FUTURE AND PAST EVENTS
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2026
November 13, 2026 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Zamarron, cello
Mark Gasbarro: new work (world premiere)
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 (I)
Hanson: Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”
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October 16 & 18, 2026 – Walbryzch and Legnica, Poland
Filharmonia Sudecka
Magdalena Miska-Jackowska, violin
Made in Hollywood: John Williams
(music from The Cowboys, E.T., Hook, Close Encounters, Schindler’s List, and Star Wars)
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October 2, 2026 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Boldachev, harp
Boldachev: Suite from the film “Rutka”.
Romero: Suite from “Heroes”
John Williams: Suite of film scores
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July 25-26, 2026 – Panama City, Panama
Alfredo de Saint Malo Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Susan Samudio, soprano
Bernardetta Orsi, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” (first performance in Panama)
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April 18, 2026 – Haugh Performing Arts Center, Glendora, CA
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra and Oratorio Choir
Verdi: La Forza del Destino Overture (Jenny Chengshen Yang, graduate conductor)
Vivaldi: Gloria
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
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April 14, 2026 – Orange County School of the Arts
Masterclass with the OCSA Symphony Orchestra on music by Falla, Lalo, and Marquez
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March 22, 2026 – Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall, China
Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
Copland: Symphony No. 3
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March 13, 2026 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Jazz Ensemble and Studio Orchestra
An Evening of Film Music
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January 17-18, 2026– Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Salonen & Levit scale Busoni’s Masterpiece”
Pre-Concert lectures for the Los Angeles Philharmonic including an interview with pianist Igor Levit.
2025
December 6, 2025 – Azusa, California
Celebrate Christmas concerts
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November 15, 2025 – Los Angeles, California
“All Star” Competition at UCLA Judge in the final round
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October 26, 2025 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Copland: Down a Country Lane (Chengshen Jenny Yang, graduate conductor)
Copland: Saturday Night Waltz (Kory Ha, graduate conductor)
Lauren Biggs: Ubi Caritas et Amor (World premiere)
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
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October 9-12, 2025– Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Dudamel Conducts Mahler’s Resurrection”
Pre-Concert lectures for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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September 26, 2025 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Victoria McGivney, violin
Tiffany Koo, piano
Martinu: Memorial to Lidice (Karen Martins, graduate conductor)
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 (I)
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 (I)
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 “Spring”
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August 11-19, 2025 – Hong Kong, China
12th Hong Kong International Music Festival
Judge in the final round
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July 25, 2025
OpusOne Festival Orchestra
“Concerto Winners concert”
Works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Elgar
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June 8, 2025 – Teatro F. Stabile, Potenza, Italy
Orchestra Sinfonica della Basilicata
Luca Marino, cor anglais
Luigi Tannoia, trumpet
Glazunov: Theme and Variations
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Copland: Down a Country Lane
Copland: Quiet City
Copland: Dance Episodes from “Rodeo”
Leroy Anderson: Plink, Plank, Plunk! (encore)
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May 16-18, 2025– Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Ravel and Adolphe”
Pre-Concert lectures for the Los Angeles Philharmonic including interviews with composer Julia Adolphe and cellist Seth Parker Woods
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April 12, 2025 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 “Paris” (Raphaela Lacerda, assistant conductor)
Mozart: Missa Brevis, K. 49
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
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March 21, 2025 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Jazz Ensemble and Studio Orchestra
An Evening of Film Music including music from “Tom & Jerry” and “The Secret Life of Pets”
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February 8, 2025 – Rowland Heights, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Bella Hyojeong Kim, violin
Catherine Jia Hou, violin
Beethoven: Overture and Turkish March from “The Ruins of Athens” (Karen Martins, graduate conductor)
Rimsky-Korsakov: March from “Antar” (Raphaela Lacerda, assistant conductor)
Dani Howard: Jigsaw (United States premiere)
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole (I)
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 (I)
Shostakovich: Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes
Tchaikovsky: Festival Coronation March
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January 7-10, 2025– Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles (canceled due to California fires)
“Schumann and Brahms”
Pre-Concert lectures for the Los Angeles Philharmonic including an interview with conductor Louis Langree
2024
December 6, 2024 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific Symphony and Choirs
“Christmas Canticles”
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November 14, 2024 – Bursa, Turkiye
Bursa State Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Boldachev, harp
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Jessie Montgomery: Starburst (Turkish premiere)
Debussy: Danses sacree et profane
Handel: Harp Concerto in B-flat
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
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November 3, 2024 – Yorba Linda, CA – Richard Nixon Presidential Library
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Junqi Sophie Tang, violin
Cimarosa: I Nemici Genorosi Overture
Puccini: Crisantemi (Suli Xue, graduate conductor)
Massenet: Meditation
Chenqian Xue: Central Plains Fantasy for violin and orchestra (Suli Xue, graduate conductor)
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2
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September 27, 2024 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Abigel Szilagyi, violin
Verdi: Nabucco Overture (Raphaela Lacerda, assistant conductor)
Puccini: Crisantemi (Karen Martins, graduate conductor)
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Raphaela Lacerda, assistant conductor)
Chadwick: “Jubilee” from Symphonic Sketches
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July 12, 2024 – Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
Suli Xue, violin
Kazuko Shinozaki, harp
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Ives: Symphony No. 2
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April 26-28, 2024 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Bartok and Mozart”
Pre-Concert lectures for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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April 18, 2024 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra and University Choir
Beethoven: Egmont Overture (Suli Xue, conductor)
Florence Price: Symphony No. 3 (Christopher Russell, conductor)
Durufle: Requiem (Dr. John Sutton, conductor)
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March 22-24, 2024 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“John Adams’ City Noir”
Pre-Concert lectures for the Los Angeles Philharmonic including interviews with composers John Adams and Timo Andres
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March 15, 2024 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Marek Szpakiewicz, cello
Halvorsen: Entry of the Boyars
María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir: Clockworking (2019)
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3
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February 9, 2024 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Catherine Jia Hou, violin
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 60 “Il Distratto”
Ravel: Tzigane
Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from “Samson and Delilah”
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January 16, 2024 – Palm Springs, California
Pre-Concert lecture for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London
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2023
December 2, 2023 – Pasadena, California
Celebrate Christmas concerts
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November 15, 2023 – João Pessoa, Brazil
Online masterclass with the Instituto Cultural Paraiba
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November 3, 2023 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Cheung, violin
Sarah Lianne Lewis: Tourmaline (2022) (United States premiere)
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor (I)
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in Eb, Op. 97 “Rhenish”
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October 27, 2023 – Fullerton, California
Competition Judge for the 2023 Cal State Fullerton Concerto Competition
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September 29, 2023 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Marquez: Danzon No. 2 – Raphaela Lacerda, assistant conductor
Miguel Bernal Jimenez: Angelus
Moncayo: Huapango
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September 8-9, 2023 – Harbin, China
Competition Judge for the 2023 Schoenfeld International String Competition
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September 7, 2023 – Harbin, China
Harbin Symphony Orchestra
Gala Opening of the 2023 Schoenfeld International String Competition
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen – Jinjoo Cho, violin
Massenet: Meditation from “Thais” – Alexander Markov, violin
Vivaldi: Summer from “The Four Seasons” – Alexander Markov, violin
Penderecki: Concerto Grosso for Three Cellos and Orchestra – Arto Noras, Marek Szpakiewicz, and Josephine Knight, cellos
Chengqian Xue: Wusuli Barcarolle for solo violin, youth violin ensemble, and orchestra – Suli Xue, violin; young violinists from Harbin, China
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August 19, 2023 – Soka Performing Arts Center, Aliso Viejo, California
IAPMT Orchestra (made of members from the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and more)
Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto (I) – Ayden Kim, violin
Dvorak: Cello Concerto (I) – Juhee Hwang, cello
Grieg: Piano Concerto (I) – Ian Park, piano
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (I) – Everett Leigh, piano
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 – Xingyao Li, piano
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August 2023 – Online
Judge for the Irvine Conservatory International Music Competition
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May 11, 2023 – Santa Ana, California
Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Masterclass on Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes”
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April 21, 2023 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Guoping Jia: Falling Leaves into Deep Valley (United States premiere)
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
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March 31, 2023 – Shenzhen, China (postponed until the 23-24 season)
Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
Suli Xue, violin
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Ives: Symphony No. 2
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March 25, 2023 – Chengdu, China (cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic)
Chengdu Symphony Orchestra
Suli Xue, violin
Beethoven: Name Day Overture, Op. 115
Chengqian Xue: Three works for Violin and Orchestra
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Ives: Symphony No. 2
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February 23-26, 2023 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Lang Lang plays Grieg”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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February 5, 2023 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Marek Szpakiewicz, cello
