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