NY Phil: Lunar New Year

New York Philharmonic

Tuesday, January 31, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)

Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, United States

$81.50-$256.50

Ning Feng, violin
Yiwen Lu, erhu
Gong Linna, voice
Hasibagen, voice & morin khuur (Mongolian horse head violin)
Long Yu, guest conductor

Li Huanzhi — Spring Festival Overture
Qigang Chen — La Joie de la souffrance ("The Joy of Suffering") (Yiwen Lu, erhu)
Tan Dun — Buddha Passion ("Act V: Heart Sutra"; Gong Linna & Hasibagen, voice)
Leonard Bernstein / William David Brohn — West Side Story Suite for violin and orchestra (Ning Feng, violin)

Celebrate the Lunar New Year — and welcome the Year of the Rabbit — with the New York Philharmonic.

Violinist Ning Feng joins the Orchestra in an arrangement of Bernstein's West Side Story Suite, erhu virtuoso Yiwen Lu takes center stage in Qigang Chen's La Joie de la souffrance, while vocalists Gong Linna and Hasibagen are spotlighted in Tan Dun's "Heart Sutra." Long Yu returns to conduct the concert, which also features Li Huanzhi's Spring Festival Overture.

Enhance your experience: Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit in style at our Lunar New Year Gala. Join us for a pre-concert cocktail reception, receive prime concert seating, and enjoy an elegant dinner with the artists on the Leon and Norma Hess Grand Promenade. Contact [email protected] to support the Lunar New Year Gala.