Time：8pm, October 15, 2008 Wednesday
Venue：Symphony Hall, Guangdong Xinghai Concert Hall
Admission：RMB680（VIP）/580/ 480 / 380 /180（Limited Student Ticket RMB100）
*5% off for tickets purchase before Sep 1st, 2008.

Presenter：Guangdong Xinghai Performing Arts Group
Organizer：Guangdong Xinghai Performing Arts Development Co.Ltd


Program：

Jeffrey Ryan　　The Linearity of Light
Tchaikovsky　　Violin Concerto in D Major，Op35
Hilary Hahn, violinist
Berlioz　　Symphonie Fantastique Op.14

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Hilary Hahn violinist

　　For the past decade, Grammy® Award-winning violinist HILARY HAHN has been celebrated for her innovative interpretations and thoughtful musicianship. Her captivating stage presence and emotional sophistication belie her 28 years, while extensive international performances and recording activities confirm her place as one of the most sought-after artists on the concert circuit.
　　Hahn appears regularly with the world’s leading orchestras and on notable recital series throughout Europe, Asia and North America. In the 2007-08 season, she will tour the United States, Canada, Russia, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Israel, England, Switzerland, Italy, France, Austria, Scotland, Croatia, Japan and Korea as guest soloist with, among others, the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, DC), Montreal Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra. Her recital tours and solo concert collaborations will take her to the United States, Canada, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland. Hahn’s 2006-07 season brought wide-ranging recital tours of Europe and North America and appearances with major orchestras throughout the world. In April 2007, she was chosen to be the featured soloist in Pope Benedict XVI’s 80th birthday celebration at the Vatican, a performance recently released on DVD.
　　Hahn records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon and, over the past five years, has released four albums, comprising works by Bach, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Mozart, Paganini and Spohr. Her most recent recording was a collaboration with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and maestro Eiji Oue, pairing Paganini’s Concerto No. 1 and Spohr’s Concerto No. 8. All of Hahn’s recordings have received much critical acclaim and have spent weeks on the Billboard Top Ten list. In 2007, Deutsche Grammophon distributed a popular documentary entitled Hilary Hahn: A Portrait, containing exclusive interviews and concert footage. Her next album—the violin concertos of Sibelius and Schoenberg, with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen—will be released in Spring 2008. Prior to signing with Deutsche Grammophon, Hahn made five award-winning recordings for Sony Classical, featuring repertoire by Bach, Barber, Beethoven, Bernstein, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Stravinsky, in addition to a concerto written for her by American bassist/composer Edgar Meyer.
　　In 2004, Hahn was the violin soloist on the Oscar-nominated soundtrack to M. Night Shyamalan’s film The Village, and in 2005 and 2006, she appeared as a guest on albums by the band …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead. Most recently, she wrote and performed violin parts on singer-songwriter Tom Brosseau’s record Grand Forks. Unique upcoming projects include concert collaborations with singer-songwriter Josh Ritter and mandolins Chris Thile, a commissioned concerto by Jennifer Higdon, and a collection of contemporary encore pieces by living composers.
　　Hahn has received numerous distinctions throughout her career, including a Grammy® for her recording of the Brahms and Stravinsky violin concertos, Diapason's “d'Or of the Year”, “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik” (German Record Critics’ Award) and several Echo awards. She has appeared on the covers of all major classical music publications and has received mentions in mainstream periodicals such as Vogue, Elle and Town and Country. In 2001, Hahn was named “America’s Best Young Classical Musician” by Time Magazine.

　　Hahn was born in Lexington, Virginia in 1979. At the age of three she moved to Baltimore, where she began playing the violin one month before her fourth birthday in the Suzuki program of the Peabody Conservatory. For the next five years, Hahn studied in Baltimore with Klara Berkovich, a native of Odessa who taught for 25 years at the Leningrad School for the Musically Gifted. From age 10 to 17, she studied at The Curtis Institute of Music with the legendary Jascha Brodsky—the last surviving student of the great Belgian violinist Eugene Ysaye—working closely with him until his death at age 89. Having completed her university requirements at 16, Hahn deferred graduation and remained at the school for several more years, taking additional elective courses in languages, literature, writing and drama, coaching regularly with Jaime Laredo, and studying chamber music with Felix Galimir and Gary Graffman.

