ORLANDO, FL – On Saturday, March 9, 2019, treat yourself to the ultimate gala experience with Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras for its third annual Gala, Impressions of China, held at the Rosen Plaza Hotel, 9700 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819.
This spectacular one-night-only event will include a reception and silent auction, a fabulous dinner prepared by the Rosen Plaza Hotel, and live music featuring one of the most famous orchestral works of Chinese music, Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto. Special Guest Jieming Tang, violinist, will perform the concerto accompanied by FSYO's Symphonic Orchestra led by Hanrich Claassen, Music Director and Symphonic Orchestra Director.
"We have a very special program planned for our Impressions of China Gala concert - some truly unique music. It is sure to transport you to the ancient lands of towering mountains, rolling hills and rivers of the Chinese countryside. We are excited to introduce to you violinist Jieming Tang, who will be our soloist in the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto. This work tells the story of the legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, often referred to as the Romeo and Juliet of China. The work beautifully depicts their tragic love story and ends with their spirits emerging in the form of a pair of butterflies and fly away together, never to be separated again." - Hanrich Claassen, Music Director and Symphonic Orchestra Conductor
Jieming Tang has been hailed by music critics Zachary Lewis and Mark Satola as "masterful and exciting". Tang began studying the violin at the age of three with his first teacher Tian Fang in Hefei, China. In 2010, he attended the Metro Catholic School and Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio. He is now a third-year student at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, where he studies violin with Joel Smirnoff and Donald Weilerstein. In addition, Tang has held the position of concertmaster of the National Youth Orchestra of China, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, and Handel Festival Orchestra, and assistant concertmaster of the Montclair Orchestra, Pacific Music Festival Orchestra, and Juilliard Orchestra.
Tickets for our Gala can be purchased at bit.ly/FSYOGala2019 and for more information please visit our website at, www.fsyo.org. The VIP reception will begin at 6 pm and tickets are $150. The concert will start at 8:30 pm and tickets are $30. This is one that you do not want to miss!
ABOUT FSYO: Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras exists to encourage children and young adults, through the practice and performance of orchestral music, to become passionate leaders, thinkers, and contributors in their local community and beyond. In its 62nd Concert Season. Today, FSYO serves almost 300 students and is comprised of seven ensembles - three symphony orchestras, one string-training orchestra, a chamber orchestra, two jazz orchestras - and two supplementary programs - Stringmania Summer Camp and Sing-Song, String-Along.
FSYO programs are carefully structured to encourage student growth with FSYO throughout their primary and secondary years. Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras full range of ensembles gives each student a place to excel with peers at a similar level, and an opportunity to collaborate with seasoned music professionals on local, national, and international levels. During summers, Symphonic Orchestra students participate in life-changing experiences of organized tours, alternating between international & national travel every other year.
Programs are sponsored in part by the Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs; the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; Orlando Utilities Commission; The City of Orlando, Mayor's Matching Grant; and United Arts of Central Florida. We thank these groups for their generous support.
ABOUT JIEMING TANG: Jieming Tang is a third-year student at the Juilliard School in New York, where he studies violin with Joel Smirnoff and Donald Weilerstein. Hailed by music critics Zachary Lewis and Mark Satola as "masterful and exciting", Jieming Tang is well along on his musical journey which began at the age of three. Jieming previously studied with Paul Kantor, Jaime Laredo, and Jan Sloman at the Young Artist Program of the Cleveland Institute of Music from 2010 to 2016 as a Starling Award recipient. As a violinist, Jieming has received a number of accolades both in the United States and abroad. He is a prizewinner of the Cooper International Violin Competition, 9th China National Violin Competition, and "Golden Beijing" National Young Artist Violin Competition, among many others. Jieming is also the recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award, the Sullivan Scholarship, and the Margaret W. Wong Scholarship for Extraordinary Foreign-Born Students.
Jieming Tang actively performs as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. In 2016, he performed the Korngold Violin Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra in the historic Severance Hall under the baton of Brett Mitchell, Associate Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. The Plain Dealer praised Jieming's performance: "The spirit of Heifetz hovered benevolently over Tang's performance as he navigated with great confidence the concerto's perilous technical heights and its challenging artistic depths." Jieming also performed as soloist with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, BlueWater Chamber Orchestra, and Handel Festival Orchestra. In addition, Jieming has held the position of concertmaster of the National Youth Orchestra of China, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, and Handel Festival Orchestra, and assistant concertmaster of the Montclair Orchestra, Pacific Music Festival Orchestra, and Juilliard Orchestra. Jieming has led international tours as concertmaster, performing in venues including the Carnegie Hall and Beijing Concert Hall, among others. Jieming has appeared on National Public Radio's From the Top several times and launched his debut CD album in 2012 as part of From the Top's Arts Leadership Project. In 2015, Jieming was invited to perform with the Moscow Ballet alongside prima ballerina Nataliia Ivasenko on stage.
Jieming has attended the Perlman Music Program's Chamber Music Workshop, Pacific Music Festival, Meadowmount School of Music, Thomas and Evon Cooper Festival, among other festivals. For both solo and chamber music, Jieming has received guidance from many musicians including Itzhak Perlman, Leonidas Kavakos, Rainer Küchl, Frank Huang, Robert Lipsett, Joel Krosnick, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Samuel Rhodes, Julian Martin, James Buswell, David Cerone, Hu Kun, Roger Tapping, Fred Sherry, Joseph Lin, Clive Greensmith, Laurie Smukler, Peter Salaff, Annie Fullard, Merry Peckham, Kimbo Ishii, Gregory Fulkerson, Milan Vitek, David Bowlin, and Lara Lev, etc.
Jieming began studying the violin at the age of three with his first teacher Tian Feng in Hefei, China. At eight years old, he was accepted into the Central Conservatory of Music's pre-college division in Beijing, where he studied violin with Zhao Wei. After coming to the United States in 2010, he attended the Metro Catholic School and Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio in addition to his music studies.