Hutongs Of Peking / Violin Concerto / Symphony # 5
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For the first time ever, a Chinese symphony orchestra is performing at Lucerne Festival. This appearance by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra under music director Long Yu. have planned a program of three Russian composers. Aaron Avshalomov, who was born in 1894, served as a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory, where he taught from 1919 on; he was one of the founders of China s Western musical tradition. His tone poem Hutongs of Peking captures the sounds and voices that once echoed through the narrow alleys of the Chinese capital. Tchaikovsky s immortal Violin Concerto will be performed by one of the leading virtuosos of our time, Maxim Vengerov.