China NCPA Orchestra

Please note that due to an inflammation in his left arm, pianist Lang Lang has regrettably withdrawn from his performance. Haochen Zhang has agreed to perform in his place. The program remains unchanged.

One of China’s great orchestras makes its Carnegie Hall debut in a program that features a work by Qigang Chen (music director of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing) along with Sibelius’s heroic Symphony No. 2. Haochen Zhang—gold medal–winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition—is the soloist in the legendary Yellow River Concerto, a work beloved for its blend of Chinese themes, colorful Western orchestral writing, and devilishly challenging solo part.

Daniil Trifonov, Piano
Kremerata Baltica

The Guardian has cited Daniil Trifonov’s virtuosity, calling it “elegant and purposeful, [with] every trick deployed to summon new colors, rather than as an end itself.” Trifonov and the Kremerata Baltica showcase Chopin’s complete music for piano and orchestra in this concert. From the sheer brio of the Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” from Mozart's Don Giovanni—which inspired Schumann to comment, “Hats off, gentlemen! A genius!”—to the poetry of the Piano Concerto No. 1, Chopin’s mastery has no better advocate than Trifonov.