L\u00fc Jia, Music Director and Principal Conductor of Macao Orchestra of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will collaborate with Japanese violinist Sayaka Shoji in the concert Shakespeare\u2019s World \u2013L\u00fc Jia and Sayaka<\/em> next Friday, 29 April, at 8pm, \u00a0at the Macao Tower Auditorium, presenting Sergei Prokofiev\u2019s Violin Concerto No. 2<\/em>. Tickets are now\u00a0available through the\u00a0Macau Ticketing\u00a0Network.<\/p>\n In\u00a0Gramophone Magazine<\/em>, Sayaka Shoji is described as \u201ca formidable musician, able to draw on huge reserves of stamina and the unflinching equal of anything thrown at her\u201d. She took the First Prize of the 1999 Paganini Competition at the age of 16, and was the first Japanese musician and the youngest winner of this prize. She is also one of the most internationally renowned violin sensations, she has performed with a number of leading orchestras throughout the world, including the BBC Philharmonic, Wiener Symphoniker, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and NHK Symphony Orchestra, among others.<\/p>\n In January 2016, Sayaka Shoji received the prestigious Mainichi Art Award. In this concert, Sayaka Shoji will have the debut performance with the Macao Orchestra to perform Prokofiev\u2019s Violin Concerto No. 2<\/em>, which was created at the same period with Prokofiev\u2019s well-known ballet Romeo and Juliet, <\/em>a namesake adaptation from Shakespeare\u2019s drama. This concerto mirrors the adaptation in numerous passages.<\/p>\n The programme of the concert also features with Berlioz\u2019s King Lear Overture<\/em>, based on an adaptation from Shakespeare’s King Lear<\/em>, using musical instruments like double bass and obes to play out the tragedy of main character. The concert concludes with Schumann\u2019s Symphony No. 4<\/em>, which was dedicated to Schumann\u2019s wife Clara as a birthday present. This piece of work can be regarded as a perfect demonstration of romanticism.<\/p>\n Tickets for Shakespeare\u2019s World \u2013 L\u00fc Jia and Sayaka<\/em> are priced at MOP200, MOP150 and MOP100, with various discount plans available. Ticketing hotline: 2855 5555. For more details and programme enquiries, please visit the Orchestra webpage at www.icm.gov.mo\/om<\/span><\/u><\/a> or contact OM through tel no. 2853 0782 during office hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"