Lunar New Year at Music Hall

THIBAUDET PLAYS LISZT

February 3-4, 2023 | Music Hall

Louis Langrée leads works that employ a fusion of Eastern and Western styles.

Program

CHEN QIGANG: The Five Elements

FRANZ LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2

ZHOU TIAN: The Palace of Nine Perfections

MAURICE RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole

Artists

Louis Langrée, conductor

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Venue

Music Hall

Series

Series 1

What's Interesting

Louis Langrée leads works inspired by a fusion of cultures. Chen Qigang and GRAMMY-nominated Chinese-American composer Zhou Tian discover new sounds through the combination of Eastern and Western styles. Ravel, who cherished Liszt’s music, pulls from his Basque heritage for Rapsodie espagnole. French Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, celebrated for playing with “both clarity and freedom” (The New York Times), returns for Liszt’s jubilant Second Concerto.

Lunar New Year at Music Hall!
This concert is presented in partnership with the Alliance of Chinese Culture and Arts as part of Cincinnati’s local Lunar New Year celebrations! Take part in various elements and activities of Chinese culture, including performances of traditional Chinese instruments, dancing, decorations and more.

We believe that great music is for everyone, regardless of your budget. This concert is eligible for Pay What You Wish Pricing, as well as other discounts. To learn more visit Music for All.

What Critics Are Saying:

"Mr. Thibaudet played with sophistication and suavity.”
—The New York Times

"[Chen's] compositions display real inventiveness, very great talent and a total assimilation of Chinese thinking to European musical concepts."
—Olivier Messiaen

“It made for one of the most creative…concerts heard at Music Hall this season. Zhou’s [Trace]…opened the concert on a lush, neo-impressionistic note. The work recalls a vanished China, one replaced by industrialization…A playful, folk-like tune inserted toward the end sealed it with nostalgia.”
—The Cincinnati Enquirer