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Shanghai Concert Hall adapts season to West
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THE performance season at Shanghai Concert Hall will not end as usual this July; instead, it will be prolonged until December, as an adjustment to coordinate with the calendar year.
Russian pianist Arcadi Volodos, who was scheduled to end the 2015-2016 season for the Concert Hall with his recital on July 30, is now supposed to start a new series of programs in the second half of 2016.
The decision to change seasons was made to solve the long-time obstacles in arranging oversea programs in Shanghai due to different season phases between the venues and most Western musicians and art groups, according to Shen Yanshu with Shanghai Concert Hall Program Department.
“We hope that this change will help us gain more fluent and rich program arrangements. We have also carefully selected programs to mend the gap before next season starts,” says Shen.
Volodos, known for his breathtaking piano playing and own transcriptions, will take the lead.
Born in St Petersburg in 1972, Volodos first studied vocals and conducting. His supreme talent in piano was discovered when he was 16 and has focused on piano playing ever since. He entered the Moscow Academy of Music and later studied with Jacques Rouvier and Dimitri Bashkirov.
Volodos’ debut in New York in 1998 wowed the world. He demonstrated his supreme techniques in his own adaptations based on works like Horowitz’s adaptation of Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody,” Mozart’s “Turkey March” and Sarasate’s “Carmen Fantasy.”
His legend was gradually shaped with his tour globally and collaborations with the top orchestras like Berlin Philharmonic, Israeli Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic.
His boundless virtuosity along with his unique sense of timing, color and poetry made him a romantic narrator of powerful stories. This time, he will stage Schumann’s “Butterfly,” Brahm’s “Three Intermezzi” and Schubert’s “Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major” on his coming recital at Shanghai Concert Hall.
Following his visit, rising French star violinist Laurent Korcia will have his recital at the Concert Hall in September; well-known Chinese cellist Wang Jian will have his first collaboration with pianist Chen Sa in October; South Korean jazz queen Nah Youn Sun will sing for Shanghai audience in November; and Croatian pianist Ivo Pogorelich will exhibit his legendary live performance in December.
Successfully bringing ancient orchestras like the Le Concert Spirituel and Academy of Ancient Music in recent years, Shanghai Concert Hall will keep on presenting two orchestras featuring Baroque music — Les Arts Florissants from France and Spanish viol master Jordi Savall with his Hespèrion XXI, both in October.
In addition, “Master Public Welfare” performance series will provide another two concerts with all tickets sold at 80 yuan (US$12.12). That includes the collaboration among French cellist Francis Gouton, Chinese cellist Xie Zhiying and pianist Xie Ya, as well as a recital by German pianist Oliver Kern.
Date: July 30, 7:30pm
Address: 523 Yan’an Rd E.
Tickets: 80-680 yuan
Tel: 400-891-8182
Visit www.shanghaiconcerthall.org for more information.
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