Bright Sheng

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News & Essays

After the world premiere of Just Dance with Julian Schwarz and Gerard Schwarz at Greensboro, NC, July 10th 2010

 

After the world premiere of Northern Lights with Audun Sandvik, Cello, Kristian Lindberg, piano at The Troldhauge (Grieg's house), Norway, July 3rd. 2010

 

After the world premiere of Northern Lights with Inger and William Ginsberg, The work is dedicated to Inger G. Ginsberg.

 

 

PMP Presents:

New Frontiers in Music: Composer Symposium with Bright Sheng & Bernard Rands

Thursday, May 27, 2010 — 4:30 pm

at The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, 1608 Walnut Street, 18th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

 

 

 

"A disentangling music Journey"

Bright Sheng Public Lecture & Performance Series Part I: March 3-May 8 2010, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, New York

March 3, 12:15-1:30p.m. 2010
Bright Sheng Lecture Series I
-The Chinese Cultural Revolution -- Experiencing it in Music Composition

Bright Sheng Lecture Series II
-The Nanking Massacre -- An Observer's Musical Reaction

April 21, 12:15-1:30p.m. 2010
Bright Sheng Lecture Series III (with demonstration of a pipa)
-Love Songs From Tibet -- Qinghai Plateau

April 28, 4:30-5:45p.m. 2010
Bright Sheng Lecture Series IV (with participation of a soprano)
-The Phoenix -- A Biblical

March 17, 2010, 12:15 pm
Bright Sheng Residency Concert I
LeFrak Concert Hall
Queens College CUNY, Flushing, NY

May 5, 2010 12:15 pm,
Bright Sheng Residency Concert II
Guest Artists: Queens College faculty
Charles Neidich, Michael Lipsey, and
Edward Klorman
LeFrak Concert Hall
Queens College CUNY, Flushing, NY

May 8, 2010 2:00 pm,
Bright Sheng Residency Concert II Flushing Town Hall Gallery, Flushing, NY

 

Lecture at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in December 2009

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From October 21- November 10th 2009 Carnegie Hall presents Chinese Festival related events including Bright Sheng's String Quartet No. 3 by Ensemble ACJW and Fantasy for Marimba and Orchestra - Colors of Crimson by Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

After the performance of Colors of Crimson with soloist Colin Currie and SLS conductor David Robertson on Oct. 30th 2009 / concert review

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Attending a rehearsal and performance of LA'I by New World Symphony conducted by Per Brevig via Internet2 on Sep. 16 & 17th 2009

From August 27th - September 5th Bright Sheng was a guest lecturer at University of Cape Town (with composition students at University of Cape Town on September 3rd. 2009)

After concert at EMF July 19th 2009 with conductor Gerard Schwarz

Sheng, Jessica Guideri (violin), Jeremy Preston (violin), Danielle Farina (viola), and Neal Cary (cello) played Dvorák’s Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81. on July 13th. 2009

Sheng and Jessica Guideri played “A Night at the Chinese Opera”

 

After Sheng and Friends concert I & II with performers Cornelius Dufallo, Kenji Bunch, Yves Dharamraj, and the guest composer Paul Yeon Lee, Flushing Town Hall, New York, February 1st & March 1st 2009

Never Far Away conducted by Leonard Slatkin, harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, with the Dallas Symphony on January 22-25, 2009

 

Performance of Three Chinese Love Songs, Jeanine Thames, soprano
Barbara Sudweeks, viola, January 2009

Performance of Four Movements for Piano Trio,
Maria Schleuning, violin
Jolyon Pegis, cello