Chen Xieyang entered the Shanghai Conservatory of Music to study composition with Yang Jiaren and Huang Xiaotong in 1960. He was later employed as resident conductor of the Shanghai Ballet Orchestra, one of the youngest musicians to hold the post. He regularly conducted the Central Philharmonic Orchestra in Beijing. In 1986 he was appointed music director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. He led the orchestra on several tours to Europe and the United States, winning critical acclaims. Chen Xieyang is now honorary music director of Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor of China National Symphony Orchestra.

 

 

Conductor: Chen Xieyang
Jinghu: Jiang Kemei
Erhu: Lu Yiwen;
Pipa: Dong Xiaolin
Cello: Huang Beixing
Large Chinese Drum: Zhang Jiajing
Performance: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

 

Zhu Jian'er: Festival Overture 10’
Zhao Jiping (arr. Chen Xieyang): Follow the Pagoda Tree to Get the Root of Our Ancestors 13’
Liu Tingyu: Su-San Suite 10’
Arr. Wu Hua: Deep Night, for jinghu & orchestra 7’
(Jinghu: Jiang Kemei; Large Chinese Drum: Zhang Jiajing)

- Intermission -

Jay Chou (arr. Chen Xieyang): Chrysanthemum Terrace, for cello, erhu and orchestra 7’
(Erhu: Lu Yiwen; Cello: Huang Beixing)
Liu Wenjin: Erhu Concerto The Great Wall Capriccio (Mvt.4: “Look into the Distance”) 11’
(Erhu: Lu Yiwen)
Zhu Jian’er: Day of Joy 3’
Zhao Cong (orch. Yin Tianhu): Apsaras on the Silk Road, for pipa and orchestra 11’
(Pipa: Dong Xiaolin)
Jiang Ying: The Silk Road 9’