Pianist Lang Lang will be the artist in residence. [Photo/Shanghai Daily]

The new season will open with the Shanghai Symphony Hall Inauguration Concert by SSO on September 6. The orchestra will be conducted by its artistic director Yu Long, while Lang, Russian violinist Maxim Vengerov and Hungarian mezzo-soprano Ildiko Komlosi join on stage.

The program will include "Instants d’un Opera de Pekin," which was written for this inaugural concert by Chinese composer Chen Qigang. Chinese elements and melody are widely used in combination with symphonic composing skills.

Chen’s violin concerto "The Butterfly Lovers," Tchaikovsky’s "Piano Concerto No. 1" and Verdi’s "Nei giardin del bello" from "Don Carlo" will also be staged.

Crossover music will be another highlight of the new season. Concerts will include a performance by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, a jazz-style interpretation of classics by Uri Caine, and the symphonic poem "Diaries of Hope" inspired by the diaries and poems of children who died in World War II.

The show time at Shanghai Symphony Hall is moving an hour later, to 8pm, in consideration of downtown traffic. With the new schedule, most spectators will be able to take their time and have dinner before reaching the concert, then still take public transport home when the concert ends around 9:30pm.

"Music is joyful. We hope that our audiences can enjoy the concerts in an easier mood," says Chen Guangxian, president of SSO.

Shanghai Symphony Hall Inauguration Concert

Date: September 6, 8pm

Address: 1380 Fuxing Rd M.

Tickets: 180-1,080 yuan

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