Butterfly Lovers' Concerto (Chen Gang) – Upcoming Concerts
UW Symphony with Concerto Competition Winners
Friday, April 26, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Hisatada Otaka
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Flute Concerto, Op. 30a
(Rachel Reyes, flute)
Yonatan Ron — What Stood Still Goes Down Hill
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto (Kai-En Cheng, violin)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 ("I. Allegro con brio"; Ella Kalinichenko, piano)
Silvestre Revueltas — Sensemayá
Édouard Lalo — Overture to Le Roi d'Ys
Yonatan Ron — What Stood Still Goes Down Hill
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto (Kai-En Cheng, violin)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 ("I. Allegro con brio"; Ella Kalinichenko, piano)
Silvestre Revueltas — Sensemayá
Édouard Lalo — Overture to Le Roi d'Ys
$10
Orchid Trio – Evening of Delightful String Chamber music in Sellwood
Saturday, April 20, 2024 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Private residence in Sellwood, Portland, OR, United States
Program includes works by
Zoltán Kodály,
Astor Piazzolla,
Isaac Albéniz,
Carlos Gardel,
Franz Joseph Haydn,
Liu Tieshan,
Mao Yuan,
Chen Gang,
He Zhanhao,
Huang Haihuai,
Jean Sibelius, and
Stefania de Kenessey.
$5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: West Meets East
Saturday, February 24, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Zion Lutheran Church, Everett, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů
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Serenade No. 2, H. 216
Imogen Holst — String Quintet
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto
Traditional — Selected works ( traditional Chinese music TBA performed with Chinese Instruments)
Imogen Holst — String Quintet
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto
Traditional — Selected works ( traditional Chinese music TBA performed with Chinese Instruments)
$25 ($20 ages 65 & over/student ages 16 & under); see event page for advance purchase instructions
Lunar New Year with the Nashville Symphony
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (CST)
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN, United States
Li Huanzhi
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Spring Festival Overture
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto
Traditional — Horse Racing
Phoon Yew Tien / Traditional — Welcome New Year
Kelly Tang — Sketches of Singapore
Igor Stravinsky — The Firebird Suite
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto
Traditional — Horse Racing
Phoon Yew Tien / Traditional — Welcome New Year
Kelly Tang — Sketches of Singapore
Igor Stravinsky — The Firebird Suite
$16-$50
Gerschen Cohen Violin Recital: Timothy Chooi, Violin
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York, NY, United States
Amy Beach
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Romance for violin and piano, Op. 23
Edvard Grieg — Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto ("IV. Sunshine on Tashkurgan")
Valentin Silvestrov (Valentyn Sylvestrov) — Postlude No. 2 for solo violin
Valentin Silvestrov (Valentyn Sylvestrov) — Postlude for solo violin
Claude Debussy — Violin Sonata in G minor, L. 140
Karol Szymanowski — Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28
Edvard Grieg — Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto ("IV. Sunshine on Tashkurgan")
Valentin Silvestrov (Valentyn Sylvestrov) — Postlude No. 2 for solo violin
Valentin Silvestrov (Valentyn Sylvestrov) — Postlude for solo violin
Claude Debussy — Violin Sonata in G minor, L. 140
Karol Szymanowski — Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28
$23 (student discount tickets available at the box office)
Baltimore Symphony: Lunar New Year
Friday, January 13, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Program includes works by
Li Huanzhi,
Chen Gang,
He Zhanhao,
Maurice Ravel,
John Barnes Chance,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Joowon Kim,
Traditional, and
Antonín Dvořák.
$35-$55 (ages 7-17 free)
Johns Hopkins University East Asian Cultural Expo Concert
Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University and
Hopkins Symphony Orchestra (Johns Hopkins University)
Saturday, April 9, 2022 @ 3:15pm – 4:30pm (EDT)
John Hopkins University Glass Pavilion at Levering Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Free (RSVP recommended)
Lunar New Year with the Minnesota Orchestra
Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 6:30pm – 10:00pm (CST)
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Choi Sunghwan
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Arirang Fantasy
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto
Trịnh Công Sơn — Circle of Unity (arr. Jaakko Kuusisto; world premiere of orchestral arrangement)
Hua Wu — In the Dark Night
Kelly Tang — Sketches of Singapore
Gao Hong — Guangxi Impression
Li Huanzhi — Spring Festival Overture
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto
Trịnh Công Sơn — Circle of Unity (arr. Jaakko Kuusisto; world premiere of orchestral arrangement)
Hua Wu — In the Dark Night
Kelly Tang — Sketches of Singapore
Gao Hong — Guangxi Impression
Li Huanzhi — Spring Festival Overture
$27-$67 ($12 student rush/child ages 6-17)
A Celebration of the Chinese New Year
Friday, January 6, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance Events, Bellevue, WA, United States
Mae Lin of the Seattle Symphony performs the “Butterfly Lovers” Violin Concerto (梁祝), and Julia Tai sings Chinese songs of home and nature, reminiscing scenes from the East.
$20
Lunar New Year Celebration: Chinese Folk Music for Strings
Sunday, February 21, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Seattle Central Library Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
He Zhanhao / Chen Gang – Butterfly Lovers' Concerto
Zhou Long – Chinese Folk Songs for string quartet
Zhou Long – Chinese Folk Songs for string quartet
Free (Free)