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"DSO and multi-talented Sheng forge an epic... the Detroit Symphony Orchestra delivered a concert Friday morning that was everything a modern-day orchestra program should be. It was imaginative, surprising, inspiring and beautiful. read more
The Detroit News
"Music leads DSO to China... Sheng proved an effective advocate on the podium, drawing fiercely committed and intense playing from the DSO and turning quickly from bracing climaxes to finely etched details. The strings swelled with emotion and the many individual obbligatos across the orchestra spoke with character." read more
Detroit Free Press Music Critic
(Bright Sheng's conducting) persnickety attention to detail - and the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra's concentration - resulted in a sound that was more precise than audiences have heard from the group in a while. Their performance was bold, challenging and ultimately rewarding. read more
Des Moines Register
"Sheng as Composer and Conductor with EMF's Youth Symphony Orchestra...The Symphony No. 5 of Peter IlyichTchaikovsky...Sheng's conducting of the third, waltz-like movement was the most memorable I have heard." read more
Classical Voice of North Carolina
"Sheng, ... Tibetan Swing, is an energetic work of a largely rhythmic nature. Maestro Sheng was the very personification of the music, with its mixed meters, wide-ranging drum beats and effervescent colors. ...This was a very enjoyable piece; Maestro Sheng’s ebullient conducting style matched the music perfectly!" read more
Classical Voice of North Carolina
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August 21- September 6, 2010
Lectures at The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
September 10, 2010 World Premiere
-Hot Pepper (2010) for violin and marimba
LA, CA, USA
September 17&19, 2010
-Red Silk Dance (2000)
Tzimon Barto, piano, Evan Christ, conductor, Brandenburg State Opera House Orchestra
Theatre Cottbus, Germany
September 29, 2010, 12:15pm. LeFrak Concert Hall,
-Nanking! Nanking!
Wu Man, pipa, Bright Sheng, conductor, Queens College Orchestra
Queens College CUNY, (No tickets are required for this concert)
Flushing, NY, USA
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Newly Published Scores by G. Schirmer, Inc.
Two Poems from the Sung Dynasty
The Stream Flows for Solo Viola
A Tune from Childhood
Boatmen's Song for Professional Children’s Choir/Women’s Chorus and harp
All Available at Hal Leonard Online
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