Date: 1 – 2 – 3 August 2024
Venue: Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
Time: 7:30pm
Price: HK$150 – 400, Tickets available from 24 June at URBTIX
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The Asian Youth Orchestra is the Asia’s premier pre-professional orchestra, offering opportunities for advanced study, performance and international concert touring with celebrated artists and conductors.
The AYO International Artist-Faculty concert brings together distinguished musicians from Belgium, Italy, USA, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the passing of the Italian Composer Puccini, they will perform several arias from his operas, as well as some other repertoire to demonstrate not only their virtuosity but also impart invaluable knowledge and inspiration to the next generation of musicians.
Programme:
1 August 2024, 7:30pm
AYO Artist-Faculty Concert
Arias from Puccini’s Operas
O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
Nessun dorma from Turandot
Un bel dì vedremo from Madama Butterfly
Mi chiamano Mimi & Donde Lieta uscì from La Bohème
Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore from Tosca
and music from Piazzolla, Morricone and more.
2 August 2024, 7:30pm
Joseph Bastian, Principal Conductor
Wang Jian, Cello Soloist
Ravel: Daphins et Chloé, Suite No.2
Lalo: Cello Concerto
Debussy: La Mer
Ravel: Boléro
3 August 2024, 7:30pm
Jader Bignamini
Principal Guest Conductor
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Suite
Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic Dances
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition