The 2023 China Overseas Young Musicians Concert was held in New York

Chinanews.com, October 10 -- The Blanc Art Space in Manhattan, New York, held the "9 China Overseas Young Musical Talents Concert" at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall on the evening of the 8th (Sunday), and 2023 young Chinese students from top music schools in the United States presented a classical music feast for the audience. The concert also invited professors, tutors and well-known musicians from many internationally influential conservatories.

This concert brings together representatives of a new generation of Chinese young musical talents who are studying at the Juilliard School of Music, the Curtis Institute of Music, the Eastman School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, the Johns Hopkins Peabody School of Music, the University of Cincinnati School of Music and Michigan State University, and they will perform a number of classic pieces from the East and the West at Carnegie Hall, a hall of music, to showcase the achievements of China's new generation of musical talents on the international stage.

Dr. Li Mo, Artistic Director of the Concert, said: "As the starting point of the international music career, classical music artists have performed at Carnegie Hall as the highest honor, and the purpose of this concert is to provide the new generation of artistic talents with valuable opportunities to showcase their talents in the hall-level concert hall by building the most professional performance platform, and to inspire them to continue to improve their musical talents and artistic achievements. ”

Ms. Chen Junhua, Artistic Director of the concert and a well-known singer, said: "The performers in this concert are very young, but their pursuit of musical art has a dedication beyond their age. Many of them have won international music competitions and high scholarship winners from top music universities, and I believe that they will impress every audience with their exquisite skills, professional understanding and full of emotions. ”

In the evening, the participants performed Horowitz's "Little Sonata", Sun Yiqiang's "Spring Dance", excerpts from Donizetti's opera "Rita", Zhang Chao's "Numa Ame", Ravel's "Rhapsody of Tsegka", Fallas' "Betica Fantasia" and other wonderful Eastern and Western classics.

The concert also featured many well-known figures in the music industry with international influence, including Darrell Babidge, chair of the vocal department at The Juilliard School, Elaine Douvas, chair of the Juilliard Wind Music Department, Liora Maurer, artistic director of the Metropolitan Opera, Lucy Arner, artistic director and conductor of the Metropolitan Opera and Symphony Orchestra, and Evan Pappas, director and artistic director of Broadway musicals. World-renowned violinist Vadim Gluzman, Juilliard Professor and world-renowned vocal educator Cynthia Hoffman, International Music Competition judges, Igal Kesselman and Jerome Lowenthal, Curtis School professors Mark Schnaible and Jack Livigni, New York Philharmonic oboeist Ryan Roberts, World-renowned violin educator and Juilliard professor Lewis Kaplan, and Yale School of Music artistic director Curtis Serafin.

They all spoke highly of the young musical talents who performed that night. Guitar Livigni, an Italian-American musician and professor at the Curtis School of Music, said he has taught many Chinese students who have great potential and are diligent in their studies. Art reflects the culture and life of a country, so students from different regions come together to perform, which will bring us a new understanding of the world.

Cynthia Hoffman, a professor at the Juilliard School and a world-renowned vocal educator, said that performing on a stage like Carnegie's is a rare experience and encouragement for young students. She also spoke highly of the students from China and looked forward to seeing their outstanding development in the future.

Carleen Graham, chair of the vocal music department in Manhattan, said she sees from her Chinese students that they are proud to represent their communities on the Carnegie stage and showcase their talents to all walks of life.

At the end of the evening's performance, the audience responded with a lasting round of applause. Curtis, an audience, excitedly said that it was great to see so many young music stars performing beautiful classical music on the stage, and it was they who kept classical music alive; The selection of repertoire for the concert also covers classics from different eras of the East and the West, which is very rare and very attractive.

Since its establishment, The Blanc Art Space, the organizer, has been committed to showcasing the outstanding talents, rich creativity and vibrant works of art of young artists through performances, exhibitions, multimedia art and other activities. (End)