Composer

From distant shores to dazzling stages, this program tells the story of artists who left their homelands in search of new opportunities, bringing with them rich musical traditions that would flourish in America. Their works—filled with passion, movement, and innovation—embody the spirit of reinvention and triumph. Dai Wei’s Dancing Moonlight shimmers with vibrant energy, blending Eastern and Western influences in a mesmerizing musical dialogue. Acclaimed violinist Vijay Gupta takes center stage for Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto, a work of lyrical beauty and virtuosic brilliance that stands as a testament to Neo-Romanticism. Finally, Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances bursts with rhythmic fire and nostalgia, a dazzling reflection on past and future. This season finale is one of wonder, resilience, and breathtaking music.

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American Dreams

Converse University

We welcome back soprano Carrie Hennessey for Strauss’s gorgeous Four Last Songs, paired with Tchaikovsky’s powerful Symphony No. 5.  These are two of Maestro Murrays’ all-time favorite works, and they will leave a lasting impression.

Masterworks III: Strauss & Tchaikovsky

Placer High School Theater

Yi-Wen Jiang’s string quartet arrangements of popular Chinese folk melodies are at the heart of our celebration of the Year of the Horse—a symbol of independence, growth, and free spiritedness in Chinese culture. A dynamic scene of whinnying, galloping equines comes to life as the cello and piano take on an arrangement of Haihuai Huang’s Racing Horses—another folk song originally written for the erhu, a traditional two-stringed instrument from China.

Lunar New Year

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Music by Jessie Montgomery, Dai Wei, Fjóla Evans, and Franz Schubert.

Schubert, Montgomery & More

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica

Chamber Music OC

Music Academy of the West

Optimistic

Rice University

### Lunar New Year Celebration - Minnesota Orchestra

**Date & Time:**  
Saturday, February 8, 2025

**Venue:**  
Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403

**Duration:**  
2 hours, including intermission

**Event Description:**  
Celebrate the Year of the Snake with the Minnesota Orchestra as we gather together with family and friends to share music that honors family traditions and themes of unity and health. This special Lunar New Year Celebration will feature a diverse program of music that bridges cultures and generations.

**Program:**
- **HUANZHI:** Spring Festival Overture
- **WEI:** Awakening Lion
- **CHIN:** subito con forza
- **CHENGZONG/Wanghua:** Yellow River Piano Concerto
- **HUANG:** Saibei Dance from Saibei Suite No.2
- **RAVEL:** Empress of the Pagodas, from Mother Goose Suite
- **CUONG:** New Work (WORLD PREMIERE)
- **GAO HONG:** Musical Journey for Pipa and Orchestra

**Artists:**
- **Norman Huynh:** Conductor
- **Ying Li:** Piano
- **Gao Hong:** Pipa
- **Fei Xie:** Artistic Consultant

**Additional Information:**
- **Tickets:** Tickets for this concert are available now when you purchase a package. Save up to 15% and receive subscriber perks when you buy 3 or more concerts. Individual tickets go on sale July 29.
- **Pre-concert Activities:** Engage in pre-concert activities to enhance your experience.
- **Valet Parking:** Available for convenience.
- **Pre-order Beverages:** Skip the lines at the bar by pre-ordering your intermission beverage via the Minnesota Orchestra App.
- **Accessibility Services:** Armless & bariatric chairs, assistive listening devices, noise-canceling headphones, service animals, and wheelchair & accessible seating are available upon request.

**Plan Your Visit:**
- **Directions & Parking:** Parking is just steps away from Orchestra Hall in the city-owned and skyway-connected 11th and Marquette Ramp.
- **Helpful Tips:** Make this visit your own with food and activity options. Browse these helpful tips, and when your concert date arrives, all you have to do is sit back and enjoy.

Join us for an evening of beautiful music and cultural celebration at the Minnesota Orchestra's Lunar New Year Celebration!

Lunar New Year Celebration

Minnesota Orchestra

Enjoy a 3pm afternoon performance of exploring of how the orchestra moves. Participation is encourage and recorders are welcome.

Link Up: The Orchestra Moves

Minot State University

The CSO welcomes everyone to our performances, but we know that some families hesitate to bring their family members to a live concert without knowing how they might react. Our All-Accessible Concert is designed to be a safe and accepting environment where patrons with disabilities or sensory sensitivities along with their family members are free to speak and move in reaction to the music being played. This concert features our full orchestra in the concert hall setting.

All-Accessible: The Orchestra Moves

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium

Embark on a musical journey through the whimsical realms of imagination with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic's opening concert of the 2024|2025 Season, "Fantastical Explorations." Leading the audience through a landscape of wonder, the program features compositions that vividly paint fantastical landscapes. Female composer, Dan Wei, sets the stage in her new work “The Dancing Moonlight” with its rich tapestry of orchestral colors inviting listeners into a world of boundless thought and creativity. Continuing the exploration, Leoš Janáček's "Symphony Fantasy” from his opera Jenůfa, delves into the emotional depths of fantasy.  Josef Suk's "Scherzo Fantastique" evokes a sense of playful enchantment through his innovative use of sonic parameters and expressive melodies. The mesmerizing concert finale "Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra" by Philip Glass showcases the virtuosity of timpanists Glenn Paulson and Scott Christian in a dazzling display of rhythmic intensity and prowess.

