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● Approx. 110 mins incl. 1 interval of 20 mins
● Suitable for age 7+.
● 12/30（Wed）12:00 to 1/6（Wed）12:00 25% off for Weiwuying member
● 1/6（Wed）12:00 to 1/27（Wed）12:00 25% off for sales
● Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
● 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
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Leonard SLATKIN & Paul HUANG & NSO
French composer Berlioz is outspoken in his musical expression. The styles, orchestration, and sound effects of his compositions always invoke discussion. Roman Carnival Overture, the most beloved orchestral work of Berlioz, vividly recounts his escapades in Rome, leading us on a virtual journey with gorgeous music.
In comparison to Berlioz, German composer Brahms is introverted and it shows in his music. His Symphony No.4 written in his later years plays like a journal of intense personal emotion. His life experiences and reminiscences are revealed one by one in four movements.
As a commission for Russian violinist Heifetz, God's own fiddler as he is known, British composer Walton composed his Violin Concerto in 1939. It's a work built on modern musical idioms yet imbued with rich Romantic aura. Appealing melodies influenced by the Scottish and Italian folk songs are peppered throughout the whole work.
Accompanied by the NSO, the American maestro Slatkin and young aspiring violinst Paul Huang will bring us these three masterpieces, precious heritages of classical music.
Pre-talk
3/28 (Sun) 18:50-19:10 Concert Hall 3rd Floor
Program
H. L. BERLOZ | Roman Carnival Overture
W. T. WALTON | Violin Concerto
j. BRAHMS | Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op.98
Artists introduction
Leonard Slatkin | Conductor
Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL). He maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting throughout the world and is active as a composer, author, and educator.
In the 2019-20 season, he will celebrate his 75th birthday year with several of the orchestras he has led over the course of his 50-year career, including the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, DSO, and ONL. Other highlights include return engagements with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony in Dublin, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo; debuts with the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul, NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hannover, and Würth Philharmonic in Künzelsau, Germany; and three weeks in Spain conducting orchestras in Castile-León, Bilbao, and the Balearic Islands.
Slatkin has received six Grammy awards and 34 nominations. His recent Naxos recordings include works by Saint-Saëns, Ravel, and Berlioz (with the ONL) and music by Copland, Rachmaninov, Borzova, McTee, and John Williams (with the DSO). In addition, he has recorded the complete Brahms, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky symphonies with the DSO (available online as digital downloads).
A recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has received Austria's Decoration of Honor in Silver, the League of American Orchestras' Gold Baton Award, and the 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his debut book, Conducting Business. His second book, Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry, was published by Amadeus Press in 2017.
Slatkin has conducted virtually all the leading orchestras in the world. As Music Director, he has held posts in New Orleans; St. Louis; Washington, DC; London (with the BBCSO); Detroit; and Lyon, France. He has also served as Principal Guest Conductor in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Cleveland.
Violin｜Paul HUANG
Recipient of the prestigious 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, violinist Paul Huang is celebrated for his eloquent music making, distinctive sound, and effortless virtuosity.
His recent and forthcoming engagements include debuts at the Aspen Music Festival and Grant Park Music Festival, as well as appearances with the Mariinsky Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan and the Taipei Symphony, among others. The 2019-20 season will also see Mr. Huang performing in the U.S. with the Tucson Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, Long Beach Symphony, Brevard Symphony, and Mobile Symphony.
Recital and chamber music performances this season will include Mr. Huang's recital debut for People's Symphony Concerts in New York, a recital tour across North America and Taiwan with pianist Helen Huang, as well as his debut at the Wolf Trap in Washington D.C. He will also return to the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for three separate tours in the U.S., Europe, and the Far East.
Born in Taiwan, Mr. Huang began violin lessons at the age of seven. He is a recipient of the inaugural Kovner Fellowship at The Juilliard School, where he earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees under Hyo Kang and I-Hao Lee. He plays on the 1742 ex-Wieniawski Guarneri del Gesù on extended loan through the Stradivari Society of Chicago.
National Symphony Orchestra
Founded 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.
