Triumph: SFO ft. Taiwanese American pianist Karina Tseng & Taiwanese composer Lin Ching-Mei
$10 ($5 ages 5-17; ages 4 & under free)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
We are thrilled to invite you to join the TSP Arts & Culture Program and its partner, the Seattle Festival Orchestra, for Triumph, at Town Hall Seattle, on February 25 (Saturday) and February 26 (Sunday).
The concert will start with a bang, featuring the US Premiere of Taiwanese composer Ching-Mei Lin's Paean for Warrior and Love, inspired and adapted from songs of Taiwan's indigenous Rukai (Drekay). Moving to the old masters, you will hear Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major. To finish out the concert, emerging Taiwanese-American pianist Karina Tseng will bring us Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. With this concert, the orchestra celebrates not only triumphant music but also some of the great gifts that Taiwan continues to offer classical music.
Bring the kids! A family-friendly performance that welcomes the noises necessary for kids to enjoy music is scheduled on Saturday, February 25! The shortened program (100-min total) will feature selections from all three pieces, keeping the duration short enough for the young ones in your family. There will also be a post-concert chat/Q&A with the pianist at the conclusion of Saturday's performance.
For the full impact of this marvelous music, join us on Sunday, February 26th, for the 120-min full-length symphony production.
About UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture
The Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program at the University of Washington curates and showcases Taiwan arts & culture by linking Taiwan artists and cultural organizations to American cultural institutions, as well as amplifying and propagating exhibits, performances, and events through in-person and online programming. Follow their exciting event lineup @UWTaiwanStudies and through a newsletter subscription at the UW Taiwan Studies site.
https://jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/About Seattle Festival Orchestra
Seattle Festival Orchestra is an all-volunteer community orchestra that presents concerts to delight and engage a 21st-century audience. With diverse programming, SFO creates space for its audience to experience the catharsis of the wide range of emotions available in orchestra music, to feel with our musicians the joy, sorrow, wonder, and ecstasy of our art.
http://www.seattlefestivalorchestra.org/About Karina Tseng, piano
The Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Ave (at Seneca St)Seattle, WA 98101
United States
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