Chinese conductor Long Yu is artistic director of the Beijing Music Festival and the China Philharmonic Orchestra, music director of the Shanghai and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestras, co-director of the MISA Shanghai Summer Festival, and principal guest conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
He played a leading role in establishing the Shanghai Orchestra Academy through a partnership between the New York Philharmonic and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, with collaboration from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
Conductor: Long Yu
Piano: Johnson Li
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Program:
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op.19 31’
Chopin: Andante spianato and grande polonaise for piano & orchestra, Op.22 14’
(Piano: Johnson Li)
Respighi: Pini di Roma (The Pines of Rome) 19’