Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:00pm
Davies Symphony Hall – Tickets - $15 to $68
The San Francisco Symphony’s annual Chinese New Year Concert and Celebration will welcome in the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dragon in colorful style at the Davies Symphony Hall on Saturday 11th of February. The East and the West will come together in an amalgamation of instruments and music which all the family will enjoy.
From 3pm to 4pm, there will be a festival reception in the Davies Symphony Hill Lobbies. With performers including Dan the Magic Man with Kat the Acrobat and The Magic of Safire, plus caricature artists, fortune tellers, face painters, balloon artists, Chinese calligraphers, airbrush artists, stilt-walkers, contortionists, Chinese plate spinners, and an arts & crafts station, provided by Henna Garden Events and Entertainment.
Imperial Dinner packages that include premium concert seating are available by calling the Volunteer Council at (415) 503-5500.
The concert will begin at 4pm and is also particularly special this year because all of the works are by Chinese and Chinese-American composers, including a world premiere orchestral work by Huang Ruo.
o Conductor Carolyn Kuan returns to lead the concert for a sixth year in a row
o Sheng (Chinese mouth organ) soloist Hu Jianbing and pianist Jie Chen are also showcased during the concert, which further illustrates the confluence of Eastern and Western musical styles
- The Chinese New Year Imperial Dinner, inspired by the traditional pageantry of CNY celebrations, is at 6pm underneath the grand Rotunda at City Hall.
The broad range of activities and talent will make the San Francisco Chinese New Year Community Concert a treat for the whole family, catering everyone from children to classical music lovers and maybe transforming the children into the latter. The Davies Symphony Hall is the perfect location for such celebrations and we recommend you book your tickets now before the event sells out.
Conductor/Performers:
Carolyn Kuan
conductor
Hu Jianbing
sheng
Jie Chen
piano
San Francisco Symphony
Program:
Traditional
Lion Dance
Mao Yuan
