2025 New Year’s Concert of Vienna Royal Orchestra – Hangzhou Station. Performance time: 19:30 on December 30, 2024. Performance location: Opera Hall, Hangzhou Grand Canal Theatre. Ticket prices: 980, 780, 580, 380, 280, 180. Famous Vienna symphony orchestra’s performance in China brings an authentic Vienna New Year’s concert. On December 30, welcome the new year together with Hangzhou audiences! On December 30, 2024, the world-famous Vienna Royal Orchestra, known for its pure Austrian style and unique playing techniques, will come to Hangzhou under the leadership of famous conductor Jan Pelant and the orchestra’s chief violinist Alexander Schönat. They will bring an authentic Vienna New Year’s concert to Hangzhou audiences in the opera hall of the Grand Canal Theatre. Let’s welcome the new year 2025 together in the magnificent music! The New Year’s concert will bring classic works of composers such as Strauss, Mozart, and Bruckner. Classic tracks such as ‘Radetzky March’, ‘The Blue Danube’, and ‘Can-Can’ and many others. Feel the most classical European style on New Year’s Eve. The orchestra will also play several classic Chinese works such as ‘Jasmine Flower’. In addition, you can enjoy classic opera arias brought by baritone singer Samolmodino and soprano opera singer Elizabeth up close. Let’s feel the extraordinary control of the Vienna Royal Orchestra over opera and symphony. Spend a romantic New Year’s Eve together with the Vienna Royal Orchestra in classic movements.
Vienna Royal Orchestra The Vienna Royal Orchestra is located in Vienna, Austria. It is an important group active in major cities in Europe and America. At the beginning of its establishment, the members of the orchestra were senior performers from well-known orchestras in Europe and America. In addition, some musicians who graduated from higher conservatories in European and American countries were integrated, making this orchestra with a certain history even more elite. In the playing style of the alternation of old and new, it seeks a strong note beyond the times and creates a new classical music trend. It is highly sought after by audiences in Europe and America. The Vienna Royal Orchestra plays a pivotal role in Europe. The orchestra is good at playing masterpieces of masters such as Mozart, Strauss, and Bruckner. It is often invited to important festivals in Europe and America and is invited to perform in the United States, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Serbia and other countries. The symphony orchestra has more than 70 excellent artists and well-known singers. The orchestra often represents Vienna to participate in performance activities in the music season. In many famous concert halls in Europe, such as the Golden Hall in Vienna, Texas Concert Hall in the United States, Amsterdam Concert Hall in the Netherlands, Czech National Opera House, Berlin Concert Hall in Germany and many other concert halls in different countries.The orchestra regularly holds the theme concert of “Vienna Spring of Music” in the Golden Hall of Vienna every year. It is highly praised by the art circles in Europe and America and is publicly acclaimed by the media as having the reputation of “messenger of European and American music”.
Conductor: Jan Pellant, a famous conductor in Europe and America, permanent conductor and artistic director of the orchestra. Jan Pellant is a well-known conductor in Europe and America. He is currently the permanent conductor and artistic director of the Vienna Royal Orchestra. He showed outstanding musical talent since childhood. And at the age of 15, he was admitted to Varna Conservatory of Music with excellent results. Later, he continued to study trumpet major at Sofia Conservatory of Music. In 1999, he was admitted to Prague University of Music and studied conducting under the guidance of famous professor Uwe Skoda. In 2002, he entered the conducting department of Vienna National University of Music and continued his further study under the guidance of professor Wl Martin Sieghart. In 2005, he went to Carnegie Mellon University in the United States for graduate study and obtained a master of fine arts degree in conducting. Since then, he has focused on conducting research and participated in the courses and exchange activities of many famous conducting masters. Under the guidance of famous European conductors such as Ralf Weikert, Bernhard Haitink, Jesus Lopez Cobos and Wayne Wyman, Jan Pellant’s artistic road has developed rapidly and gradually emerged in the field of conducting. He enjoys high artistic prestige in the United States, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia and other places. Jan Brandt once served as the music director and conductor of the Dallas Opera House Symphony Orchestra in the United States. He has also conducted many world-leading orchestras including the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, the Austrian City Symphony Orchestra, the Bulgarian National Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Ghana National Symphony Orchestra, the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Jan Pellant’s conducting style is calm and atmospheric, with both individuality and appeal. Each concert can deeply move the audience. He has close cooperation with record companies such as NAXOS. The CDs recorded by the orchestra have been released globally and are especially popular in the European market. In 2007, he formed the Ensemble Con Fuoco chamber orchestra, which enjoys high reputation in Europe. Therefore, he was awarded the title of special contributor to Prague’s government culture and represents the government to attend important awarding and performance planning activities every year.In 2010, he was officially awarded the title of ‘Six Masters’ by the Vienna State Opera in Austria. In 2024, