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The “Easter Concert”, one of the annual highlights of the Macao Orchestra  (OM, from its Portuguese acronym), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will be held on 1 April, at 8pm. Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and to the fact that some performers will not be able to travel to Macao, the programme and the performers have been altered. The venue will be relocated to the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium, where the Orchestra’s Music Director Lu Jia will present the sacred work “Stabat Mater” with renowned Chinese soprano Yuanming Song and mezzo-soprano Niu Shasha.

Written by the Italian composer Pergolesi, “Stabat Mater” is one of the most touching works of medieval poetry, and features 12 poignant ditties in 20 verses, thoroughly describing the agony of the Holy Mother’s loss. The concert features the young soprano Yuanming Song, who has been praised as a “pure grand lyric soprano” by the Viennese cultural media, and Niu Shasha, the current mezzo-soprano of the China National Opera House. The Macao Orchestra will also perform Mozart’s masterpiece “Concerto for Flute No. 1 in G Major”, enabling music aficionados to settle their thoughts and refresh their minds.

Tickets for the concert are available from 6 March through the Macau Ticketing Network at www.macauticket.com or outlets, at the price of MOP250, MOP200 and MOP150, with a 40% Early Bird discount within 14 days from the date of sale, as well as various other packages available. Ticketing hotline: 2855 5555.The Macao Orchestra will strictly follow the relevant guidelines of the Health Bureau and implement appropriate measures for all performances and activities, and continue to present high-quality classical music performances. For more information updates on the concerts, please visit the website www.icm.gov.mo/om and the official WeChat account “MacaoOrchestra”. For enquiries, please the Macao Orchestra’s hotline through tel. no. 2853 0782 during office hours.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla, the Macao Orchestra (OM, from its Portuguese acronym), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will present the concert “The Tango Legends – A Tribute to Piazzolla” on 6 March, at 8pm, at the Dom Pedro V Theatre, as well as various exceptional performances on Saturdays in March, bringing passionate music to every corner of the city.

As several overseas artists programmed to participate in the concert “The Tango Legends – A Tribute to Piazzolla” are unable to travel to Macao due to the pandemic, the programme of the concert will be altered. The Orchestra will present Piazzolla’s famous works Libertango, Oblivion and excerpts of Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, as well as various exuberant pieces such as Goran Bregovic’s Underground Tango and Carlos Gardel’s Por una Cabeza, moving the hearts of all music aficionados with their passionate melodies. “Tango” has been regarded as a derivative of bistro Argentinian culture for a long time. It was the Piazzolla who blended tango music with classical music, bringing it to the international stage, and allowing audiences around the world to experience the passion of music. The duration of the concert is approximately 1 hour. Tickets are available from 19 February through the Macau Ticketing Network at www.macauticket.com or outlets and are priced at MOP120 and MOP100, with various discount packages available. Ticketing hotline: 2855 5555.

The Macao Orchestra will also present a number of wonderful performances on three consecutive Saturdays in March. The concert “Music in Heritage – Travel with music” will be held on 13 March, at 2:30pm and 5pm, at the Casa Garden, allowing music aficionados to experience music from European countries while enjoying the World Heritage Sites as if they were travelling around the world. The duration of the concert is approximately 30 minutes.

The concert “The Future of Classical Music” will be held on 20 March, at 8pm, at the University Hall of the University of Macau, providing a platform for young music students in Macao to showcase their talents. Led by OM’s Assistant Conductor Francis Kan, the Orchestra will share the stage with several local music lovers and student elites to present a number of familiar and vivid pieces, offering a youthful and energetic concert to music aficionados. The duration of the concert is approximately 1 hour.

Admission to the concerts “Music in Heritage – Travel with music” and “The Future of Classical Music” will be made with free tickets. Limited tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis from 12pm on 26 February by registration through the OM’s website at www.icm.gov.mo/om or the official WeChat account “MacaoOrchestra”. The concert “When Music Speaks – Discover Mozart”, originally scheduled to be held last month, will be held on 27 March, at 8pm. The venue will be changed to the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium, while the conductor and repertoire will remain unchanged. Admission to the concert is free and the duration is of approximately 1 hour. Those who have successfully reserved tickets will be given priority to reserve their tickets from 20 to 25 February, while the remaining tickets will be available to the public for reservation from 12pm on 26 February.

