Large-scale Symphonic Concert for Tchaikovsky's Masterpieces April 25, 2008

Time: 2008/4/25
Venue: Forbidden City Music Hall
Price: 50/80/120/180/280/380/580
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Tel: 86-10-64177845

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Pianist: Yuqing Damon Meng
Conductor: Fan Tao (principal conductor of China’s National Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra)
Accompaniment: Symphony Orchestra of the China National Opera and Dance Theatre

Programme
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Nutcracker Suite
Tchaikovsky: First Piano Concertos

About Yuqing Damon Meng
Yuqing Damon Meng, a Junior at Madison High School,was the proud recipient of the 2007 Davidson Fellow in Music award fromthe Davidson Institute, "to recognize, nurture and support profoundlyintelligent young people and provide opportunities for them to developtheir talents to make a positive difference";

Whereas, Yuqing Meng also was the recipient in 2007 of first place awards in piano competitions across the United States, including:

Oberlin International Piano Competition, Oberlin, Ohio
Blount-Slawson Young Artist Competition, Montgomery, Alabama
Kingsville International Scionti Piano Competition, Kingsville, Texas
Juilliard Pre-College Senior Piano Competition, New York, NY;

Whereas, Yuqing Meng was selected to be the pianist for performance in 2007 inthe Festival de San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and in 2008 with the PanAsia Symphony Orchestra in Hong Kong, the China Broadcast SymphonyOrchestra in Beijing, and soloist with the Orlando PhilharmonicOrchestra in Orlando, Florida; and,

Whereas,Yuqing Meng received numerous other awards and performancerecognitions, including, in 2007, the Jack Kent Cooke Young ArtistAward and the opportunity to perform on NPR抯 "From the Top" program; and,

Whereas,Yuqing Meng, now a 17 year-old young man from Madison, began playingthe piano at age four in his birthplace of Shanghai, entered theJuilliard School Pre-College Division in New York at seven as one ofthe youngest candidates ever accepted there, and has considered it hisduty and privilege to contribute to the art of classical music byintroducing it to younger generations with his unique portfolio"Reviving Classical Music Through Individualism"; and,

Whereas,Yuqing is rapidly becoming well-known around the United States andaround the world; he is also helping Madison become more well-known byhis custom of being introduced at his performances as Yuqing Meng ofMadison, New Jersey; and,

Whereas,Yuqing Meng is rapidly advancing in his profession and is alsodeveloping as a young man with numerous other facets, he is an avidreader of biographies and the classics, he enjoys traveling and civics,he enjoys debating and public speaking, he is a member of the MadisonHigh School Honor Society, the French language Honor Society, thePhysics Team that won the NJ Physics Olympics competition, the ScienceTeam that took second place in the NJ Science Olympics; he representedMadison High School at the Rutgers and the Harvard Model CongressConferences; he is a Madison community volunteer, donating his time andtalents to school musical events and donating a significant part of hisrecent prize winnings to Madison Arts.

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