On 24 and 26 June, as part of the XXXIV Music Festival Stars of the White Nights, Chinese conductor Daye Lin will appear with the Mariinsky Orchestra at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre. Audiences will hear a vivid symphonic programme and a performance of Puccini’s Turandot.
Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Wuxi Symphony Orchestra, Daye Lin is also a Distinguished Professor at the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing, an Adjunct Professor at the School of Music of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and a Guest Professor at the Shanghai and Tianjin conservatories of music. In 2012 he won 1st prize at the Sir Georg Solti International Conductors’ Competition in Frankfurt, becoming the first Chinese winner of this prestigious contest. In 2023 he was named one of Shenzhen’s Top Ten Outstanding Young People.
On 24 June Daye Lin and the Mariinsky Orchestra will present St Petersburg audiences with a magnificent musical programme. The concert will feature Respighi’s famous Roman Trilogy – a cycle of symphonic poems celebrating the Eternal City, with its rich history and inimitable atmosphere. In this trilogy, which brings together Fontane di Roma (“Fountains of Rome”), Pini di Roma (“Pines of Rome”) and Feste Romane (“Roman Festivals”), Respighi succeeded not only in encompassing different eras but also in expressing the distinctive national character of the music. The programme will also include Southern Radiance by contemporary Chinese composer Wang Danhong.
On 26 June an exquisite blend of Chinese colour and Italian tradition will unfold in Puccini’s final opera, Turandot, conducted by Daye Lin. This drama of a cruel princess, whose icy heart is ultimately melted by love, combines an ancient fairy-tale plot with the aesthetics of verismo and is rightly regarded as a masterpiece – the crowning achievement of the great composer’s creative path. The leading roles will be performed by Zhanna Dombrovskaya, Karlen Manukyan (Bolshoi Theatre of Russia), Yekaterina Goncharova, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Andrei Spekhov, Alexander Timchenko and Oleg Balashov.
The XXXIV Music Festival Stars of the White Nights takes place with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The festival’s Artistic Director is Valery Gergiev.
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