Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA)
Celebrate the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dog with the Symphony's annual Chinese New Year concert, led by Resident Conductor Edwin Outwater. Featured soloists include internationally-renowned pipa (Chinese lute) virtuoso Wu Man and 18-year-old piano prodigy Yuja Wang.
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The last date listed for San Francisco Symphony's Chinese New Year Celebration was Wednesday February 1, 2006 / 8:00pm. (view all dates)
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Completed in September, 1980 after more than two years of construction, Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall is the home of the San Francisco Symphony.
During the summer of 1992, Davies Symphony Hall underwent a major renovation, enhancing its acoustics to ensure an even better musical experience, and making an already stunning interior more beautiful still.
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<p>The San Francisco Symphony celebrates the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dog with the award-winning Chinese New Year Concert on Wednesday, February 1, 2006. This year’s celebration will kick-off the Symphony’s first-ever China tour, taking our orchestra to Hong Kong, and Shanghai (San Francisco’s Sister City). In honor of this special occasion, we have planned a spectacular evening event.</p> <p>This year’s the concert will feature internationally renowned pipa (Chinese lute) virtuoso Wu Man, who has toured and recorded with the great Yo-Yo Ma as part of the Silk Road Project, and 18-year-old piano prodigy Yuja Wang, whom the New Yorker calls, “a dynamic player”. All concert attendees are invited to begin the celebration with the Festival Reception starting at 7:00 pm. The reception inside Davies Symphony Hall lobbies showcases the beauty of Chinese culture through food, fashion, music and entertainment.</p>
The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas present more than 220 concerts each year from September through July in a variety of genres, with SFS musicians performing classical concerts, holiday favorites, summer pops events, free outdoor concerts, special series for families and children, plus presentations of visiting guest artists and orchestras from around the globe. The San Francisco Symphony also takes its unique style to audiences world-wide, touring nationally and internationally every year. The SFS is currently recording all the Mahler symphonies on its own media label and has recently launched Keeping Score, a national, multi-year, multi-media project bringing classical music to millions of Americans via TV, radio, the Internet and more.
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