Tag: Wang Jie
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Monday Link Round Up: July 24, 2017
News to start your week! BBC Radio 4’s “Behind the Scenes” looks at Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s work during her first year as Music Director of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Listen online here. Conductor Amy Andersson is organizing a new ensemble, Orchestra Moderne NYC. The inaugural concert will happen in October at Carnegie Hall. The…
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Summer with the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra
That Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra has an exciting summer season of concerts planned is no surprise – after all, their tagline is: “Performing diverse music for chamber orchestra.” That diversity is represented in creative and innovative programming that shares with their audiences works that are not typically heard. The LSCO, which is now in it’s 29th…
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Wang Jie on the Fast Track
In a relatively short time Wang Jie has made quite an impression on the classical music establishment. Last June the Orchestra of the League of Composers premiered Wang’s Oboe Concerto for the Genuine Hearts of Sadness, a work it had commissioned with funding in part from the WPA’s 2012 Performance Grants. The New York Times…
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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – Project 440
In celebration of their fortieth year, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra established Project 440 to commission four separate works from four contemporary composers. Working together with WQXR 105.9 FM in New York they invited listeners to become an active part of the selection process. After a panel of “artists and industry experts” nominated a group of…