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Lalo: Cello Concerto
Margaret Bonds: Montgomery Variations (1964)
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February 3-4, 2023 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Ray Chen plays Mendelssohn”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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2022
December 2, 2022 – Pasadena, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Celebrate Christmas concert
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November 18-20, 2022 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Prokofiev and Smetana”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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November 11, 2022 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Éva Polgár, piano
Janáček: Four Lachian Dances (Melody Hung, graduate conductor)
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat
Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 7
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September 23, 2022 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Emma Nelson, cello
Sukyung Chun, bass
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Raphaela Lacerda, graduate conductor)
Koussevitzky: Bass Concerto (I)
Elgar: Cello Concerto (I)
John Mackey: Under the Rug (2004)
Strauss. Jr.: Electro-Magnetic Polka
Strauss. Jr.: Emperor Waltzes
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July 15-29, 2022 – Harbin, China (postponed until 2023)
Harbin Symphony Orchestra & Schoenfeld International String Competition
Conduct Gala opening concert of the competition and host English-language events.
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May 29, 2022 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Hold On, We Shall Overcome!”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic including an interview with organist Nathaniel Gumbs
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May 2022
Judge in the final round of the 2nd MAP International Music Competition (online)
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April 26, 2022 – Santa Ana, California
Guest masterclass with the Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpts)
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April 20, 2022 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Suli Xue, violin
Barber: The School for Scandal Overture
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Ives: Symphony No. 2
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April 7, 8, 10, 2022 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Mehta Conducts Berg and Bruckner”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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March 19, 2022 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Ariel Liu, piano
Sibelius: Finlandia (Ekaterina Myshliaeva, graduate conductor)
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G (I)
Copland: Music for Movies (Flora Xing, graduate conductor)
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
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February 11, 2022 – San Dimas, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Catherine (Jia) Hou, violin
Miguel del Aguila: Toccata (Raphaela Lacerda, graduate conductor)
Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps (Melody Hung, graduate conductor)
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole (I)
Elgar: Enigma Variations
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2021
December 9, 2021 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Corelli: Christmas Concerto (Melody Hung, graduate conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves (Raphaela Lacerda, graduate conductor)
Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from The Nutcracker
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November 12, 2021 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Alex Russell, violin
Beethoven: Name Day Overture
Beethoven: Romance in G (Flora Xing, graduate conductor)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
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November 6-8, 2021 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Rachmaninoff, Reich, and Adams” – interview with John Adams
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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October 29, 2021 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Michele Zukovsky and Darkson Magrinelli, clarinets
Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina (Ekaterina Myshliaeva, graduate conductor)
Krommer: Concerto for Two Clarinets
Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 “Mysterious Mountain”
Smetana: The Moldau
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October 14-17, 2021 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Dudamel Conducts Strauss”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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October 2, 2021 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Shuo Ma, cello
Mozart: Symphony No. 34 (Flora Xing, graduate conductor)
Kaija Saariaho: Forty Heartbeats
Dvořák: Cello Concerto (I) (Raphaela Lacerda, graduate conductor)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
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September 2021
Judge in the final round of the Golden State International Music Competition
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August 2021
Judge in the final round of the 1st MAP International Music Competition
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July 29, 2021
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Bach/Stokowski: Little Fugue in G minor (online video release)
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June 21, 2021
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Ibert: Divertissment (online video release)
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May 2, 2021
“Enter the Weirdly Wonderful World of Galina Ustvolskaya”
Featured recording on Slipped Disc, the #1 Classical Music News Site
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April 29, 2021
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Ustvolskaya: Symphony No. 5 “Amen” (online video release)
