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Rick Perdian

Time Stood Still and Stillness Reigned: Andreas Scholl in Recital

03/01/201720/12/2016 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Third Shanghai Baroque Festival – Dowland, Handel, Folk Songs: Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Shanghai Symphony Hall-Chamber Hall, Shanghai, 18.12.2016. (RP)

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Andreas Scholl © Decca/James McMillan

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A Concert Hall as Grand as Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand

20/12/201616/12/2016 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Beethoven, Mahler: Soloists, Various Choruses (chorus master: Zi Wang), Tianjin Symphony Orchestra / Muhai Tang (conductor), Tianjin Grand Theater, Tianjin. 9.12.2016. (RP)

 Tianjin Grand Theater (c) Christian Gahl

Tianjin Grand Theater (c) Christian Gahl

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Refined Mozart and Impressive Mahler with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Pianist Haochen Zhang

08/12/201605/12/2016 by Rick Perdian

SingaporeSingapore Mozart, Mahler: Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Lan Shui (conductor), Zhang Haochen (piano), Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore, 2.12.2016. (RP)

Haochen Zhang © Benjamin Ealovega
Haochen Zhang © Benjamin Ealovega

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An Auspicious Start to the San Francisco Symphony’s Asian Tour with the Dazzling Pianist Yuja Wang

24/11/201617/11/2016 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Sheng, Chopin, Stravinsky: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai, 15.11.2016. (RP)

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Yuja Wang (c) Ian Douglas

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East Meets West with Bass Hao Jiang Tian and iSING! Stars in Concert

17/11/201609/11/2016 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Various composers: Hao Jiang Tian & iSING! International Young Artists Festival Wuhan Concert, Fugen Wei (piano), Qintai Concert Hall, Wuhan. 6.10.2016. (RP)

Raquel Suarez Groen and Hao Jiang Tian in Ma Ke’s Country Folk Opera: Couple Learning to Read. © Andrea Zaupa.
Raquel Suarez Groen and Hao Jiang Tian in Ma Ke’s Country Folk Opera: Couple Learning to Read
© Andrea Zaupa.

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The Magic of Der Freischütz Competes with a Director’s Nervous Tic

19/10/201614/10/2016 by Rick Perdian

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Weber, Der Freischütz: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich/Marc Albrecht (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 9.10.2016. (RP)

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2016 Verdi Festival Opens with Don Carlo

12/10/201610/10/2016 by Rick Perdian

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ItalyItaly Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Chorus of the Teatro Regio di Parma, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini/Daniel Oren (conductor), Teatro Regio Di Parma, Parma. 5.10.2016. (RP)

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Marianne Cornetti as Princess Eboli in Don Carlo (c) Teatro Regio di Parma

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Hugo de Ana’s Grand Macbeth Starring Plácido Domingo Debuts at NCPA

15/09/201611/09/2016 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of China NCPA, Daniel Oren (conductor), National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, 7.9.2016. (RP)

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Plácido Domingo as Macbeth and Hao Jiang Tian as Banco in NCPA’s Macbeth © NCPA Wang XJ

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