SDS China Friendship Tour November 2013

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San Diego Symphony Friendship Tour!

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“Ling gave the woodwinds room to breath in the movement’s more restrained sections. In its animated portions, he energized the orchestra. The result was exceptional solo work from the principal woodwinds.”

– U-T San Diego

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ABOUT SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY 圣地亚哥交响乐团简介

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he San Diego Symphony is one of the most prominent performing arts organizations in Southern California. In a city full of vibrant performances from theatre to music to dance, the San Diego Symphony leads the way by serving as a cornerstone of arts and culture. Led by music director Jahja Ling, the San Diego Symphony performs up to 125 concerts annually featuring the most internationally acclaimed guest artists of today including pianist Lang Lang, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinist Itzhak Perlman.

Ranked among the leading orchestras in the United States, the San Diego Symphony has an annual budget of more than $20 million. Performing in majestic Copley Symphony Hall in downtown San Diego, the San Diego Symphony offers a variety of music programs including its core classical series, the Jacobs Masterworks, featuring the greatest repertoire by the greatest composers of all time—Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Rachmaninoff.

The Symphony has also embraced new composers such as Academy Award-winning Tan Dun and the extraordinarily talented, Bright Sheng.

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With its varied and ever-growing audiences, the San Diego Symphony values and welcomes the next generation of concertgoers by serving more than 53,000 students through its education and outreach program in San Diego County.

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WORLD-RENOWNED MUSIC DIRECTOR JAHJA LING 世界知名音乐总监：林望杰 “His name is Jahja Ling. Remember it.

Ling capitalized on expressive restraint, crisp articulation, dynamic variety, and rhythmic propulsion.” – Los Angeles Times

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orn in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jahja Ling is the first and only music director of a major symphony orchestra in the United States of Chinese descent. The 2011-2012 season marked his eighth year as music director of the San Diego Symphony. In addition, Mr. Ling is the first and only conductor of Chinese descent who has guest conducted every major orchestra in the United States and has made numerous appearances with leading orchestras throughout Europe and Asia. Mr. Ling earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in piano performance at The Juilliard School and received a doctorate in musical arts in orchestral conducting from the Yale School of Music. He was awarded a Leonard Bernstein Conducting Fellowship at Boston Symphony’s Tanglewood Festival where Mr. Bernstein became his mentor and championed his conducting career. In 1988, he was also awarded the coveted Seaver Arts Endowment Conductor Award for best and most promising young conductor in the United States.

HIGHLIGHTS • Mr. Ling was the artistic advisor for the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra from 1998 to 2001.

• In 2009, Mr. Ling conducted the Worldwide Chinese Festival Orchestra, which was televised nationwide by China Central Television.

• Under Mr. Ling’s direction, the San Diego Symphony has recorded eight classical compact discs including works by acclaimed composer Bright Sheng.

• Mr. Ling holds the longest continuous artistic relationship—28 years— with The Cleveland Orchestra where he held the positions of resident conductor for 17 years, Blossom Festival music director for six seasons and guest conductor thereafter.

• For Mr. Ling’s outstanding achievements with The Cleveland Orchestra, the U.S. House of Representatives presented a Congressional Record to him in the U.S. Capitol in September 2006.

• The telecast, A Concert in Tribute and Remembrance, in which Mr. Ling led The Cleveland Orchestra in memory of the September 11 victims, received an Emmy Award.

• Among Mr. Ling’s many recordings with various ensembles, one of his recordings with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra was nominated for a Grammy Award.

• As music director of the Florida Orchestra, Mr. Ling was the first classical music conductor ever invited to conduct at a Super Bowl where he conducted Whitney Houston in the national anthem at Super Bowl XXV. It was televised to 750 million viewers worldwide and their recording went platinum.

• In 1983, then mayor of San Fransisco and now Senator Dianne Feinstein invited Mr. Ling to conduct a special concert in Davies Hall for a state visit by Queen Elizabeth II of England.

• In 1977, Mr. Ling was awarded a bronze medal in the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition which was presented to him by Prime Minister of Israel, Golda Meier.

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PRESS ACCLAIM 媒体评价

“The orchestra’s brilliant brass and wind sections were stellar. The ensemble’s brilliant soloists enlivened virtually every work on the program. And a brilliant outing from the orchestra’s increasingly cohesive string section showed incisiveness and focus.” – U-T San Diego “San Diego Symphony is among the nation’s best. It attracts world-class artists such as Lang Lang.” – Channel 4 San Diego “The ferocity of the orchestra’s brass-heavy fortes proved as thrilling as the quiet rustle of solemn pilgrims depicted in slender woodwind themes rippling over hushed string ostinatos.” – San Diego.com

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“As I listened to the San Diego Symphony, everything was in its place. The orchestral transitions were smooth and nearly seamless.”

