NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC LUNAR NEW YEAR CONCERT AND GALA Conducted by LONG YU Honoring NY Phil Board Member MISOOK DOOLITTLE 

 

Featuring Violinist CLARA-JUMI KANG, Pianists CLAYTON STEPHENSON and SERENA WANG, and JAMIE BERNSTEIN 

 

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, February 20, 2024

 

Clara-Jumi Kang

 

The New York Philharmonic will celebrate the Lunar New Year, welcoming the Year of the Dragon with a Concert and Gala on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at the Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall. This year’s Lunar New Year Concert and Gala honors philanthropist, business entrepreneur, and NY Phil Board Member Misook Doolittle.

 

Conductor Long Yu — who introduced this annual NY Phil tradition in 2012 — will conduct the World Premiere of Elliot Leung’s Lunar Overture; Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, with Clara-Jumi Kang (in her NY Phil debut) as soloist; selections from Zhou Tian’s Transcend, composed in 2019 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad; and Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals, narrated by Jamie Bernstein and featuring

pianists Clayton Stephenson (NY Phil debut) and Serena Wang as soloists.

 

Gala events will include a cocktail reception at 6:00 p.m. on the Leon and Norma Hess Grand Promenade; the concert, which begins at 7:00 p.m.; and a seated dinner, attended by the artists, immediately following the performance, also on the Hess Grand Promenade. Gala dress will be heritage formal or black-tie attire. Starr International Foundation is the Presenting Sponsor of the Lunar New Year Gala. The Honorary Gala Chairs are Mr. and Mrs. Maurice R. Greenberg.

 

The Gala Co-Chairs are Angela Chen, Misook Doolittle, Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes HsuTang, and Ling Tian and Diana Wang.

 

Tickets

Tickets to New York Philharmonic performances may be purchased online at nyphil.org or by calling (212) 875-5656, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Saturday; and noon to 5:00 p.m. Sunday. Tickets may also be purchased at the Welcome Center at David Geffen Hall. The Welcome Center opens at 10:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and at noon on Sunday. On performance evenings, the Welcome Center closes one-half hour after performance time; other evenings it closes at 6:00 p.m.

 

For more information about the entire Gala evening, which includes a cocktail reception, the 7:00 p.m. concert, and a post-concert dinner with the artists, please visit nyphil.org/lny, call the Office of Special Events at (646) 870-4054, or email specialevents@nyphil.org.

 

 

 

LUNAR NEW YEAR CONCERT AND GALA

 

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 7:00 p.m.

 

Long Yu, conductor

Jamie Bernstein, narrator

Clara-Jumi Kang*, violin

Clayton Stephenson*, piano

Serena Wang, piano

 

Elliot LEUNG Lunar Overture (World Premiere)

BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 Clara-Jumi Kang

ZHOU Tian Selections from Transcend (New York Premiere)

SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals

 

* About Misook Doolittle 

https://www.misook.com/pages/who-is-misook-discover-the-story-behind-our-brand#:~:text=The%20Misook%20story%20began%20back,would%20actually%20want%20to%20wear. 

 

*Clara-Jumi Kang 

Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang is an artist of supreme musicality, impeccable refinement and poise as borne out by the many awards and accolades she has received since she first burst on the scene as winner of the Indianapolis International Violin Competition in 2010, hot on the heels of her successes at the Seoul Violin Competition (2009) and the Sendai Violin Competition (2010).  Her cycle of Beethoven Violin Sonatas with pianist Sunwook Kim which was released on Accentus last season has received outstanding reviews and nominations.

 

Recent and current highlights include her debut at the Proms with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Ryan Bancroft performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, performances with the Gurzenich Orchester/Roth, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/P Järvi, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic/Denève, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Schwarz, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra/Chung and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Mena and she will tour Australasia for performances with the Melbourne Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia, West Australian Symphony Orchestra and KBS Symphony Orchestra.

 

She made her concerto debut with Hamburg Symphony at the age of five and has since performed with orchestras including the Warsaw Philharmonic, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Mariinsky Orchestra, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra with conductors such as Boreyko, Fedoseyev, Gergiev, Kremer, Mena, Poppen, François Xavier Roth, Varga, Lü Jia, Chung, Holliger, Märkl and Yamada.

 

Further afield, her performances have taken her to the USA with the Atlanta, New Jersey, Indianapolis and Santa Fe Symphony Orchestras, as well as Asia with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, NCPA Beijing Orchestra, Macao Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestras.   She was selected as one of the top 100 “Most promising and influential people of Korea” in 2012 by major Korean newspaper Dong-A Times and was awarded the Daewon Music Award (2012) for her outstanding international achievements as well as Kumho Musician of the Year (2015).

