A Percussive Night with SSO
About the Event
A special concert with percussion at the heart of the program. Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin might not be a familiar name to a Chinese audience, but he is a fearless musical innovator in the iron curtain era of the Soviet Union. His Carmen Suite, initially banned by the Soviet hierarchy for being "disrespectful" to Bizet’s opera, sets the original music to new rhythms and often phrases with a great deal of sly wit.
Conductor: Zhang Yi
Percussion: Shengnan Hu
Soprano: Lu Qi
Baritone: Liu Songhu
Percussion: Shengnan Hu
SSO Percussion Section
Practical Information
As Asia’s oldest orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra brought Western classical music to China. Today, it remains a world‐class orchestra which attracts internationally renowned artists while it still retains its Chinese essence: the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is a beacon of culture and arts for the city of Shanghai.
