iSING! Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems

Date: 14/09/2024 Saturday 20:00

Venue: University of Macau – University Hall (N2)

Conductor／Yeh Cheng-Te
Collaboration：Asian Performing Arts Council
iSING! Artistic Director: Hao Jiang Tian
iSING! Director of Programming Initiative: Katherine Chu
Stage Director: Alessandra Panzavolta

Soprano／Anne-Marine Suire (France)
Soprano／Esther Maureen Kelly (USA)
Soprano／Haiming Wu (China)
Tenor／Jehú Otero (USA)
Soprano／Paula Malagón (Mexico)
Soprano／Claire Coolen (Canada)
Baritone／Bryan Murray (USA)
Soprano／Avery Boettcher(USA)
Tenor／Zipei Zheng (China)
Tenor／Thomas Glenn (Canada)
Tenor／Weiqin Xu (China)
Soprano／Deborah Martinez (Nicaraguan)
Baritone／Yutong Wei (China)
Mezzo-soprano／Erica Cortese (Italy)
Tenor／Lucas Levy (USA)
Baritone／José Rubio (USA)
Soprano／Imola Máté (Hungary)
Barítono／Zhengzhong Zhou (China)

Programme:
Various Tang Poems such as Li Bai’s “Drink to Me” and “Quiet Thoughts by Night”, Wang Zhihuan’s “Up on the Crane Tower”, Zhang Ji’s “Docking by Bridge at Night ” and Cui Hao’s “Yellow Crane Tower” are adapted to the latest creation accompanied with the orchestral music, which will be performed by 18 singers from 9 countries in the iSING! Festival.

Founded and led by the internationally-renowned bass Hao Jiang Tian, the iSING! International Young Artists Festival is a truly meaningful cross-cultural music project. In 2020, iSING! launched a pioneering composition competition, with fourteen winners from around the world (South Africa, Canada, Spain, China and United States) setting ancient Chinese lyrical texts for orchestra and voices. These compositions had their world premieres in Suzhou in November 2020. In January 2023, the iSING! International Young Artists Festival collaborated with the world-famous Philadelphia Orchestra for the U.S debuts of “The Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems”, under the baton of Lio Kuokman at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center and New York’s Lincoln Center, which were hailed as “landmark performances”. Universal sentiments of Tang dynasty poetry transcend geographical and generational boundaries, presenting a sense of meaning for the future.

Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, no interval

The organizer reserves the right to alter the programme and/ or the cast of performers