Recent & Upcoming Performances 2020-2022

July 2020

July 24, 2020

Two Songs for Pipa Quartet
Shenshen Zhang, pipa
Jessie Fellows, violin
Yun Jie Liu, viola
Amos Yang, cello
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
San Francisco, CA

September 2020

September 23, 2020

String Quartet No.4 "Silent Temple"
Shanghai Quartet
HeLuTing Concert Hall
Shanghai, China

November 2020

November 24, 2020

A Tune from Childhood
Hot Pepper
String Quartet No.4 "Silent Temple"
Dance Capriccio
Musicians from Cape Town Philharmonic
Cape Town University
Cape Town, South Africa

April 2021

April 20, 2021

The Stream flows
Teng Li, violist, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles, CA

April 28, 2021

Angel Fires Duo
Patrick Yim, violin, William Lane, viola
HongKong Chamber Project
HKUST Cosmopolis Festival at HKUST
HongKong, China

May 2021

May 3, 2021

Red Silk Dance
Sa Chen, pianist, Jia Lu, conductor
China NCPR Orchestra
China National Center for the Performing Arts
Beijing China

May 19, 2021

Angel Fires Duo
Ensemble Connect
American Mosaic Streamed Live on Carnegie Hall's YouTube channel
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

February 2022

February 9th and 10th, 2022

Angel Fires Duo
Pipa Quartet
Tibetan Dance
Porter's Song
Shanghai Overture
Hub New Music, H2 Quartet
Wind Symphony & ISU Choirs
Red Note New Music Festival
Center for Performing Arts
Illinois State University

March 2022

March 12th, 2022

Wild Swan: Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra
Chad Burrow, clarinet
Morihiko Nakahara, conductor
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, Michigan

April 2022

April 25th, 2022

Old Tune Renewed
World Premiere by Prism Quartet
The First Presbyterian Church
Ypsilanti, MI

April 27th, 2022

Composer in Residence -
Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia, PA

April 30th, 2022

Angel Fires Duo
Tan Tiag Yi, violin,
Chamber - The Arts House, Singapore

May 2022

May 2nd, 2022, World Premiere

Rages of Love
Dan Zhu, violin,
Bright Sheng, conductor and pianist
Fontainebleau Schools in New York
Merkin Hall, New York, NY, USA

June 2022

June 9th, 2022

Old Tune Renewed
World Premiere by Prism Quartet
Christ & St. Stephen's Church
New York City, NY

June 10th, 2022

Old Tune Renewed
World Premiere by Prism Quartet
Settlement Music School
Philadelphia, PA

June 14, 17, 19, 23, 25th, 2022

Opera: Dream of the Red Chamber
Konu Kim, Tenor - Baoyu,
Meigui Zhang, Soprano - Daiyu
Hongni Wu, Mezzo-soprano - Baochai
Karen Chia-Ling Ho, Soprano - Princess Jia
Hyona Kim, Soprano - Lady Wang
Sabina Kim, Mezzo-soprano - Grandma Jia
Yang Guang, Mezzo-Soprano - Aunt Xue
Conductor Darrell Ang
Composer Bright Sheng
Libretto David Henry Hwang and Bright Sheng
Director Stan Lai
Costume Designer Tim Yip
San Francisco Opera
War Memorial Performing Arts Center
San Francisco

July 2022

July 1, 3, 2022

Opera: Dream of the Red Chamber
Konu Kim, Tenor - Baoyu,
Meigui Zhang, Soprano - Daiyu
Hongni Wu, Mezzo-soprano - Baochai
Karen Chia-Ling Ho, Soprano - Princess Jia
Hyona Kim, Soprano - Lady Wang
Sabina Kim, Mezzo-soprano - Grandma Jia
Yang Guang, Mezzo-Soprano - Aunt Xue
Conductor Darrell Ang
Composer Bright Sheng
Libretto David Henry Hwang and Bright Sheng
Director Stan Lai
Costume Designer Tim Yip
San Francisco Opera
War Memorial Performing Arts Center
San Francisco

July 30th, 2022, European Premiere

Rages of Love

Dan Zhu, violin,
Bright Sheng, conductor and pianist
Château de Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau, France

October 2022

October 30th, 2022 at 4pm.
Of Time and Love
Concerto for Viola and Ochestra (25')
Roberto Díaz, viola
David Neely, conductor
The Apollo Orchestra
Cultural Arts Center-Montgomery College
Silver Spring, MD USA
Commissioned by
Curtis Institue of Music
Suzhou Symphony Orchestra of China

November 2022

November 6th, 2022
Shanghai Overture (for band)
Met Winds
Richard Wyman, conductor
Scottish Rite Museum
Lexington, MA, USA

January 2023

January 8th, 2023
Prelude to Black Swan
Omaha Symphony
Ankush Kumar Bahl conductor
University of NE Omaha Strauss PAC
Omaha, NE, USA

January 20th, 2023

Three Songs for pipa and violoncello
Wu Man, pipa
Hsin-Yun Huang violoncello
Philadelphia, PA, USA

January 28th, 2023

Of Time and Love
Concerto for Viola and Ochestra (25')
Roberto Díaz, viola
Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Alumnae Hall, Immaculata, PA, USA

World Premiere

January 29th, 2023

Of Time and Love
Concerto for Viola and Ochestra (25')
Roberto Díaz, viola
Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya conductor
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center
Philadelphia PA, USA
Commissioned by
the Curtis Institue of Music
Suzhou Symphony Orchestra of China

January 29th, 2023

Hot Pepper for violin and marimba
Shomya Mitra, violin
Ben Cornavaca marimba
New World Center
Miami Beach, FL, USA

February 11th, 2023

Tibetan Swing for orchestra
Frost Symphony Orchestra
University of Miami
Coral Gables , FL, USA

February 12th, 2023

Three Songs for pipa and violoncello
Wu Man, pipa
Hsin-Yun Huang violoncello
New York City, NY, USA

March 3rd, 2023

Shanghai Overture
George Gershwin, Rhapsody in blue
He Zhan-Hao/Chen Gang, The Butterfly Lovers Violin concerto
Maurice Ravel, Bolero
Xie Ming, piano
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin
Bright Sheng, conductor
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall, Shanghai, China

March 6th, 2023

My Other Song for solo piano
Xiang Zou piano
NYU Shanghai New Bund Campus Recital Hall
Shanghai China

March 12th, 2023

Arnold Schoenberg, Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Bright Sheng, conductor
Shanghai Baroque Chamber Orchestra
Shanghai, China

May 5th, 2023

Three Fantasies for violin and piano
Kinga Augustyn, violin
Alla Milchtein piano
2023 Queens New Music Festival
Queen,NY, USA

May 26th, 2023

The Dream of Red Chamber Overture
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.2
Shostakovich Symphony No. 9
Shuangqian Cai, piano
Bright Sheng, conductor
SiChuan Symphony Orchestra
Chengdu, SiChuan, China

July 1st. 2023

Angela Slater, Distorted Light
Bracha Bdil, In Memory of Voices
Adrian Wong, Glass Flowers
Bright Sheng, String Quartet No.3
Arnold Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire Op.21
Kristina Bachrach, Soprano
Nan Jia, cellist
Fuki Wang, Flutist
Tania Villasuso, Clarinetist
Bright Sheng, conductor
Viano String Quartet
HKUST Shaw Auditorium
Hong Kong, China

July 2nd. 2023

Angela Slater, Distorted Light
Bracha Bdil, In Memory of Voices
Adrian Wong, Glass Flowers
Bright Sheng, String Quartet No.3
Arnold Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire Op.21
Kristina Bachrach, Soprano
Nan Jia, cellist
Fuki Wang, Flutist
Tania Villasuso, Clarinetist
Bright Sheng, conductor
Viano String Quartet
Hong Kong City Hall Theatre
Hong Kong, China

July 22nd. 2023

Bright Sheng The Stream Flows (for string orchestra)
Shostakovich Chamber Symphony Op.110a
Hua Hui, concertmaster
Bright Sheng, conductor
Strings Orchestra of 2023 Arts Talent Development Project of China Natinal Arts Fund
Shanghai, China

October 20th, 2023

H'un: Lacerations for orchestra
Jayce Ogren conductor
University Philharmonia Orchestra
Ann Arbor, MI. USA

October 28th, 2023

Angel Fire for violin and viola
Hirshhorn Museum's Ring Auditorium
Washington, DC. USA

November 6th, 2023

Concertino for clarinet and string quartet
Joe Morris clarinet , Philip Marten violin ,
Minyoung Baik violin , Catie Longhi viola
Jonathan Lee cello
Woodward Theater
Cincinnati, Oh, USA

November 19th, 2023 3pm.

Triumph of Humanity for orchestra
Gerard Schwarz conductor
Palm Beach Symphony
Palm Beach, FL. USA

January 25, 2024

Angel Fires Duo Players from The Locrian Chamber Ensemble
Riverside Church
New York City, NY

January 25, 2024

Chamber Music of Bright Sheng
Players from The Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Robin Theatre, East Lansing

World Premiere 2024 TBD

Roosters of Dawn for Orchestra (12') Commissoned by
Carnegie Hall
National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada
National Center for the Performing Arts in China

Performances 2019-2020