　　A year and a half after entering the Curtis Institute of Music, Hahn made her major orchestral debut. In March 1995, at age 15, Hahn made her German debut playing the Beethoven concerto with Lorin Maazel and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a concert broadcast on radio and television throughout Europe. Two months later, she received the Avery Fisher Career Grant. She attended the Marlboro Music Festival for several summers and, in 1996, made her Carnegie Hall debut as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. In May of 1999, at the age of 19, Hahn graduated from Curtis with a Bachelor of Music degree.

　　An avid writer, Hahn keeps a journal on her website, www.hilaryhahn.com.

Bramwell Tovey music director/conductor

　　A musician of striking versatility, Bramwell Tovey is acknowledged around the world for his artistic depth and warm, charismatic personality on the podium. Tovey’s career as a conductor is uniquely enhanced by his work as a composer and pianist, lending him a remarkable musical perspective.
　　His tenures as Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony, Luxembourg Philharmonic and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras have been characterized by his expertise in the opera, choral, and British repertoire. Tovey recently garnered a 2008 Grammy Award and a 2008 Juno Award for his recording with violinist James Ehnes and the Vancouver Symphony. Recently named Principal Guest Conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, he works frequently with the Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Royal Philharmonic and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras, among many others. He has presided as host and conductor of the New York Philharmonic’s Summertime Classics series at Avery Fisher Hall since its founding in 2004.
　　A champion of contemporary music, Tovey developed the highly regarded New Music Festival in Winnipeg, during his tenure as Music Director. As a composer, he was honored with the Best Canadian Classical Composition Juno Award in 2003 for his Requiem for a Charred Skull. Upcoming new works include a co-commission for the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics’ respective 2008 summer seasons as well as a full-length opera for the Calgary Opera, The Inventor, to premiere in January of 2011.
　　Tovey has been awarded honorary degrees, including a Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Music in London, honorary Doctorates of Law from the universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba, and Kwantlen University College, as well as a Royal Conservatory of Music Fellowship in Toronto. In 1999, he received the M. Joan Chalmers National Award for Artistic Direction, a Canadian prize awarded to artists for outstanding contributions in the performing arts.

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

　　Founded in 1919, the Vancouver Symphony is the largest arts organization west of Ontario and the third largest symphony orchestra in Canada. The VSO’s first performance was January 26, 1919, and the Symphony, composed of 73 full-time musicians, now performs to an annual audience attendance of more than 200,000 people and features more than 50 celebrated guest artists each season. More than 140 concerts are performed annually by the VSO in the historic Orpheum Theatre, as well as in venues throughout the Lower Mainland, including North Vancouver, Surrey, South Delta, Burnaby, the Roundhouse Community Centre in Yaletown, and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on the campus of the University of British Columbia. As a cultural staple of the Lower Mainland, VSO Education Programs are experienced by over 36,000 students annually. In February of 2008, the VSO won the 2008 GRAMMY award for “Best Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra” for the CBC recording of violin concertos by Walton, Korngold and Barber, performed by violinist James Ehnes and conducted by VSO Music Director Bramwell Tovey. In April of 2008, the VSO followed up on its GRAMMY win with a 2008 JUNO award for “Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment” for the same CBC recording. In 2004, the VSO recorded the soundtrack for Canadian filmmaker Richard Bell's feature film “Eighteen,” due for release in the spring of 2005. The powerful music was written by VSO Music Director Bramwell Tovey.
　　VSO Music Director Maestro Bramwell Tovey is the consummate ambassador for music; his extraordinary artistic leadership and remarkable ability to relate to people on all levels, combined with passionate advocacy for music education makes him an ideal Music Director for an orchestra in the 21st Century. Maestro Tovey recently made his debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and, in 2004, conducted the New York Philharmonic's Summertime Classics Festival at the Lincoln Centre; he returns to the New York Philharmonic in 2005 and 2006. In 2005 he will make return visits to the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Toronto Symphony, and complete his parallel position as Music Director of Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg in 2006. In 2003 Maestro Tovey won the Juno (Canada's equivalent of the Grammys) award for Best Classical Composition for his "Requiem for a Charred Skull." In January of 2005, the VSO was nominated for two 2004 Juno Awards.
　　The VSO’s mission is to enhance the quality of life in our city and region by presenting high-quality performances of classical and popular music to a wide variety of audiences, and offering educational and community programs, while operating in a financially sound manner.
　　For more information, please visit www.vancouversymphony.ca.