The Macao Orchestra will strictly follow the relevant guidelines of the Health Bureau and implement appropriate measures for all performances and activities, and continue to present high-quality classical music performances. For more information updates on the concerts, please visit the OM’s website and its official WeChat account. For enquiries, please the Macao Orchestra’s hotline through tel. no. 2853 0782 during office hours.

The Cultural Affairs Bureau and Air Macau joined hands to provide a total of 11 musical pieces by the Macao Orchestra and the Macao Chinese Orchestra on Air Macau flights starting from today. Passengers can access the orchestras’ music through the programme “Macao’s Culture” available on the platform “Air Macau In-flight Wi-Fi Entertainment”, and enjoy melodious music during their flights and experience the charm of Macao.
In collaboration with Air Macau, the Macao Orchestra and the Macao Chinese Orchestra will offer their enchanting music on each flight, allowing passengers to feel the cultural ambience of Macao. The new programme “Macao’s Culture” features “The Yellow River” Piano Concerto by the Macao Orchestra and the album series “The Charm of Macao” by the Macao Chinese Orchestra. “The Yellow River” Piano Concerto was adapted from Xian Xianghai’s “Yellow River Cantata” by a number of composers between 1968 and 1969. The music describes the magnificent scenery of the Yellow River. It was first performed in 1970 and was the most popular symphonic work in China. The selected version on the programme is performed by pianist Ju Jin, with a rich and magnificent artistic conception; The album “The Charm of Macao” by the Macao Chinese Orchestra, is composed by Portuguese composer Rão Kyao, and arranged by Kuan Nai Chung, combining the two styles of the Monte Carlo of the orient and the European style. A number of musical pieces including St. Paul’s Ruins, Lilau and Taipa, depict the beauty of Macao’s cultural heritage, allowing the audiences to enjoy a leisurely and beautiful life as if they were in the historic centre of Macao.
In order to access the in-flight entertainment and the programme “Macao’s Culture” provided by Air Macau during their flights, passengers can connect to the platform “Air Macau In-flight Wi-Fi Entertainment” through electronic devices, and experience the cultural charm of Macao.

Macao Orchestra “Along with the Musical Joy – Annual Gala and Gathering” on 8 Feb will be canceled due to the novel coronavirus pneumonia, the redeemed OM Friends bonus points will be returned into account, thank you for your support and understanding, Macao Orchestra will strive for every opportunity to provide high-quality performances.

for any enquiries about OM Friends bonus points, please contact Macau Ticketing Network via 28555555.

The year 2021 marks the 230th anniversary of the death of the great composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. To commemorate this great composer and legendary figure of classical music, the Macao Orchestra (OM, from the Portuguese acronym), will join hands with internationally renowned Chinese conductor and pianist Xu Zhong to present the concert “The Legend of Mozart” on 23 January 2021, at 8pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium. Moreover, three spectacular concerts with free admission will be held in January, welcoming the New Year with music aficionados and injecting vitality to the city.

The concert “The Legend of Mozart” will feature Mozart’s famous works, including Overture to Don Giovanni, K.527 and Symphony No. 41 in C, K.551 “Jupiter”. Conductor Xu Zhong is the first Chinese conductor ever to serve as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Italy and is the current Principal Director of the Fondazione Arena di Verona and Arena di Verona Festival in Italy. In this concert, Xu Zhong will personally perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat, K271 “Jeunehomme”, offering a true musical feast to music aficionados. The concert “The British Echo”, scheduled to be held on the same day, will be cancelled due to the fact that overseas artists will not be able to visit Macao.
More performances will also be presented by OM in January.

The concert “Flourishing Arts”, will be held on 9 January, at 8pm, at the University Hall (N2) of the University of Macau, providing a platform for young musicians. Award winners of the 38th Macao Young Musicians Competition, including Leong Ieng Ieng, Che Chong Hei, Kong Kit Man, Ou Hoi Kuan, Wang Iat Fan, among others, will join OM on stage and perform under the leadership of the Assistant Conductor of the Macao Orchestra Francis Kan. The violinist from Singapore, Chloe Chua, will not be able to visit Macao due to the epidemic.

