2024 Lunar New Year Celebration at New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Yue Bao conductor Tony Siqi Yun piano Peking University Alumni Chorus Edison Chinese School Lion Dance Team New Jersey Symphony

Li Huanzhi Spring Festival Overture Xinghai “Yellow River Boatmen’s Song” from Yellow River Concerto Ravel “Allegramente” from Piano Concerto in G Huang Ruo Selections from Folk Songs for Orchestra I. Flower Drum Song from Feng Yang IV. Girl from the Da Ban City Dvořák Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46 Verdi “Va Pensiero” from Nabucco Traditional Jasmine Flower Song Zhou Tian Gift

The Symphony’s 2024 Lunar New Year Celebration continues our tradition, first developed by Music Director Xian Zhang, of blending music from East and West in a celebration of cultural collaboration. This year, under the baton of conductor Yue Bao, the Symphony will perform selections from Huang Ruo’s Folk Songs for Orchestra and Zhou Tian’s Gift plus tried-and-true favorites like Spring Festival Overture. Rising star Tony Siqi Yun joins at the piano to perform selections from the Yellow River Concerto and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G. You won’t want to miss this celebration to ring in the Year of the Dragon!