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Li Huanzhi, Spring Festival Overture

Guan Naizhong, Erhu Concerto No. 2 (Nostalgic Dreams of Beijing)

4. New Year's Eve

Wang Danhong, Clouds and Flowers Fantasia

Zhao Jiping, The Family Legend: The Moon at Dawn over Lugou Bridge

Liu Tieshan/Mao Yuan, Dance of the Yao People

Ren Tongxiang, Hundreds of Birds Worshipping the Phoenix (Shandong folk music)

He Zhanhao, Man Jiang Hong

Tan Dun, Northwest Suite

4. Stone-slab Waist Drums

Nie Er, Dance of the Golden Snake

Huang Yijun, Beautiful Flowers and The Full Moon

2025 Grand Chinese New Year Concert — Conducted by Li Xincao

Ring in the Year of the Snake with the China Conservatory Orchestra at the Wiener Konzerthaus

Cast

Ma Ke — Erhu

Yang Tingting — Pipa

Zhang Qianyuan — Suona

Wang Zhongshan — Guzheng

China Conservatory Orchestra

Li Xincao — Conductor

Program notes

The snake is a symbol of wisdom, mystery, and spirituality, and 2025 — the Year of the Snake — is a time for new beginnings and optimism for the future. As the new moon marks the beginning of the transition from winter to spring, we're delighted to once again bring you the Grand Chinese New Year Concert led by esteemed conductor Li Xincao! For its penultimate stop on a six-city European tour, the China Conservatory of Music Traditional Orchestra performs its enchanting New Year program at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, mixing traditional folk music with contemporary creations by the likes of Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun. Xincao and the orchestra are joined by accomplished soloists on traditional Chinese instruments: Ma Ke on the erhu (a two-stringed fiddle), Yang Tingting on the pipa (a sort of Chinese lute), Zhang Qianyuan on the double-reeded suona, and Wang Zhongshan on the Chinese zither, the guzheng.

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