The concert “When Music Speaks – Discover Mozart”, one of the concert season’s highlights, will be held on 16 January, at 8pm, at the University Hall (N2) of the University of Macau, in which the Music Director of the Macao Orchestra Lu Jia will talk about Mozart’s life and lead the Orchestra to perform Mozart’s Symphony No. 1 written at the age of eight, as well as Mozart’s refined excerpts from Symphony No. 33 written in the later period. In addition, the concert “Music at World Heritage” will be held on 30 January, at 8pm, at the Dom Pedro V Theatre, featuring wind repertoire composed by Mozart, Haydn, Poulenc and Bach. The audience will be able to enjoy the beautiful classical music and experience the history in a world heritage building which has a history of more than 160 years.

Tickets for the concert “The Legend of Mozart” are available through the Macau Ticketing Network at www.macauticket.com or outlets and are priced at MOP250, MOP200 and MOP150, with various packages available. Ticketing hotline 2855 5555. The duration of the concerts “Flourishing Arts”, “When Music Speaks – Discover Mozart” and “Music at World Heritage” is approximately 1 hour. Admission to the concert will be made with free tickets. Limited tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis from 12pm on 18 December for registration through the Macao Orchestra’s website at www.icm.gov.mo/om or the official WeChat account “MacaoOrchestra”.

The Macao Orchestra sincerely thanks music aficionados for their support, strictly follow the relevant guidelines of the Health Bureau, implement appropriate measures for all performances and activities and continue to present high-quality classical music performances. For more information and updates on the concerts, please visit the Macao Orchestra website and its official WeChat account. For enquiries, please contact the Macao Orchestra’s hotline through tel. no. 2853 0782 during office hours.

With Christmas around the corner, the Macao Orchestra (OM, from the Portuguese acronym), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will present a number of wonderful concerts in December, celebrating the festive season with music aficionados in a delightful musical feast.

The “ Starry Vienna – New Year Concert” will be held on 31 December 2020, at 8pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium. Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and to the fact that overseas performers will not be able to visit Macao, the concert will be conducted by Zhang Jiemin, in collaboration with soprano Li Xintong and the Macao Orchestra. Zhang Jiemin, one of the most vibrant female conductors in China and the first female conductor to ever conduct operas at the Teatro La Fenice and the Teatro di San Carlo, has been Resident Conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra since 2010. The concert will feature a number of magnificent works, including Johann Strauss II’s On the Beautiful, Blue Danube, Op. 314 and Wo die Zitronen blühen Op. 364 and excerpts from Charles-François Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, welcoming the New Year with top enchanting music. Tickets for the New Year Concert are available through the Macau Ticketing Network at www.macauticket.com or outlets from 5 December and are priced at MOP400, MOP350, MOP250 and MOP150, with various discount packages available. Ticketing hotline: 2855 5555.

The “Christmas Concert – Christmas Delight” will be held on 18 and 19 December, at 7pm, at The Spectacle, MGM COTAI. Under the baton of OM’s assistant conductor Francis Kan, this spectacular Christmas concert will feature Saint-Saëns’ Aquarium, from The Carnival of the Animals, Coleridge-Taylor’s Christmas Overture as well as Tchaikovsky’s excerpts from Nutcracker Suite. The duration is approximately 1 hour and the admission is free (no registration required). The Cultural Affairs Bureau thanks to MGM, Macao Orchestra’s special art partner.

The “Tap Seac Gallery Concert” will be held on 11 December, at 6:30pm, at the Tap Seac Gallery, presenting Mendelssohn’s 4 Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 and Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op.11, allowing the audience to enjoy a pleasant afternoon. Admission to the concert will be made with free tickets. Limited tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis from 4 December for registration through the Macao Orchestra’s website at www.icm.gov.mo/om or the official WeChat account “MacaoOrchestra”.

The Macao Orchestra sincerely thanks music aficionados for their support, strictly follow the relevant guidelines of the Health Bureau, implement appropriate measures for all performances and activities and continue to present high-quality classical music performances. For more information and updates on the concerts, please visit the Macao Orchestra website and its official WeChat account. For enquiries, please contact the Macao Orchestra’s hotline through tel. no. 2853 0782 during office hours.

　　Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and to the fact that some performers will not be able to visit Macao, some of the concerts scheduled for November and December by the Macao Orchestra, under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will be altered or cancelled. 

