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Lauded as the “reincarnation of Paganini,” Wieniawski was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 8, for which the school made an exception to accommodate his talent. He graduated three years after and completed Violin Concerto No. 1 when he turned 17. What was pedestrian for him proved to be excessively demanding to other violin soloists, especially the double-stopping and brilliant ornamental passage in the first movement. In contrast to the exuberance of the first and the last movements, the second movement eases off into a gentle interlude and is thus called Preghiera, signifying “prayer.”
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Symphony No. 3 stands out as a unique oeuvre among Tchaikovsky’s works: it is the only one that uses a major scale and comprises five movements. The formal layout and the general alacrity of this symphony overtly bespeak the influence of the Rhenish Symphony (which shares the cardinal number of 3) by Robert Schumann, much admired by Tchaikovsky. It has been suggested by a musicologist that if Schumann had been Russian, he would have had the same creative impetus.
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Conductor| Yu-An Chang
\n\nBorn in Penghu, Taiwan. Yu-An won the 1st. prize of the Bucharest international conducting competition in 2016, he currently serves as assistant conductor to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and continues his conducting activities across Europe, America, and Asia.
\n\nIn season 2019/20, the orchestras Yu-An is working with include: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood music center orchestra, Taiwan Philharmonic, Taipei Chinese Orchestra, Berlin Konzerthausorchester, Czech philharmonic, etc.
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\nViolin|Ray Chen
Ray Chen is a violinist who redefines what it is to be a classical musician in the 21st Century. With a media presence reaching out to millions, Ray Chen's remarkable musicianship transmits to a global audience that is reflected in his engagements with the foremost orchestras and concert halls around the world.
\n\nInitially coming to attention via the Yehudi Menuhin (2008) and Queen Elizabeth (2009) competitions, of which he was First Prize winner, Ray has built a profile in Europe, Asia, and the USA as well as his native Australia. Signed in 2017 to Decca Classics, the Ray’s forthcoming recording with the London Philharmonic follows three critically acclaimed albums on SONY, the first of which (“Virtuoso”) received an ECHO Klassik Award.
\n\nRay’s commitment to music education is paramount, and inspires the younger generation of music students with his series of self-produced videos combining comedy and music. Through his online promotions his appearances regularly sell out and draw an entirely new demographic to the concert hall.
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National Symphony Orchestra
\n\nFounded in 1986, the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), also known as Taiwan Philharmonic, became the resident orchestra of the National Concert Hall, and an artistic affiliate of the National Performing Arts Center in April 2014. The orchestra has benefited from the leadership of many music directors and principal conductors, including Gerard Akoka, Urs Schneider, Tsang-Houei Hsu, Da-Shen Chang, Jahja Ling, Wen-Pin Chien and Güther Herbig. Since August 2010, Maestro Shao-Chia Lü has been Music Director of NSO and will lead the NSO continually to further enrich its performances and carry out its mission as the flagship of classical ensemble in Taiwan. The NSO works regularly with internationally acclaimed musicians, including Lorin Maazel, K. Penderecki, Rudolf Barshai, Kek-Tjiang Lim, G. Schwarz, Uri Mayer, Joseph Silverstein, Leonard Slatkin, Christopher Hogwood, Christopher Poppen and many others. Tour performances were also regularly offered throughout Taiwan and in overseas, in places such as Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Sapporo, Tokyo, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Costa Mesa, and Vancouver.
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Program
\n\n劉博健:Commision work
\nHenryk Wieniawski:Concerto No.1, Op.14, F-sharp minor
\nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:Symphony No.3, Op.29, D major
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Cast
\n\nConductor|Yu-An Chang
\nViolin|Ray Chen
\nNational Symphony Orchestra
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This work is coproduced by National Symphony Orchestra(NSO) and National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying).
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