 

Clara-Jumi Kang has made two recordings for Decca: “Modern Solo” featuring works including Schubert’s “Erlkönig” and Ysaÿe Sonatas, and a Brahms/Schumann album with Yeol-Eum Son.  A dedicated chamber musician, she is a member of the Spectrum Concerts series at the Berlin Philharmonie and a regular visitor to festivals across Asia and Europe.

 

Born in Germany to a musical family, Clara-Jumi Kang took up the violin at the age of three and a year later enrolled as the youngest ever student at the Mannheim Musikhochschule. She went on to study with Zakhar Bron at the Lübeck Musikhochschule and at the age of seven was awarded a full scholarship to the Julliard School to study with Dorothy Delay. She took her Bachelor and Masters degrees at the Korean National University of Arts under Nam-Yun Kim before completing her studies at the Munich Musikhochschule with Christoph Poppen. Clara-Jumi Kang plays the “Thunis” Stradivarius of 1702.

https://www.clarajumikang.com

 

 

纽约爱乐乐团 中国新年音乐会暨庆典 余隆指挥 表彰纽约爱乐乐团董事会成员 Misook Doolittle

特邀小提琴家康珠美、钢琴家薄克雷和王雅伦、杰米·伯恩斯坦

2 月 20 日 大卫·葛芬音乐厅 吴蔡剧场

 

纽约爱乐乐团将于 2024 年 2 月 20 日周二在林肯中心大卫·葛芬音乐厅（David Geffen Hall）吴蔡剧场（Wu Tsai Theater）举办音乐会暨庆典，喜迎农历新年。今年 的音乐会和庆典将表彰慈善家、企业家和纽约爱乐乐团董事会成员 Misook Doolittle，共襄盛举，庆祝文化传承、迎接新的开始以及感受超越国界的音乐力量。

 

指挥家余隆 2012 年发起这项新年传统，今年他将再度执棒纽约爱乐乐团，世界首演作曲家梁皓一的《月之序曲》（Lunar Overture）；同小提琴家康珠美（ClaraJumi Kang）共同带来布鲁赫的《第一小提琴协奏曲》；呈现周天的《创见》（Transcend）选段，该曲于 2019 年为纪念第一条横贯大陆铁路完成 150 周年而创 作；还将演绎圣桑的《动物狂欢节》，特邀杰米·伯恩斯坦（Jamie Bernstein）担任旁白，钢琴新星薄克雷（Clayton Stephenson，纽约爱乐首秀）、王雅伦担纲钢琴独奏。

 

纽约爱乐乐团迎新春系列活动包括 6 点在 Leon and Norma Hess 长廊举行的酒会、7 点开始的音乐会和音乐会后的筹款晚宴。音乐家将于演出后前往 Hess 长廊出席晚 宴。本届庆典由斯塔国际基金会（Starr International Foundation）赞助呈现。盛典荣誉主席：莫里斯·格林伯格夫妇（Mr. and Mrs. Maurice R. Greenberg）。盛典共同主席：陈妤（Angela Chen）、Misook Doolittle、唐骝千和徐心眉、Ling Tian 和 Diana Wang。

 

购票方式：

网络购票：nyphil.org/dragon

电话购票：(212) 875-5656，周一至周五上午 10 点-下午 6 点；周六下午 1 点-6 点；

周日中午 12 点-下午 5 点

林肯中心大卫·葛芬音乐厅售票处购票：周一至周六上午 10 点开门，周日中午 12 点开

门；有演出的日期，售票处在演出开始后半小时关闭，没有演出则在下午 6 点关闭。

了解庆典之夜活动详情，包含酒会、七点的音乐会及随后艺术家出席的晚宴，请访问网页

nyphil.org/lny，致电 646-870-4054 或寄送邮件至 specialevents@nyphil.org 联系

特殊活动部门。

媒体票请求请联系周玮 (908) 962-1060 或 wzhou@weibers.com。

演出信息：

纽约爱乐乐团中国新年音乐会暨庆典

地点：林肯中心大卫·葛芬音乐厅（David Geffen Hall）吴蔡剧场（Wu Tsai

Theater）

时间：2024 年 2 月 20 日（周二）晚 7:00

指挥：余隆

小提琴：康珠美*

钢琴： 薄克雷* 王雅伦

旁白：杰米·伯恩斯坦

梁皓一 《月之序曲》（世界首演）

布鲁赫 《g 小调第一小提琴协奏曲》

周天 《创见》选段（纽约首演）

圣桑 《动物狂欢节》

*纽约爱乐乐团首秀

所有节目以实际情况为准

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中国新年庆典由斯塔国际基金会（Starr International Foundation）赞助。

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对康珠美的慷慨支持由 Misook Doolittle 韩国艺术家基金提供。

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演出所需资金在纽约州州长办公室与纽约州议会支持下部分来自于纽约州艺术委员会（New York State Council on the Arts）。