Yu Long Leads Hangzhou Philharmonic in a Magnificent “Wagner Night” Performance

How long has it been since I heard a high-quality Wagner performance live?

Tonight, the famous conductor Yu Long will join hands with soprano Song Yuanming and violinist Li Weigang to present a romantic and magnificent season concert “Yu Long Interprets Wagner” with the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra. Works, injecting you with new energy for the week. As a conductor and music activist, Yu Long was called “the most influential figure on the Chinese music map” by the “New York Times.” His artistic life is because of leading the in-depth development of Chinese classical music career, promoting Chinese musicians and Composers shine on the international stage. In the first half of Barber’s Violin Concerto, the soloist was violinist Li Weigang. He not only created the world-renowned Shanghai Quartet, but is also an excellent soloist. He performed with the British BBC Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17. In addition, soprano Song Yuanming, the artist-in-residence of the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra this season, will perform the excerpts of the opera “Tristan und Isolde” with the sounds of nature. She once won the first prize in the Toulouse International Vocal Competition in France, and was praised by the Vienna media as “singing meticulously, with a highly plastic voice, soft and powerful, and capable of performing opera roles from lyric to coloratura.”

The concert starts at 7:30 p.m., and half an hour before the performance, Hong Yin, the resident conductor of the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra, will give a guided tour of the works of this concert to the audience in the South Hall. For music fans who like Wagner or want to know more about the concert, don’t miss it.