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March 26, 2021 – Shenzhen, China (postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
Suli Xue, violin
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Ives: Symphony No. 2
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March 6, 2021
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Dvořák: Legend for Orchestra (online video release)
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February 17, 2021
Guest appearance on the “Classical Top 5” podcast based in London to discuss American Orchestral Works
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2020
December 4, 2020
“Discovering a Russian Recluse in California”
Guest columnist on Slipped Disc, the #1 Classical Music News Site
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November 14, 2020 – Glendale, California (canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Music by Ravel, Lalo, Villa-Lobos, Charlotte Bray, and Respighi
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September 25, 2020 – Azusa, California (canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Music by CPE Bach, Mendelssohn, Haydn, and Wagner
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July 2020 – Harbin, China (canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
Harbin Symphony Orchestra
Conducting the Gala Opening of the 2020 Schoenfeld International String Competition
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April 30-May 2, 2020 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles (canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
“Mälkki conducts Sibelius”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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April 17, 2020 – Glendora, California (canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture (Michael Huynh, graduate conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6
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April 2020
Judge in the final round of the La Sierra University Concerto Competition
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April 4, 2020 – Hong Kong, China
Appointed to the online teaching faculty (conducting) for the Hong Kong International Music Festival.
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February 28, 2020 – Irvine, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Bizet: Jeux d’infants (Pola Benke, graduate conductor)
Éric Tanguy: Constellations (United States premiere)
Debussy: Nuages and Fêtes from “Nocturnes”
Berlioz: Hungarian March from “The Damnation of Faust”
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February 20-23, 2020 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Ives 1 & Dvořák 7”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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February 11, 2020 – Santa Ana, California
Guest masterclass with the Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Elgar: Enigma Variations (excerpts)
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January 31, 2020 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 5
Sibelius: En Saga
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
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January 11-12, 2020 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Mehta Conducts Wagner”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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2019
November 15, 2019 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra & Masterworks Chorale
David Chang, violin
Nandani Maria Sinha, mezzo-soprano
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture (Nyasha Brice, graduate conductor)
Conus: Violin Concerto (III)
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
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November 1-3, 2019 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Dudamel conducts Norman and Bruckner”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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October 6, 2019 – Beijing, China
Chief Festival Representative of International Music Schools
Global Youth Artist Festival, Beijing
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October 4, 2019 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Melody Sparks, soprano
Pedro Schneider, clarinet
Todd Mason: Romance for Strings (World premiere)
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto (I)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
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August 18, 2019 – Hong Kong, China (canceled)
Conduct the opening concert of the 6th Hong Kong International Music Festival with the Shenzhen City Philharmonic
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August 16, 2019 – Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen City Philharmonic
Suli Xue, violin
Sousa: Hands Across the Sea
Copland: Our Town
Porumbescu: Ballade for Violin and Orchestra
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (excerpts)
Chen Peixun: My Country
Xue Chengqian: Wusuli Barcarolle
Zheng Lu: Good News from Beijing
Traditional folk song: Jasmine Flower
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August 2019 – Azusa, California
Lectures on Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Admissions to US Music Schools
Guest lecturer at the LA/China Young Artists Music Festival
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June 21, 2019 – Harbin, China
Harbin Symphony Orchestra
Suli Xue, violin
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Chen & He: The Butterfly Lovers Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
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May 31, 2019 – Santa Ana, California
Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Michelle Tseng, Chloé Tardif, Lisa Yoshida, and Amber Correa, violins
Jennifer Jolley: Motordom (world premiere of orchestral version)
Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad”
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April 14, 2019 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra and Masterworks Chorale
Angela Maria Blasi, soprano
Ryan Reithmeier, baritone
Joseph Klein: Against the gusts of blank repose, a threshold that exists (West Coast premiere)
Brahms: A German Requiem (John Simons, conductor)
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April 14, 2019 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Stravinsky: Faith”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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March 17, 2019 – Irvine, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Joint concert with Crean Lutheran School
