Recent & Upcoming Performances 2023-2025

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

March 15 & 16, 2024

Roosters of Dawn for Orchestra (2020) 《神鸡破晓》 China National Symphony Orchestra,
Lü Jia conductor
Commissoned by
Carnegie Hall New York, USA
National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada
National Center for the Performing Arts in China

Asia Premiere 2024

March 23 2024

the Dream of Red Chamber Overture
《红楼梦序曲》
Rage of Love (2022) 《炽爱》
Shostakovich 9th symphony
Suzhou Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Díaz viola
Bright Sheng conductor
Rage of Love《炽爱》
Commissoned by
Curtis Institue of Music
Suzhou Symphony Orchestra

April 7th, 2024

Piano Trio for Voilin, Clarinet, and Piano
The Melo Trio,
Djakhangir Khaydarov clarinet ,
Alirna Korieva violin ,
Jiayin Zhang piano ,
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Big Rapids, MI. USA

May 30th, 2024

Two Folk Songs from Qinghai
The Hong Kong Bach Choir
Hong Kong City Hall
Hong Kong, China

July 24-26, 2024
Four Lectures on Music Composition

Bright Sheng
The Central Conservatory of Music
Beijing, China

August 4th, 2024
Postcards

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation Orchestra,
Stephen Michael Smith, conductor
Shelter Rock, Manhasset, NY

October 5th, 2024
Concertino for clarinet and string quartet

World Sedge Festival 2024
Julian Blissclarinet
Benjamin Baker, Justine Cormack,
Alexi Kenney & Lorna Zhang, violin
Bryony Gibson-Cornish & Serenity Thurlow viola
Sterling Elliott & Ian Greenberg, cello
Queenstown, New Zealand

November 8th, 2023

Seven Tunes Heard in China
Leland Ko cello
Chaoelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur
Montreal, Canada

November 21/22/23/24th 2024
Opera: Dream of the Red Chamber

The World Premiere of Chmaber Version
Commissioned by the Chinese Heritage
Foundation Friends of Minnesota
Music by Bright Sheng
Libretto by David Henry Hwang & Bright Sheng
David Walsh, director
Mark Rusell Smith, conductor
Tim Yip, artistic condultant
Zhongmei Li, choreographer
Ted Mann Concert Hall
The School of Music, the University of Minnesota

February 28, 2025
Seven Tunes Heard from China

LeLand Ko cello
Aventura Arts & Cultural Center
Miami, FL

March 1st 2025 7:30pm
Of Time and Love:Concerto for Viola and Orchestra

Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Díaz viola
Mark Rusell Smith, conductor
Adler Theatr, Davenport, IA

March 2nd 2025 2:00pm.
Of Time and Love:Concerto for Viola and Orchestra

Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Díaz viola
Mark Rusell Smith, conductor
Adler Theatr, Davenport, IA

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 2020-2022

Performances 2019-2020