Event Overview

Macau New Year's Concert is another high-end local music brand presented by the Macao Youth Symphony Orchestra Association. On the eve of the New Year, it presents a high-level, Viennese-style New Year's concert for local residents and visitors, offering blessings and adding a festive atmosphere to the city.

The Guangzhou Youth Symphony Orchestra, also known as the "Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra Affiliated Youth Orchestra," is China's first youth orchestra managed and trained to professional standards, becoming a rising star among mainland youth orchestras. The Macao Youth Symphony Orchestra, fresh from its "U.S. Tour" in August, presents a new image. This time, they join forces with the Guangzhou Youth Orchestra, making its first visit to Macau, to form a large combined ensemble. Featuring world champion Huang Mengla and two renowned conductors, this promises to be an exceptional concert for the audience.

Key Details

• Date: December 29, 2013
• Time: 20:00
• Venue: Grand Auditorium, Macao Cultural Centre
• Ticket Price: MOP 50
• Presented by: Macao Youth Symphony Orchestra Association

Featured Artists

Conductors

Veiga Jardim

• A renowned Brazilian conductor based in Macau, currently an Associate Professor at the Macao Polytechnic Institute.
• Received a Brazilian arts award to study in Italy under a famous Russian conducting master.
• Former Music Director of the Macao Chamber Orchestra.

Lin Da Ye

• Resident Conductor of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra.
• Holds a Master's in Conducting from the Berlin University of the Arts.
• Winner of the 6th Sir Georg Solti International Conductors' Competition.

Violin Soloist

Huang Meng La

• Gold Medal and Caprice Performance Prize winner at the 2002 Paganini International Violin Competition in Italy.
• Graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Royal Academy of Music (UK), and the Musikhochschule Lübeck (Germany).

Performing Groups

• Guangzhou Youth Symphony Orchestra
• Macao Youth Symphony Orchestra

Programme

• Pomp and Circumstance March, Op. 39, No. 1 – Edward Elgar
• Cavalleria rusticana – Intermezzo – Pietro Mascagni
• Gold and Silver Waltzes, Op. 79 – Franz Lehár
• Unter Donner und Blitz, Op.324 – Johann Strauss II
• The Skaters' Waltz, Op. 183 – Emil Waldteufel
• Double violins concerto, Strings and Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043 – J.S.Bach
• Barcarolle from the Opera The Tales of Hoffmann – Jacques Offenbach
• Hungarian Dance No.5 – Johannes Brahms, arr. Albert Parlow
• Slavonic Dance Op.46 No. 8 – Antonin Dvorák
• Salut d'Amour – Edward Elgar
• Zigeunerweisen, Op.20 – Pablo de Sarasate

*The programme and artists are subject to change by the organizer.