VCHpresents Intimate Moments: The Music that Belongs, with Guan Qi 乐享时光：与关旗同寻"音乐的故乡"

THE MUSIC THAT BELONGS, WITH GUAN QI 乐享时光：与关旗同寻“音乐的故乡” 30 & 31 Aug 2022, 7:30pm Victoria Concert Hall Dance Studio

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PROGRAMME Guan Qi Associate Principal Viola, Singapore Symphony Orchestra Zhang Heyang presenter

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841 - 1904) String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77 I. Allegro con fuoco

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898 - 1937) Lullaby

CHEN ZHANGYI (b. 1984) Suite from Laksa Cantata I. Laksa Aria II. Agree to Disagree

GUAN ZHUANG (b. 1930) arr. ZHANG ZHAO (b. 1964) Folk Song from Miao

MIKHAIL GLINKA (1804 - 1857) Grand Sextet in E-flat major III. Finale

Chan Yoong-Han violin Kong Xianlong violin Guan Qi viola Wang Zihao cello Yang Zhengyi double bass

Chan Yoong-Han violin Kong Xianlong violin Guan Qi viola Wang Zihao cello

Chan Yoong-Han violin Wang Zihao cello Liu Jia piano Chen Zhangyi conductor

Chan Yoong-Han violin Kong Xianlong violin Guan Qi viola Wang Zihao cello

Chan Yoong-Han violin Kong Xianlong violin Guan Qi viola Wang Zihao cello Yang Zhengyi double bass Liu Jia piano

音乐会曲目

关旗 新加坡交响乐团中提琴副首席 张鹤杨 主持人 安东宁·德沃夏克 (1841 - 1904) G大调第二弦乐五重奏 , 作品77 I. 热烈的快板

曾勇涵 小提琴 孔宪隆 小提琴 关旗 中提琴 王子豪 大提琴 杨征弋 低音提琴

乔治·格什温 (1898 - 1937) 摇篮曲

曾勇涵 小提琴 孔宪隆 小提琴 关旗 中提琴 王子豪 大提琴

陈长毅 (b. 1984) 叻沙康塔塔组曲 I. 叻沙咏叹调 II. 同意不同意

曾勇涵 小提琴 王子豪 大提琴 刘嘉 钢琴 陈长毅 指挥

关庄 (b. 1930) arr. 张朝 (b. 1964) 苗家山歌

曾勇涵 小提琴 孔宪隆 小提琴 关旗 中提琴 王子豪 大提琴

米哈伊尔·格林卡 (1804 - 1857) 降E大调大六重奏 III. 终乐章

曾勇涵 小提琴 孔宪隆 小提琴 关旗 中提琴 王子豪 大提琴 杨征弋 低音提琴 刘嘉 钢琴

GUAN QI 关旗 Guan Qi began learning composition and violin from his father at age 9.

Soon after enrolling in the Yunnan Arts Academy, he won Second Prize in the China International Violin Competition's regional qualifiers. He graduated in 1983 and continued teaching violin while serving as the Academy’s orchestra conductor.

Guan entered Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music in 1985, and began playing the viola under the eminent Professor Lin Yao Ji. Guan joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) in 1988 before being appointed Principal Violist of Macau Chamber Orchestra in 1995. He returned to the SSO in 1997 as Associate Principal Violist.

As a founding member of the Jade Quartet and Cheng Quartet, he has presented numerous Singapore premieres. As a soloist, Guan has performed with SSO, Guangzhou Symphony and Macao Chamber Orchestras.

Guan has conducted masterclasses in Beijing, Shanghai, Macao, Guangzhou, Kunming and Singapore, and has been part of the viola faculty at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music since 2014.

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