Music Season 2016/17: Big Names
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Long Yu, conductor
GSO Honorary Music Director for Life , “[The] most powerful figure in China’s classical music scene”—The New York Times
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Lawrence Foster
Veteran conductor, Music Director of the Marseille Opera and Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the Gulbenkian Orchestra (Portugal)
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Yuja Wang, Piano
One of the world’s top young pianists today who launched her career as a youthful talent, “To listen to her in action is to re-examine whatever assumptions you may have had about how well the piano can actually be played.” —The San Francisco Chronicle
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Wing-sie Yip, Conductor
Internationally renowned conductor and Music Director of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, GSO’s first Music Director
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Wang Jian, Cello
One of the most respected cellists in the world, he describes himself as “stubborn cello warrior”
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John Nelson, conductor
“...wonderfully conducted... a glorious achievement.” —— The Sunday Times (UK)
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Zhang Haochen, Piano
“[Zhang’s] aim for lightness, transparency and directness yields poetic results.”—Gramophone
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Robert Trevino, Conductor
Rising American conductor of the younger generation
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Michael Barenboim, Violin
Internationally renowned violin virtuoso
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Maxim Vengerov, Violin
Violin virtuoso, conductor and superb musician who’s enjoyed decades of international acclaim
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Robert Blocker, Piano
Pianist and educator, Henry and Lucy Moses Dean at the Yale School of Music
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Gina Alice, Piano
A new rising star in the piano world
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Sumi Jo, Soprano
One of the most sought-after Korean sopranos in the world
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Andreas Ottensamer, Clarinet
Principal clarinetist of the Berlin Philharmonic
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Yu-Chien Tseng
Top prize-winning violinist in the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition
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Pascal Rophe, Conductor
French maestro, former Music Director of Liège’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Yuan Fang, Piano
“An amazing Chinese pianist who tugs at the heartstrings of the audience.”—SüddeutscheZeitung
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Gautier Capuçon, Cello
The “Cello Prince” from France
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Miloš Karadaglić, Guitar
Internationally renowned guitar virtuoso, Young Artist of the Year and winner of the Specialist Classical Chart at the 2011 Gramophone Awards
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Natalie Pérez, Soprano
Critically acclaimed French soprano
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Kingman Lo, director
Renowned opera director long established in Asia
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Kuokman Lio, conductor
Program Director, Macao International Music Festival,Resident Conductor, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
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Julian Rachlin,Violin
One of Europe’s most popular violin virtuosos who has performed with numerous internationally renowned orchestras, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador