged opera with Opera Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Conductor: Yu Long
Yu Long is the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the China Philharmonic Orchestra, which he co-founded in 2000, and the Music Director of the Shanghai and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestras. All three ensembles tour actively internationally and feature the world’s top soloists. Maestro Yu is also the Founding Artistic Director of the Beijing Music Festival, as well as Artistic Co-Director of the MISA Festival, bringing classical music to the young people of Shanghai. From the 2015/16 concert season for an initial three year term, he was appointed to be the Principal Guest Conductor of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
Maestro Yu regularly appears with the world’s leading orchestras and opera companies including Munich Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony, Hamburg State Opera, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Singapore Symphony.
Yu Long has created China’s first orchestral academy partnering the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Conservatory and the New York Philharmonic. The academy’s mission is to introduce China’s growing audiences to key Western repertoire.
Yu Long was born in 1964 into a family of musicians in Shanghai. His grandfather Ding Shande, a renowned composer, inspired his passion for music and encouraged him to study at the Shanghai Conservatory and the Hochschule der Kunst in Berlin. Upon returning to China, Maestro was appointed Principal Conductor of the Central Opera Theatre in Beijing. Long Yu is a Chevalier dans L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the recipient of the 2002 Arts Patronage Award of the Montblanc Cultural Foundation. In 2005 Italy honoured Maestro Long Yu with the title of L’onorificenza di commendatore.
Recently France has recognized Maestro Yu Long’s leadership in strengthening China’s cultural connections with other nations around the world by awarding him its highest honour of merit, the fabled Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.

Soprano: Lan Rao
Lan Rao has been hailed by European critics as a Soprano who can convincingly interpret the works of German composers with a high level of musicality and precision. “Her voice is phenomenal in size, nuances and coloration” (South German Post) and “Her brilliant interpretation of lyrical poems vividly reflects the pulse of the poet…” (Westdentschen Allgemeinen Zeitung).
At the age of 16, Lan Rao initially learnt singing with Ms. Xia Qiao-yan in Guangzhou before continuing her musical studies at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing for 3 years. In 1981, she obtained a scholarship to study in Germany with Professors Arleen Augér, Reiner Hoffmann and Hartmut Höll and graduated at the Frankfurt Music Academy with a master’s degree. Subsequently, she completed her Singing Master-Diploma with Professors Reri Grist, Erik Werba and Helmut Deutsch at the Munich Music Academy in 1988. During her studies in Germany, she won first prize at the International Lieder (German song) Competition in Vienna and the Singer’s Achievement Prize for Lieder Competition in Frankfurt/Main.
Since then, Lan Rao has performed as a concert soloist and worked with renowned orchestras from Europe, USA and Asia. These include the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein, where she sang his opus “Song Festival” in Germany, London and Moscow. She also collaborated with renowned orchestras such as the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin, German Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Concerto Bamberg, Sinfonica Arturo Toscanini of Italy, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Göttingen Symphonic Orchestra, Classical Philharmonic Bonn, Baden-Baden Southwest Radio Orchestra, Belgium Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Vlaanderen, Wiesbaden Johann Strauss Orchestra, Russia String Orchestra, Lincoln Orchestra (USA), Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and China Philharmonic Orchestra.
Lan Rao has performed on stages around the world an extensive repertoire of over 400 arts songs, oratorio and orchestral works by Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Handel, Beethoven, Mahler as well as opera, chamber music and Chinese compositions. In addition, she has involved in many modern works of world premiere, with some of those written especially for her. Meanwhile, she made numerous CD recordings which have been with BMG-Arte Nova, Wergo, Salto Records, Cala Records and China Records distributed worldwide and received critical acclaim. Her CD albums include F. Schubert Lieder Vol. 1, J. Brahms Lieder, C. Schumann Lieder, F. Mendelssohn Lieder, C. Kühnl (La petite mort), various 19th and 20th century female composers (Anklänge), Zhou Long (The Book of Songs), Musical Gala, The World Famous Collections Vol. 1.

Piano: Serena Wang
In June 2015, 10-year-old piano prodigy Serena Wang successfully performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 in C Major with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra under the baton of 80-year-old internationally celebrated conductor Zubin Mehta, who praised Serena highly and was astonished by her musical talent. In August Serena was invited to collaborate with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and celebrated Chinese conductor Long Yu in a musical celebration marking 70 years since both the ending of World War Two and the establishment of the UN, at the General Assembly of the United Nations. She performed the solo piano in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia in C Minor.
Born in October 2004 Serena Wang started her piano lessons at the age of four with Ms. Sumi Nagasama. In February 2010 Serena became the youngest prize-winner in the Bach Piano Competition held by Berkley University her outstanding performance. The same year, she obtained first prize in the Piano Competition of North California Chinese Music Teachers’ Society, and she was invited to play at the prize presentation ceremony. In July 2010 Serena took part in the Second National Youth’s Piano Showing Competition at Gulangyu Island in Xiamen. Her lively performance, which was full of musicality, not only won the golden prize in Children’s Group, but also earned praise from judges and experts. At the invitation of the Chinese Musicians’ Society, she has been taught by renowned piano educationist, Prof. Dan Zhaoyi since September 2010.
Serena was invited to participate in the piano performance in First Youth’s Spring Festival Gala held by Chengdu Television Station in February 2011. And she played in the Childhood on Black and White Keys Concert specially held respectively in Hangzhou and Chongqing by Prof. Dan’s students to celebrate International Children’s Day at the end of May 2011.
Serena was much honoured to be associated with the publication of a series of books by Dan Zhaoyi, a piano educationist who taught world champions, in national tour concerts featuring his awarded students in November 2011. She played at the China National Centre for the Performing Arts and cooperated with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, which undoubtedly was an important milestone on her musical path.

Program

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op.21 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn BartholdyⅠ. Molto allegro con fuoco in G minor Piano: Serena Wang
Ⅱ. Andante in E major
Ⅲ. Presto—Molto allegro e vivace in G major

Intermission

Symphony No. 4 in G major Gustav Mahler Soprano: Lan Rao
Ⅰ. Bedaechtig, nicht eilen(Moderately, not rushed)—Sonata Form
Ⅱ. In gemaechlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast(Leisurely moving, without haste)—Scherzo & Trio
Ⅲ. Ruhevoll, poco adagio(Peacefully, somewhat slowly)—Theme & Variations
Ⅳ. Sehr behaglich(Very comfortably)—Strophic

* Program subjects to change

Introduction to program:
This music trip to explore Mahler will end with the lovely bright sound of snow bells. In the Symphony No.4, Mahler draws the utopia for kids which is full of various delicacies, dancing girls and singing angels. Also, Lan Rao who performs as St. Jillia’s musician will sing for the joy of paradise and Serena Wang will play the romantic music of Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No.1. The fantasy of dream will start with the Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, finally turning concert hall into a magical forest of wizards and lovers.

Warm Prompt：
Children under the age of six or 1.2 meters will not be admitted. Each audience should have a ticket regardless of the age.