PERFORMANCES

See Xian Zhang in concert with the New Jersey Symphony and in guest appearances around the world.

MAR 1 – 8:00 PM

NEWARK, NJ USA
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; ANDREW ADELSON, oboe d’amore; JANA MCINTYRE, soprano; ANDREW MORSTEIN, tenor; HUGH RUSSELL, baritone; MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY CHORALE, HEATHER J. BUCHANAN, director

Kodály: Dances of Galánta; J.S. Bach: Oboe d’Amore Concerto; Orff: Carmina Burana

MAR 2 – 1:00 PM
NEW YORK, NY USA
METROPOLITAN OPERA
METROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS; ALEKSANDRA KURZAK – Cio-Cio San; ELIZABETH DESHONG – Suzuki; MATTHEW POLENZANI – Pinkerton; DAVIDE LUCIANO – Sharpless

ANTHONY MINGHELLA – director; CAROLYN CHOA – director, choreographer; MICHAEL LEVINE – set designer; HAN FENG – costume designer; PETER MUMFORD – lighting designer; BLIND SUMMIT THEATRE – puppetry

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

MAR 3 – 3:00 PM
NEWARK, NJ USA
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; ANDREW ADELSON, oboe d’amore; JANA MCINTYRE, soprano; ANDREW MORSTEIN, tenor; HUGH RUSSELL, baritone; MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY CHORALE, HEATHER J. BUCHANAN, director

Kodály: Dances of Galánta; J.S. Bach: Oboe d’Amore Concerto; Orff: Carmina Burana

MAR 6 – 7:00 PM
NEW YORK, NY USA
METROPOLITAN OPERA
METROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS; ALEKSANDRA KURZAK – Cio-Cio San; ELIZABETH DESHONG – Suzuki; MATTHEW POLENZANI – Pinkerton; DAVIDE LUCIANO – Sharpless

ANTHONY MINGHELLA – director; CAROLYN CHOA – director, choreographer; MICHAEL LEVINE – set designer; HAN FENG – costume designer; PETER MUMFORD – lighting designer; BLIND SUMMIT THEATRE – puppetry

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

MAR 9 – 8:00 PM
NEW YORK, NY USA
METROPOLITAN OPERA
METROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS; ALEKSANDRA KURZAK – Cio-Cio San; ELIZABETH DESHONG – Suzuki; MATTHEW POLENZANI – Pinkerton; DAVIDE LUCIANO – Sharpless

ANTHONY MINGHELLA – director; CAROLYN CHOA – director, choreographer; MICHAEL LEVINE – set designer; HAN FENG – costume designer; PETER MUMFORD – lighting designer; BLIND SUMMIT THEATRE – puppetry

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

MAR 14 – 1:30 PM
NEWARK, NJ USA
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; ANDREW ADELSON, oboe d’amore; JANA MCINTYRE, soprano; ANDREW MORSTEIN, tenor; HUGH RUSSELL, baritone; MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY CHORALE, HEATHER J. BUCHANAN, director

David Ludwig: NightVision; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

MAR 14 – 7:30 PM
NEW YORK, NY USA
METROPOLITAN OPERA
METROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS; ALEKSANDRA KURZAK – Cio-Cio San; ELIZABETH DESHONG – Suzuki; MATTHEW POLENZANI – Pinkerton; DAVIDE LUCIANO – Sharpless

ANTHONY MINGHELLA – director; CAROLYN CHOA – director, choreographer; MICHAEL LEVINE – set designer; HAN FENG – costume designer; PETER MUMFORD – lighting designer; BLIND SUMMIT THEATRE – puppetry

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

MAR 15 – 8:00 PM
PRINCETON, NJ USA
RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; TOM BORROW, piano

David Ludwig: NightVision; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

MAR 17 – 3:00 PM
MORRISTOWN, NJ USA
MAYO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; TOM BORROW, piano

David Ludwig: NightVision; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

MAR 29 – 8:00 PM
HOUSTON, TX USA
JONES HALL
HOUSTON SYMPHONY; BRINTON AVERIL SMITH, cello

D. Chang: Northern Star; Dvořák: Cello Concerto; Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet

MAR 30 – 8:00 PM

HOUSTON, TX USA
JONES HALL
HOUSTON SYMPHONY; BRINTON AVERIL SMITH, cello

D. Chang: Northern Star; Dvořák: Cello Concerto; Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet

APR 4 – 7:30 PM
SEATTLE, WA USA
BENAROYA HALL
SEATTLE SYMPHONY; BRINTON AVERIL SMITH, cello

D. Chang: Northern Star; Eric Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto; Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring

APR 5 – 12:00 PM
SEATTLE, WA USA
BENAROYA HALL
SEATTLE SYMPHONY; BRINTON AVERIL SMITH, cello

D. Chang: Northern Star; Eric Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto; Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring

APR 6 – 8:00 PM
SEATTLE, WA USA
BENAROYA HALL
SEATTLE SYMPHONY; BRINTON AVERIL SMITH, cello

D. Chang: Northern Star; Eric Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto; Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring

APR 11 – 7:00 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C. USA
KENNEDY CENTER
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; STEVEN BANKS, soloist

Dovark: Symphony No. 9 “From the new world”; Billy Childs: Saxophone Concerto; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade for orchestra Op.33

APR 12 – 11:30 AM

WASHINGTON, D.C USA
KENNEDY CENTER
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; STEVEN BANKS, soloist

Dovark: Symphony No. 9 “From the new world”; Billy Childs: Saxophone Concerto; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade for orchestra Op.33

APR 13 – 8:00 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C. USA
KENNEDY CENTER
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; STEVEN BANKS, soloist

Dovark: Symphony No. 9 “From the new world”; Billy Childs: Saxophone Concerto; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade for orchestra Op.33

APR 26 – 8:00 PM
NEW YORK, NY USA
METROPOLITAN OPERA
METROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS; ASMIK GRIGORIAN – Cio-Cio San; ELIZABETH DESHONG – Suzuki; JONATHAN TETELMAN – Pinkerton; LUCAS MEACHEM – Sharpless

ANTHONY MINGHELLA – director; CAROLYN CHOA – director, choreographer; MICHAEL LEVINE – set designer; HAN FENG – costume designer; PETER MUMFORD – lighting designer; BLIND SUMMIT THEATRE – puppetry

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

APR 30 – 7:30 PM
NEW YORK, NY USA
METROPOLITAN OPERA
METROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS; ASMIK GRIGORIAN – Cio-Cio San; ELIZABETH DESHONG – Suzuki; JONATHAN TETELMAN – Pinkerton; LUCAS MEACHEM – Sharpless

ANTHONY MINGHELLA – director; CAROLYN CHOA – director, choreographer; MICHAEL LEVINE – set designer; HAN FENG – costume designer; PETER MUMFORD – lighting designer; BLIND SUMMIT THEATRE – puppetry

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

MAY 4 – 8:00 PM
NEW YORK, NY USA
METROPOLITAN OPERA
METROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS; ASMIK GRIGORIAN – Cio-Cio San; ELIZABETH DESHONG – Suzuki; JONATHAN TETELMAN – Pinkerton; LUCAS MEACHEM – Sharpless

ANTHONY MINGHELLA – director; CAROLYN CHOA – director, choreographer; MICHAEL LEVINE – set designer; HAN FENG – costume designer; PETER MUMFORD – lighting designer; BLIND SUMMIT THEATRE – puppetry

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

MAY 7 – 7:30 PM
NEW YORK, NY USA
METROPOLITAN OPERA
METROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS; ASMIK GRIGORIAN – Cio-Cio San; ELIZABETH DESHONG – Suzuki; JONATHAN TETELMAN – Pinkerton; LUCAS MEACHEM – Sharpless

ANTHONY MINGHELLA – director; CAROLYN CHOA – director, choreographer; MICHAEL LEVINE – set designer; HAN FENG – costume designer; PETER MUMFORD – lighting designer; BLIND SUMMIT THEATRE – puppetry

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

MAY 9 – 8:00 PM

NEW YORK, NY USA

CARNEGIE HALL

ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S, ERIN MORLEY soprano, ANDRÈ SCHUEN baritone, LA CHAPELLE DE QUÉBEC, ENSEMBLE ALTERA

Brahms: Begräbnisgesang; Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem

MAY 11 – 1:00 PM
NEW YORK, NY USA
METROPOLITAN OPERA
METROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS; ASMIK GRIGORIAN – Cio-Cio San; ELIZABETH DESHONG – Suzuki; JONATHAN TETELMAN – Pinkerton; LUCAS MEACHEM – Sharpless

ANTHONY MINGHELLA – director; CAROLYN CHOA – director, choreographer; MICHAEL LEVINE – set designer; HAN FENG – costume designer; PETER MUMFORD – lighting designer; BLIND SUMMIT THEATRE – puppetry

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

MAY 15 – 7:30 PM

MONTREAL, QC CANADA
Maison symphonique de Montréal

Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) – FINAL (DAY 1)

MAY 16 – 7:30 PM

MONTREAL, QC CANADA
Maison symphonique de Montréal

Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) – FINAL (DAY 2)

MAY 30 – 1:30 PM
NEWARK, NJ USA
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; MIN KWON, piano; JESSICA RIVERO ALTARRIBA, second-half conductor; BRETT BOLES, host

Korngold Fanfare from The King’s Row
Prokofiev Suite from
Lieutenant Kijé
Rachmaninoff Adagio sostenuto from
Piano Concerto No. 2

Programme also includes (conducted by Jessica Rivero Altarriba): Wagner/Hutschenruyter “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre; John Williams “Imperial March” from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back; John Williams “Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone; John Williams Selections from Star Wars – “Anakin’s Theme” from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace; “Princess Leia’s Theme” from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope; “Rey’s Theme” from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens; “Main Title” from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