Leonard SLATKIN & Paul HUANG & NSO
French composer Berlioz is outspoken in his musical expression. The styles, orchestration, and sound effects of his compositions always invoke discussion. Roman Carnival Overture, the most beloved orchestral work of Berlioz, vividly recounts his escapades in Rome, leading us on a virtual journey with gorgeous music.
In comparison to Berlioz, German composer Brahms is introverted and it shows in his music. His Symphony No.4 written in his later years plays like a journal of intense personal emotion. His life experiences and reminiscences are revealed one by one in four movements.
As a commission for Russian violinist Heifetz, God's own fiddler as he is known, British composer Walton composed his Violin Concerto in 1939. It's a work built on modern musical idioms yet imbued with rich Romantic aura. Appealing melodies influenced by the Scottish and Italian folk songs are peppered throughout the whole work.
Accompanied by the NSO, the American maestro Slatkin and young aspiring violinst Paul Huang will bring us these three masterpieces, precious heritages of classical music.
Pre-talk
3/28 (Sun) 18:50-19:10 Concert Hall 3rd Floor
Program
H. L. BERLOZ | Roman Carnival Overture
W. T. WALTON | Violin Concerto
j. BRAHMS | Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op.98
Artists introduction
Leonard Slatkin | Conductor
Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL). He maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting throughout the world and is active as a composer, author, and educator.
In the 2019-20 season, he will celebrate his 75th birthday year with several of the orchestras he has led over the course of his 50-year career, including the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, DSO, and ONL. Other highlights include return engagements with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony in Dublin, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo; debuts with the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul, NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hannover, and Würth Philharmonic in Künzelsau, Germany; and three weeks in Spain conducting orchestras in Castile-León, Bilbao, and the Balearic Islands.
Slatkin has received six Grammy awards and 34 nominations. His recent Naxos recordings include works by Saint-Saëns, Ravel, and Berlioz (with the ONL) and music by Copland, Rachmaninov, Borzova, McTee, and John Williams (with the DSO). In addition, he has recorded the complete Brahms, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky symphonies with the DSO (available online as digital downloads).
A recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has received Austria's Decoration of Honor in Silver, the League of American Orchestras' Gold Baton Award, and the 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his debut book, Conducting Business. His second book, Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry, was published by Amadeus Press in 2017.
Slatkin has conducted virtually all the leading orchestras in the world. As Music Director, he has held posts in New Orleans; St. Louis; Washington, DC; London (with the BBCSO); Detroit; and Lyon, France. He has also served as Principal Guest Conductor in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Cleveland.
Violin｜Paul HUANG
Recipient of the prestigious 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, violinist Paul Huang is celebrated for his eloquent music making, distinctive sound, and effortless virtuosity.
His recent and forthcoming engagements include debuts at the Aspen Music Festival and Grant Park Music Festival, as well as appearances with the Mariinsky Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan and the Taipei Symphony, among others. The 2019-20 season will also see Mr. Huang performing in the U.S. with the Tucson Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, Long Beach Symphony, Brevard Symphony, and Mobile Symphony.
Recital and chamber music performances this season will include Mr. Huang's recital debut for People's Symphony Concerts in New York, a recital tour across North America and Taiwan with pianist Helen Huang, as well as his debut at the Wolf Trap in Washington D.C. He will also return to the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for three separate tours in the U.S., Europe, and the Far East.
Born in Taiwan, Mr. Huang began violin lessons at the age of seven. He is a recipient of the inaugural Kovner Fellowship at The Juilliard School, where he earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees under Hyo Kang and I-Hao Lee. He plays on the 1742 ex-Wieniawski Guarneri del Gesù on extended loan through the Stradivari Society of Chicago.
National Symphony Orchestra
Founded 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.
● Presenter: Weiwuying
● Approx. 110 mins incl. 1 interval of 20 mins
● Suitable for age 7+.
● 12/30（Wed）12:00 to 1/6（Wed）12:00 25% off for Weiwuying member
● 1/6（Wed）12:00 to 1/27（Wed）12:00 25% off for sales
● Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
● 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
● 25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
● Applicable for Weiwuying Unlimited member
● For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
