Featuring two Australian premieres of Tan Dun’s major works, Concerto for String Orchestra and The Triple Resurrections, Chinese New Year Celebration will feature compositions by the Grammy and Academy Award winning composer/conductor, Tan Dun, juxtaposed with classics from Western tradition, including much from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor.
Other Chinese additions to the MSO will include Chinese violinist and winner of the 1987 Paganini Competition, Lu Siqing, Australian-Chinese pianist Adoria Li and Xie Yudan.