MAY 31 – 8:00 PM

NEWARK, NJ USA
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; MIN KWON, piano; JESSICA RIVERO ALTARRIBA, second-half conductor; BRETT BOLES, host

Korngold Fanfare from The King’s Row
Prokofiev Suite from
Lieutenant Kijé
Rachmaninoff Adagio sostenuto from
Piano Concerto No. 2

Programme also includes (conducted by Jessica Rivero Altarriba): Wagner/Hutschenruyter “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre; John Williams “Imperial March” from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back; John Williams “Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone; John Williams Selections from Star Wars – “Anakin’s Theme” from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace; “Princess Leia’s Theme” from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope; “Rey’s Theme” from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens; “Main Title” from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

JUN 1 – 8:00 PM
RED BANK, NJ USA
COUNT BASIE CENTER FOR THE ARTS

NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; MIN KWON, piano; JESSICA RIVERO ALTARRIBA, second-half conductor; BRETT BOLES, host

Korngold Fanfare from The King’s Row
Prokofiev Suite from
Lieutenant Kijé
Rachmaninoff Adagio sostenuto from
Piano Concerto No. 2

Programme also includes (conducted by Jessica Rivero Altarriba): Wagner/Hutschenruyter “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre; John Williams “Imperial March” from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back; John Williams “Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone; John Williams Selections from Star Wars – “Anakin’s Theme” from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace; “Princess Leia’s Theme” from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope; “Rey’s Theme” from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens; “Main Title” from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

JUN 2 – 3:00 PM
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ USA
STATE THEATRE
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; MIN KWON, piano; JESSICA RIVERO ALTARRIBA, second-half conductor; BRETT BOLES, host

Korngold Fanfare from The King’s Row
Prokofiev Suite from
Lieutenant Kijé
Rachmaninoff Adagio sostenuto from
Piano Concerto No. 2

Programme also includes (conducted by Jessica Rivero Altarriba): Wagner/Hutschenruyter “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre; John Williams “Imperial March” from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back; John Williams “Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone; John Williams Selections from Star Wars – “Anakin’s Theme” from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace; “Princess Leia’s Theme” from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope; “Rey’s Theme” from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens; “Main Title” from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

JUN 6 – 7:30 PM
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ USA
STATE THEATRE
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; DANIIL TRIFONOV, Piano

Daniel Bernard Roumain New Work; Gershwin/arr. Bennett: A Symphonic Picture; Gershwin Concerto in F

JUN 7 – 8:00 PM
PRINCETON, NJ USA
RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; TOM BORROW, Piano

David Ludwig: NightVision; Mozart: piano concerto No.24; Tchaikovsky’s: symphony No. 5 

JUN 8 – 8:00 PM
RED BANK, NJ USA
COUNT BASIE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; DANIIL TRIFONOV, Piano

Daniel Bernard Roumain: New Work; Gershwin/arr. Bennett: A Symphonic Picture; Gershwin Concerto in F

JUN 9 – 3:00 PM
NEWARK, NJ USA
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING FOR ARTS CENTER
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY; DANIIL TRIFONOV, Piano

Daniel Bernard Roumain: New Work; Gershwin/arr. Bennett: A Symphonic Picture; Gershwin Concerto in F

JUN 13 – 8:30 PM
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
FUNDACAO ORQUESTRA SINFONICA DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
STATE SYMPHONY; SERGEI BABAYAN, Piano

Anton Webern: In the Summer Wind; Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major; Richard Strauss: Thus Spake Zarathustra

JUN 14 – 2:30 PM
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
FUNDACAO ORQUESTRA SINFONICA DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
STATE SYMPHONY; SERGEI BABAYAN, Piano

Anton Webern: In the Summer Wind; Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major; Richard Strauss: Thus Spake Zarathustra

JUN 15 – 4:30 PM
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
FUNDACAO ORQUESTRA SINFONICA DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
STATE SYMPHONY; SERGEI BABAYAN, Piano

Anton Webern: In the Summer Wind; Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major; Richard Strauss: Thus Spake Zarathustra

JUL 6 – 7:30 PM

SANTA BARBARA, CA USA

HAHN HALL

MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Dorothy Chang: Northern Star; Kodály: Dances of Galánta; Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op. 95, B. 178

JUL 14 – 7:30 PM

KATONAH, NA USA

CARAMOOR CENTER FOR THE ARTS

ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S; MILOŠ, Guitar

Nokuthula Ngwenyama: Primal Message; Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543

AUG 1 – 8:00 PM

LOS ANGELES, CA USA

THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC; KAREN GOMYO, Violin

Wagner: Overture from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Schumann: Symphony No. 1, in B-flat Major, Op. 38, “Spring”

AUG 16 – 4:00 PM

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY USA

SPAC

THE PHILHADELPHIA ORCHESTRA; YO-YO MA, Cello

Nokuthula Ngwenyama: Primal Message; Kodály: Dances of Galánta; Dvořák: Cello Concerto

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