The Macao Orchestra (OM, from the Portuguese acronym), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, presents the concert “Salute to Richard Strauss – Tianwa Yang and the Macao Orchestra” on 19 January 2019 (Saturday), at 8pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium. Tickets are now available at the Macao Ticketing Network. Under the baton of the Principal Conductor, Lu Jia, talented violinist Tianwa Yang will cooperate with the Macao Orchestra for the first time. Tianwa Yang began studying violin at the age of four and won gold prizes at various competitions in China at the age of five. At the age of eleven she was invited to perform with various philharmonic orchestras at home and abroad and was awarded the title “Star of Tomorrow” by Seiji Ozawa. She broke the world record at the age of thirteen when she became the youngest performer in the history of music to record Paganini’s 24 Caprices. In addition, Tianwa Yang was hailed by the media in the United States and Europe as “an unquestioned master of the violin” and “the most important violinist to come on the scene in many a year”. She has performed with many internationally renowned orchestras, including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (United States), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (Canada), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (United Kingdom), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (Germany) and the China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra (China).
The programme of this concert features French composer Edouard Lalo’s passionate Symphonie Espagnole in which the violinist will display her virtuoso technique and unique style. As a tribute to German composer Richard Strauss on the 70th anniversary of his death, two of his classical symphonic masterpieces, Don Juan and Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) will also be performed.
Tickets for the concert “Salute to Richard Strauss – Tianwa Yang and Macao Orchestra” are priced at MOP250, MOP200 and MOP150. 24-hour ticketing hotline: 2855 5555; online ticketing: www.macauticket.com. For details and programme enquiries, please contact OM through tel. no. 2853 0782 during office hours or visit the Macao Orchestra’s webpage at www.icm.gov.mo/om.