Verdi: Nabucco Overture
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess (Nyasha Brice, graduate conductor)
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
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March 1, 2019 – Santa Ana, California
Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Danielle Lee, cello
Bailey Liu, saxophone
Ibert: Concerto de camera
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad” (II, III)
Elgar: Cello Concerto (I)
Bach/Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
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February 17, 2019 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Julie Makerov, soprano
Michael Geiger, bass
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
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February 1-3, 2019 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Britten and Strauss”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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2018
December 7, 2018 – Santa Ana, California
Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Sarkis Baltaian, piano
Xika Huang, violin
Sinding: Suite for Violin and Orchestra
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra
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November 16 & 18, 2018 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Cameron Carpenter plays the Organ Symphony”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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November 10, 2018 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra & Masterworks Chorale
Ingrid Chun, violin
Copland: Our Town (Susanna Cervantes, graduate conductor)
Piston: Symphony No. 2
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (version for chorus and orchestra)
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October 1, 2018 – Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Dahae Shin, violin
Qishan Shi, piano
Szu-Ying Huang, piano
Christopher Rouse: Thunderstuck
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto (I)
Scriabin: Piano Concerto (III)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 (I)
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
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September 28, 2018 – Santa Ana, California
Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Bruce Babcock: Event Horizon
Smetana: Vyšehrad
Smetana: From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields
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August 22-26, 2018 – Hong Kong, China
Judge in the Final Round of the 5th Hong Kong International Music Competition
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August 20, 2018 – Qingdao, China
Guest lecturer for the Grand Opening of the Sound of the Phoenix Theater
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July 24, 2018 – Saint Petersburg, Russia
Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
John Williams: The Cowboys Overture
Peter Mennin: Symphony No. 5
Shostakovich: Scherzo for Orchestra, Op. 7
Glazunov: Symphony No. 5
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July 20, 2018 – Moscow, Russia
Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
John Williams: The Cowboys Overture
Peter Mennin: Symphony No. 5 (Russian premiere)
Shostakovich: Scherzo for Orchestra, Op. 7
Glazunov: Symphony No. 5
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July 19, 2018 – Vladimir, Russia
Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Dianne Seo, flute
John Williams: The Cowboys Overture
Barber: First Essay for Orchestra
Reinecke: Flute Concerto (I)
Glazunov: Symphony No. 5
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June 25-27, 2018 – Dalian, China
Guest lecturer and panelist for the Grand Opening of the Florence/Dalian Cultural and Arts Exchange Center
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May 27, 2018 – Azusa, California
Music Teachers Association Festival Orchestra
Concerto Competition winners: music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, Mozart, Lalo, Rachmaninoff
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May 18, 2018 – Santa Ana, California
Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Dianne Seo, flute
Music by Williams, Reinecke, Sousa, Khachaturian, Mennin, Glazunov
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April 22, 2018 – Glendora, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra and Masterworks Chorale
Beethoven: King Stephen Overture
Arvo Pärt: Symphony No. 3
Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Dvořák: Te Deum (John Simons, conductor)
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April 13-15, 2018 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Dudamel conducts Salonen, Varese, and Shostakovich”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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March 20, 2018 – Duarte, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Carvalho, violin
Sibelius: Finlandia (Susanna Cervantes, graduate conductor)
Phil Shackleton: “Mountain” from Endurance
Ravel: Tzigane
Prokofiev: Suite from “Romeo and Juliet”
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March 16-18, 2018 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Blomstedt conducts Beethoven and Sibelius”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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March 13, 2018 – Santa Ana, California
Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Madeline McCanne, piano
Leo Matsuoka, violin
Richard Dubugnon: Pyrophony (United States premiere)
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 (III)
Glazunov: Violin Concerto (I)
Glazunov: Symphony No. 5
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February 11, 2018 – San Dimas, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Princess Li, oboe
Xavier Wilson, cello
Joint concert with Christian Youth Orchestra of Southern California
Kevin Su: Concert Overture No. 1 (World premiere)
Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto
Barber: Cello Concerto (I)
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
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January 5-6, 2018 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Ravel, Debussy, and Dukas”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic