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2024-03-15 17:51:00
New Jersey Symphony. Xian Zhang, conductor; Tom Borrow, piano. March 14, 2024.
[…] So quite a musical heritage. He is no slouch either, as he is Dean of Music at Julliard. (The others Deans head up dance and drama.) This 7-minute piece was commissioned and premiered by NJ Symphony in 2001, over 20 years ago. Per the Program Notes, the piece has quasi-minimalist, Coplandesque, Straussian, and Hollywood cinematic elements, but demonstrates Ludwig's eclectic personal musical language. One could argue all that is true.During the brief on-stage dialog with Zhang, Ludwig joked that he was a Julliard dropout, and he still made it as a dean at the school. He also had the sense of humor to say something is wrong if the interview is longer than the piece itself.As the piece was his first orchestral composition, I do question if it truly represents his musical language. In any case, having listened to his music for all of seven minutes, I cannot tell what […]
2024-03-14 16:00:53
Madama Butterfly
Aleksandra Kurzak is Cio Cio San opposite Matthew Polenzani, Elizabeth DeShong, and Davide Luciano. Xian Zhang conducts this broadcast from New York
2024-03-01 04:57:53
L-R: Violinist Page Wu and pianist Luke Zhang. Photo credit: Daniel Spellman The Talent is back in 2
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-02-13 18:00:42
Takács Quartet Debuts Flow
[…] in. We premiered it, then I orchestrated it because I was hoping for time to record it with conductor Anthony Armore and the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra after my Viola Concerto. But I didn’t have time to record it, as we worked on the concerto for the entire session. The Detroit Symphony found out that I had this orchestral score (string orchestra, harp and percussion) and reached out to premiered it in 2020 with Maestro Xian Zhang. She connected with the piece and started touring with it, and that was how Primal Message took off as an orchestral piece. Since Detroit, it’s been played throughout the United States with some wonderful orchestras: LA Phil, Chicago, San Francisco. It was just played by New York Stream Orchestra Seminar at Carnegie Hall in December with Jamie Laredo conducting. I arranged a string orchestra version as well, so that is actually getting played more […]
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