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过去及未来演出

2007-2008

2008-2009

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2009-2010

 

September 2009

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August 27-September 5, 2009

- Guest Lecturer at University of Cape Town, South Africa

 

September 17, 2009
- LA'I
New World Symphony,
Miami Beach, FL, USA

 

September 20, 2009
- Shanghai Overture
Orchestre Colonne, Laurent Petitgirad, conductor
Paris, FranceParis, France

 

September 20, 2009
- Four Movements for Piano Trio
Triple Helix Piano Trio
New London, CT, USA

 

September 21 & 24, 2009
- Sweet May Again (2007)
The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
September 21 San Francisco / September 24 Mill Valley

 

September 27, 2009
-Seven Tunes Heard in China
Amos Yang, Cello
San Francisco, CA, USA

 

October 2009

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October 2, 2009
- Never Far Away
Oberlin College, Bridget-Michaele Reischl, conductor, Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Oberlin, OH, USA

 

October 10, 2009
- Stream Flows for solo violin
Duo Diorama Recital
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

 

October 24, 2009 7:30 p.m.
October 25, 2009 2:30 p.m.

February 22, 2010 The WOI broadcast schedule for the Des Moines Symphony / Masterworks 2-Bright Sheng

Bright Sheng will guest conduct the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra
-Shostakovich: Festive Overture, op 96
-Sheng: Nanking! Nanking!
-Sheng: Tibetan Swing
-Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-float Major, Op. 70
Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, Bright Sheng, conductor, Yang Wei, pipa
Civic Center, 221 Walnut Street, Des Moines, IA, USA

 

October 25, 2009 2:00 p.m.
-String Quartet No. 3
ENSEMBLE ACJW
Flushing Town Hall, New York, NY, USA

 

October 26, 2009 8:00 p.m.
-String Quartet No. 3
ENSEMBLE ACJW
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA

 

October 29, 2009
-Postcards
Richmond Symphony, Erin Freeman
Richmond, VA, USA

 

October 30-31, 2009
-Fantasy for marimba and Orchestra: Colors of Crimson
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson, Music Director and Conductor
Colin Currie, Percussion
Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, Mo, USA

 

November 2009

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November 4, 2009
-Fantasy for marimba and Orchestra: Colors of Crimson
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson, Music Director and Conductor
Colin Currie, Percussion
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA

 

November 7, 2009
-Postcards
Calvin College and Seminary Orchestra / Robert Nording, Conductor
Grand Rapids, MI, USA

 

November 14 & 15, 2009
-Nanking! Nanking! A Threnody for Orchestra and Pipa(2004)
'Richmond Symphony
Arthur Fagen, Conductor
Yang Wei, Pipa
Richmond, VA, USA

 

November 19, 2009
- Stream Flows for solo violin
Xu, MingHuan, Violin
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

 

November 20, 2009
- Stream Flows for solo violin
Xu, MingHuan, Violin
Saginaw Valley State University, MI, USA

 

December 2009

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December 2nd, 2009
-Lecture: An Observer's Musical Reaction: The Nanking Massacre
Bright Sheng will talk about his orchestra work "Nanking! Nanking!" at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong, China

 

December 04, 2009
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Four Movements for Piano Trio
Atos-Trio
Annette von Hehn, violine, Stefan Heinemeyer violoncello und Thomas Hoppe, Klavier
Klingenberg (Foyer Wiegand GmbH)

 

December 17, 2009
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Four Movements for Piano Trio

Atos-Trio
Annette von Hehn, violine, Stefan Heinemeyer violoncello und Thomas Hoppe, Klavier
Antwerpen (Kunstcampus deSingel)

 

January 2010

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January 22, 2010
- Tibetan Dance for violin, clarinet and piano
the Verdehr Trio
Brooklyn, NY, USA

 

January 31, 2010
- Four Movements for Piano Trio
Triple Helix Piano Trio
Washington, D.C., USA

 

February 2010

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February 24- March 18th, 2010
Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at Aaron Copland School of Music
Queens College CUNY
Flushing, NY, USA

 

March 2010

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March 3, 12:15-1:30p.m. 2010
Bright Sheng Lecture Series I
-The Chinese Cultural Revolution -- Experiencing it in Music Composition
Music Building Room 264Music Building Room 264
Queens College CUNY
Flushing, NY, USA

 

March 10, 12:15-1:30p.m. 2010
Bright Sheng Lecture Series II
-The Nanking Massacre -- An Observer's Musical Reaction
Music Building Room 264
Queens College CUNY
Flushing, NY, USA

 

March 11, 2010
-Postcards
Richmond Symphony, Erin Freeman
Richmond, VA, USA

 

March 17, 2010
Bright Sheng Residency Concert I
Copland - a Quiet City
Varese - Density 21.5
Bartok - Contrast
Sheng - Four Movements for Piano Trio
Lang - Cheating, Lying, and Stealing
LeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College CUNY
Flushing, NY, USA

 

