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The Bright Sheng Partnership: Composers meet Performers in Hong Kong.
The Intimacy of Creativity 2013
the 2013 IC feature Distinguished Guest Artist/Composer Edgar Meyer, 2002 MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Award-winning Double Bassist and Composer; Distinguished Guest Artist Gramophone's Record of the Year-winning Violinist Cho-Liang Lin; Guest Artist Katie Hyun, First Prize-winning Violinist at the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition; Nolan Pearson, Winner of 2012 Claire Rosen and Samuel Edes Foundation Prize for Emerging Artists; and six fellow composers!
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Interlude of Hong Kong
April 22 2012
Cathy Hung of Interlude interviews Bright Sheng on Aprill 22 2012..."Selected pieces are constantly revised and refined to the best shape through rehearsal discussions and experiments between composers and performers. As a revival of the lost tradition back in the Baroque times, the Intimacy of Creativity stands as a unique music showcase of its kind that features a glamorous lineup of world class musicians." Read interview
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The Wall Street Journal
Nicholas Frisch of the Wall Street Journal remarks Bright Sheng and The Intimacy of Creativity 2011 "Such a program's very existence in Hong Kong challenges the conventional view of the former British colony as … more suited to Hermès … than Handel." Read article
Finacial Times
May 2nd 2011
Ken Smith of Finacial times praises Bright Sheng and the Intimacy of Creativity 2011 in Finacial Times "... the city’s most innovative musical experience…and I’m already looking forward to next year." Read article
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The New York Times
November 13 2012
Vivien Schweitzer of the New York Times reviews the New York premiere of Bright Sheng‘s “Dance Capriccio,” for piano and string quartet, pianist Peter Serkin joined the Shanghai Quartet in a committed, passionate performance (on November 11th 2012.) The piece reflects the contrasting characteristics — fast, exuberant, tender and wild — of traditional Sherpa dance music, elements that were elegantly woven together in one movement...Read article
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June 3, 2013
-A Porter's Song
Yale Glee Club
HongKong St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong
June 21, 2013
-Three Fantasies
Zhu Dan, Violin, Paavali Jumppanen, Piano
Zhuhai, China
June 23, 2013
-Three Fantasies
Zhu Dan, Violin, Paavali Jumppanen, Piano
Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China
July 12, 2013
-Seven Tunes Heard in China
Alvin Wong, Cello
Thailand International Composition Festival, Bangkok, Thailand
July 14, 2013
-Nanking! Nanking!
Li Hui, Pipa, Bright Sheng, Conductor, Thailand Philharmonic
Thailand International Composition Festival, Bangkok, Thailand
For more recent & upcoming performances please see PERFORMANCES
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"DSO and multi-talented Sheng forge an epic... the Detroit Symphony Orchestra delivered a concert Friday morning that was everything a modern-day orchestra program should be. It was imaginative, surprising, inspiring and beautiful. read more
The Detroit News
(Bright Sheng's conducting) persnickety attention to detail - and the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra's concentration - resulted in a sound that was more precise than audiences have heard from the group in a while. Their performance was bold, challenging and ultimately rewarding. read more
Des Moines Register
"Sheng as Composer and Conductor with EMF's Youth Symphony Orchestra...The Symphony No. 5 of Peter IlyichTchaikovsky...Sheng's conducting of the third, waltz-like movement was the most memorable I have heard." read more
Classical Voice of North Carolina
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G. Schirmer, Inc.
Bright Sheng Scores all Available at Hal Leonard Online
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