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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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The New York Times
February 5 2012
Steve Smith of the New York Times reviews the World premiere of “The Singing Gobi Desert” took place on February 3rd 2012 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. "Mr. Sheng, in introducing “The Singing Gobi Desert,” played down its programmatic title, calling the piece a capriccio or fantasia. Still, like the glassy “singing” sands in the desert of the title, disparate timbres intermingled gently and smoothly in strong melodic themes, which sang out with potency and unambiguous sweetness." Read article
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Detroit Free Press
Shanghai Quartet and Peter Serkin gave world pmiere of Sheng's Dance Capriccio on February 11th 2012 at Chamber Music Society of Detroit. "Cast in a single, richly concentrated movement of about 12 minutes, ...it is loaded with inspired ideas and drama and it commands attention from beginning to end. The music swings between serenely lyrical, lullaby-like passages and highly rhythmic, fiercely articulated melodic lines that slice the air with wild abandon, leaving the outline of a bacchanal. You get the feeling that the Sherpa really know how to party. Sheng treats the piano and string quartet as equals, an impression furthered by the deeply integrated virtuoso performance..." Read article
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The Wall Street Journal
Nicholas Frisch of the Wall Street Journal wrote 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
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Finacial Times
May 2nd 2011
Ken Smith wrote the IC 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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