March 21, 2010 4:00p.m.
Bright Sheng and Friends concert include the music of Bright Sheng, Maurice Ravel and Bela Bartok
- A Night at the Chinese Opera
- Three Chinese Love Songs
- Seven Tunes Heard in China
- The Stream Flows
- String Quartet No. 3
University of Michigan Museum of Arts
Sheng as composer and pianist is joined by fellow SMTD faculty Stephen Shipps and Logan Skelton,
the Phoenix Ensemble, DMA cellist Paul Dwyer, and guest artist Jennifer Goltz.
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

 

March 26, 2010
Leonard Bernstein: /Bright Sheng: Arias and Barcarolles
Nicholas Kok, Conductor
Elaine Tyler-Hall, Director
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK

 

April 2010

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April 5, 2010
-Stream Flows for solo violin
Robert Waters, violin
Callisto Ensemble Concert, Chicago, IL, USA

 

April 10, 2010
-Stream Flows for solo violin
Robert Waters, violin
Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA

 

April 11 (performance), 12-15 (recording), 2010
-Flute Moon (1999)
Michala Petri, Recorder / Copenhagen Philharmonic / Shui Lan, Conductor
Conservatory Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

April 11, 2010 2:00p.m.
- Little Cabage - a Duet for Bb Clarinet & Bass Clarinet (2004)
John Bruce Yeh and Teresa Reilly from Birds and Phoenix ensemble
Wentz Concert Hall, North Central College, Naperville, IL, USA

 

April 14 & 15, 2010
-Red Silk Dance (2000)
Bilbao Symphony Orchestra / Muhai, Tang, Conductor
Ju Hee Suh, Piano
Palacio Euskalduna Jauregia Abandoibarra etorbidea, Bilbao, Spain

 

April 17, 2010
- May I Feel, Said He…
Bucknell Opera Company
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA

 

April 18, 2010
- Four Movements for Piano Trio
Triple Helix Piano Trio
Highflied Hall, Falmouth, MA, USA

 

April 20 - May 9th, 2010
Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at Aaron Copland School of Music
Queens College CUNY
Flushing, NY, USA

 

April 21, 12:15-1:30p.m. 2010
Bright Sheng Lecture Series III (with demonstration of a pipa)
-Love Songs From Tibet -- Qinghai Plateau
Music Building Room 264

Queens College CUNY
Flushing, NY, USA

 

April 23, 2010
- Tibetan Dance for violin, clarinet and piano
the Verdehr Trio
New Paltz United Methodist Church, New Paltz, NY, USA

 

April 28, 4:30-5:45p.m. 2010
Bright Sheng Lecture Series IV (with participation of a soprano)
-The Phoenix -- A Biblical
Music Building Room 264

Queens College CUNY
Flushing, NY, USA

 

May 2010

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May 5, 2010
Bright Sheng Residency Concert II (program TBA)
Queens College CUNY
Flushing, NY, USA

 

May 8, 2010 2:00p.m.
Bright Sheng Residency Concert II (program TBA)
Flushing Town Hall
Flushing, NY, USA

 

May 16, 2010
- Four Movements for Piano Trio
Triple Helix Piano Trio
Peterborough, NH , USA

 

May 27, 28, 29, 2010
-The Phoenix (2004)
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Shana Blake Hill, Soprano
Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA

 

July 2010

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July 3, 2010 World Premiere

-Northern Lights (2009) for violoncello and piano,
Audun Sandvik, Cello, Kristian Lindberg, piano
The Troldhauge (Grieg's house), Norway

 

July 8, 2010
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Four Movements for Piano Trio
Atos-Trio
City of London Festival 2010, London, UK

 

July 10, 2010 World Premiere

-Just Dance - Suite de Ballet
Eastern Music Festival Orchestra Series
EMF, Greensboro, NC, USA

 

July 24-31, 2010
Bright Sheng composer & pianist-residence at International Music Academy Pilsen
(program TBA)
/www.ima-pilsen.com
Czech Republic

 

August 2010

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August 8, 2010 US Premiere

-Northern Lights (2009) for violoncello and piano,
Lynn Harrell, Cello
La Jolla chamber Music Festival
San Diego, CA, USA

 

August 14, 2010 2:30p.m.

-Three Fantasies for violin and piano (2009)
The 2010 Festival of Contemporary Music
Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood Music Center, Lenox, MA, USA

 

August 21- September 6, 2010

Lectures at The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology


September 2010

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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 CUNY
Flushing, NY, USA

 

October 2010

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October 5, 2010
-String Quartet No.3
Shanghai Quartet
Queens College CUNY
Flushing, NY, USA

 

October 23, 2010
-String Flows
Bowling Green New Music Festival
Ohio State University at Bowling Green, OH, USA


November 2010

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November 8, 2010

-A New Work (2009) for violoncello and piano,
Alisa Weilerstein, Cello, Inon Barnatan, Piano
Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, USA

 

November 9, 2010 New York Premiere

-A New Work (2009) for violoncello and piano,
Alisa Weilerstein, Cello, Inon Barnatan, Piano
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY, USA

 

November 11-14, 2010 World Premiere

-Concerto for Orchestra: Zodiac Tales
Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Detroit, MI, USA

 

December 2010

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December 5, 2010
- Four Movements for Piano Trio
The Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio (pianist Yael Weiss, violinist Mark Kaplan and cellist Clancy Newman)
Shriver Hall Concert Series, Baltimore, MD , USA

 

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