– San Diego Reader

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ARTISTS’ TESTIMONIALS 常客音乐家 LANG LANG “I’m really stunned at the level of the San Diego Symphony today. Not only the strings and woodwinds but everything. San Diego must be very proud of its world-class orchestra and conductor.”

One of the most accomplished pianists in the world today, Lang Lang has performed with the San Diego Symphony many times including during its centennial season.

YO-YO MA “The talent pool in this orchestra is incredible. Music is for people. It is one of the best expressions of our democracy because it involves citizenship and working toward a common purpose that is bigger than ourselves, and the San Diego Symphony has done just that!”

The San Diego Symphony performed with world-renowned cellist, Yo-Yo Ma, at its Centennial Gala.

ITZHAK PERLMAN “Congratulations San Diego Symphony. I wish you the best next 100 years!”

Legendary violinist, Itzhak Perlman, recently performed a special recital at San Diego Symphony’s Copley Symphony Hall.

TAN DUN Award-winning composer, Tan Dun, recently conducted the San Diego Symphony in a performance featuring the music he wrote for the international hit movies, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Hero and The Banquet.

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PROPOSED TOUR OF CITIES NOVEMBER 2013 2013.11月巡回演出计划到访的城市

BEIJING YANTAI

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SHANGHAI

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SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY FACTS 圣地亚哥交响乐团背景资料 San Diego Symphony is: • A leading Tier One orchestra in the United States as categorized by the League of American Orchestras.

• More than 101 years old making it the oldest orchestra in California.

• A year-round symphony performing up to 125 concerts reaching 200,000 people annually.

• Comprised of 82 full-time musicians.

• One of the leading performing arts organizations in San Diego with a current budget of $20 million.

• Continuing to partner with KPBS, the National Public Radio affiliate, to broadcast its concerts 52 weeks a year.

• A supporter of music education programs reaching up to 53,000 children annually.

• The orchestra for the San Diego Opera at all of its performances.

• Continuing to increase its recordings of classical music with 12 compact discs to date including Never Far Away, the new music of composer Bright Sheng.

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A WORD FROM THE GOVERNOR & MAYOR 来自加州州长及圣地亚哥市长的话

California Governor

JERRY BROWN “The San Diego Symphony serves as an important resource for the community and is one of the leading arts organizations in San Diego.”

Former San Diego Mayor

JERRY SANDERS

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“The Symphony continues to lead the way in enhancing the quality of life in San Diego by offering a variety of musical programs to all of its citizens.”

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ABOUT SAN DIEGO 圣地亚哥简介

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an Diego is renowned for its idyllic climate, 70 miles of pristine beaches and a dazzling array of world-class family attractions.

Popular attractions include the world-famous San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park, SeaWorld San Diego and Legoland California. San Diego offers an expansive variety of things to see and do appealing to people of all ages from around the world.

San Diego’s arts and culture and culinary arts are booming. The hottest, new culinary arts talents prepare award-winning meals throughout the region’s 6,400 eating establishments. Balboa Park, the largest urban cultural park in the United States, is home to 15 museums, numerous art galleries, beautiful gardens and the Tony Award-winning Old Globe Theatre.

Shamu at SeaWorld San Diego.

San Diego County also features 92 golf courses and a variety of exciting participatory and spectator sports, beachfront resorts and luxury spas, gaming, a dynamic downtown district, annual special events and unique holiday offerings, multicultural festivals and celebrations, colorful neighborhoods and communities, a rich military history and much, much more.

Downtown San Diego

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CONTACT INFORMATION 联系方式

SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY Edward B. Gill, Chief Executive Officer TELEPHONE: 619.615.3959 EMAIL: ebgill@sandiegosymphony.org WEBSITE: www.sandiegosymphony.com

Exclusive Tour Management: BRIGHT ARTS MANAGEMENT Han Xiaoming, Tour Manager 韩小明 巡演经理 Barbara Kleisterlee, Director TELEPHONE: 00.86.10.84821188 EMAIL: info@brightartsmanagement.com

Pianist Lang Lang and Music Director Jahja Ling during a San Diego Symphony rehearsal.

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Music Director Jahja Ling and cellist Yo-Yo Ma at the San Diego Symphony Centennial Gala.

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Composer Tan Dun and Music Director Jahja Ling at the San Diego Symphony Summer Pops.

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San Diego Symphony Friendship Tour!

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圣地亚哥交响乐团友谊之旅巡回演出

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