　　The programme of the concert “Tchaikovsky No. 1”, originally scheduled to be held on 21 November, at 8pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium, was changed to Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. The concert, with an approximate duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes, under the baton of the Music Director of the Macao Orchestra, Lu Jia will feature the new emerging star of the piano, Tianxu Au. Spectators with tickets can request the respective refund at the Macau Ticketing Network outlets from today to 3 November, or keep their existing tickets and enjoy the excellent performance on that day. In addition, the concerts “The Symphonic Life – A Tribute to Tchaikovsky” and “BIG Nightmare Music”, originally scheduled to be held on 4 December and 12 December, respectively, will be cancelled.

　　On 5 December, the Macao Orchestra will also hold the concert “Music in Casa Garden”, in two sessions, at 2:30 pm and 5 pm, at Casa Garden, featuring a number of works, including Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A major and Beethoven’s String Trio in C minor. Admission to the concert will be processed with free tickets. Limited tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis from 3 November for registration through the Macao Orchestra’s website at www.icm.gov.mo/om or the official WeChat account “MacaoOrchestra”. 

　　The Macao Orchestra sincerely thanks music aficionados for their understanding and support, strictly follows the relevant guidelines of the Health Bureau and implements appropriate measures for all performances and activities. For details and updates of the concerts, please visit the Macao Orchestra website and its official WeChat account. For enquiries, please contact the Macao Orchestra’s hotline through tel. 2853 0782 during office hours.

Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and to the fact that some performers will not be able to visit Macao, the programmes of the Macao Orchestra new Season concerts “2020-21 Season Opening Concert – Vadim Repin and Macao Orchestra” and “A Night with the World’s Top Trombonist”, originally scheduled to be held on 20 October and 1 November, respectively, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium, were altered. The admission to both concerts will be processed with free tickets. Spectators with tickets can request the respective refund at the Macau Ticketing Network outlets from 30 September to 30 November.

The “2020-21 Season Opening Concert – Vadim Repin and Macao Orchestra” was renamed “Macao Orchestra 2020-21 Season Opening Concert”, and will not count with the collaboration of virtuous violinist Vadim Repin who will not be able to visit Macao due to the epidemic. Therefore, in this concert OM will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, Op. 36 and Symphony No. 4, Op. 60, under the baton of the Music Director of the Macao Orchestra, Lu Jia. The concert will be held on 20 October, at 8pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium, and the duration is approximately 1 hour 20 minutes.

Furthermore, the concert “A Night with the World’s Top Trombonist” was renamed “Symphony of Immortality”. The trombonist and conductor who was originally going to conduct the concert, Christian Lindberg, will also not be able to visit Macao due to the epidemic. Therefore, the concert will be conducted by the Assistant Conductor of the Macao Orchestra, Francis Kan, and the programme will feature Haydn’s Symphony No. 92 and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, Op. 93. The concert will be held on 1 November, at 8pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium, and the duration will be approximately 1hour 15 minutes.

Admission to both concerts will be processed with free tickets. The spectators who complete the refund on or before 11 October will be prioritized to request tickets for the new OM concerts at the Macau Ticketing Network. The number of tickets to be redeemed and the arrangement of the performances will be the same to that of the previous ticket purchase. Seating for the performances is not assigned. The remaining tickets will be available on a first-come-first-served basis from 15 October for registration through the Macao Orchestra’s website at www.icm.gov.mo/om or the official WeChat “MacaoOrchestra”.

The Macao Orchestra sincerely thanks music aficionados for their understanding and support. In the future, the Macao Orchestra will offer more excellent programmes. For details and updates of the concerts, please visit the Macao Orchestra website and its official WeChat account. For enquiries, please contact the Macao Orchestra’s hotline at 2853 0782 during office hours.

Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, many performers will not be able to visit Macao. The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) has decided to cancel the free-admission concerts “Music at World Heritage: Romantic Orchestral Music” and “Music at World Heritage: Beethoven Symphony No. 1” by the Macao Orchestra at the St. Dominic’s Church on 5 June and 26 June respectively.

IC will continue to monitor the progress of the pandemic and make appropriate arrangements for its arts and cultural activities in due course based upon the corresponding opinions from the Health Bureau. For updates, please visit IC’s website at www.icm.gov.mo, its official WeChat account “IC_Art_Macao” and “IC Art” page on Facebook.