Fantastical Explorations

Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association

Join us for an electrifying evening with the Albany Symphony's Dogs of Desire on Friday, June 7, 2024, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM at the EMPAC Theatre, located at 44 8th Street, Troy, NY. This genre-bending new music ensemble, under the baton of David Alan Miller, will present a groundbreaking concert featuring world premieres by some of today's most adventurous American composers, including Dai Wei, Francisco del Pino, Nicky Sohn, Juhi Bansal, JURAKHAN, and Jack Frerer. The program promises an unforgettable experience with compositions like "All on a Summer’s Day," "Memorial," "Crossway," "Refuge," new works by JURAKHAN, and innovative arrangements of hits by NY-born songwriters, including classics such as "Just the Two of Us" and "If I Had a Hammer."

This special event is part of the 2024 American Music Festival, and tickets are complimentary with the festival pass. Secure your all-access pass today to reserve your seats for this and other festival highlights. For reservations and more information, click here or call 518-694-3300.

Please note, free parking is available in the College Avenue parking garage adjacent to Cogswell Laboratory, with all parking free on nights and weekends in the City of Troy. For those requiring accessibility accommodations, large-print programs and assistive listening devices are available upon request. However, be advised there is no elevator access to the Concert Hall from the 8th Avenue entrance.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the cutting-edge of contemporary American music with the Dogs of Desire.

Dogs of Desire

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

This performance is free and open for general seating and will be live-streamed on the School of Music's YouTube channel and Facebook page.

WIU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT "Souvenirs" - Kenny Lee and Xinyue Liu, conductors

Western Illinois University

CAN WE EXPLORE THE UNEXPLORABLE? Guided by Dai Wei’s Invisible Portals, this program opens a doorway to unexplored realms. Augustin Hadelich, whose performances “[reveal] something from a plane beyond ours” (The Washington Post), joins LACO in Mendelssohn’s transportive Violin Concerto in E minor, capped by Mozart’s eternal “Jupiter” Symphony.

Dimensions

Alex Theatre

University of California, Los Angeles

What a glorious beginning to our 2023-2024 Classics Series! Music Director Eric Jacobsen and the Orlando Philharmonic present the celebratory opening concert featuring Mussorgsky’s “gallery crawl” (in Ravel’s glittering orchestration). Come along as your “mind’s ears” conjure the ten pictures on exhibit—including baby chicks pecking their way out of their shells, eerie Parisian “Catacombs,” and “The Great Gate of Kiev” shaking you with the tumultuous pealing of bells in the grand finale. Bella Hristova (The New York Times praises her “expressive nuance and rich tone”) steps into the spotlight for Barber’s Violin Concerto, exploring its serenity, angularity, and shifting accents that demand formidable virtuosic abilities. Dai Wei’s The Dancing Moonlight dazzles with energetic verve and rhythmic flair to start the concert.

Pictures at an Exhibition

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

CAMA (in partnership with the Music Academy) is pleased to announce an upcoming Community Access Concert with Philadelphia’s exuberant Curtis Symphony Orchestra at the Granada Theatre on May 18 at 7:30PM. This special concert provides the perfect opportunity for the broader Santa Barbara music audience to come out for an evening with their families to experience and hear a masterful program of world-class symphonic music.

Curtis Symphony Orchestra

Granada Theatre

“The most dynamic orchestra in the city” (Philadelphia Inquirer), the Curtis Symphony Orchestra brings a youthful exuberance to new audiences in its first-ever appearances on the U.S. West Coast. Under the direction of Osmo Vänskä, who previously led the ensemble in U.S. East Coast and European tours, the talented young musicians of Curtis showcase sparkling virtuosity and masterful artistry. They are joined on the program by piano sensation Yefim Bronfman, one of the newest additions to the faculty, in award-winning interpretations from the concerto repertoire.

Curtis on Tour

Yavapai College

University of California, Davis

Join the Curtis Symphony Orchestra for a magical evening of music under the stars at beautiful Longwood Gardens with piano soloist Janice Carissa (Piano ’22). Under the direction of Osmo Vänskä, the orchestra will present a premiere of Dai Wei’s Awakening Lion, Bartók’s thrilling piano concerto, and Tchaikovsky’s beloved classic Symphony No. 4.

Curtis at Longwood Gardens

Longwood Gardens

After performing Professor Donnacha Dennehy’s Land of Winter in September, celebrated 20-person ensemble Alarm Will Sound returns to perform works by Princeton University graduate student composers including Gulli Björnsson, Dai Wei, Liam Elliot, Hope Littwin, Soo Yeon Lyuh, Christian Quiñones, Elijah Daniel Smith, Max Vinetz, Justin Wright.

Princeton Sound Kitchen: Alarm Will Sound

Richardson Auditorium

Symphonic Dances

WV Symphony Orchestra

The world premiere of Angélica Negrón’s Pedazos intermitentes de un lugar ya fragmentado is sponsored by Boyer Rickel.

Hub New Music

Tucson Convention Center

Tchaikovsky's Ukrainian heritage comes center stage in his Second Symphony, chock full of the country's folk songs. Our soloist comes from the LA Philharmonic in Barber's virtuosic violin concerto after the program opens with a delightful ode to our nighttime companion in Dai Wei's The Dancing Moonlight sponsored by the New Music Society. Become a New Music Society member to support the creation and performance of new music.

Composer

Dai Wei

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Past events

Apr 25, 2026

American Dreams · Spartanburg Philharmonic

7 - 8 Mar, 2026

Masterworks III: Strauss & Tchaikovsky · The Auburn Symphony

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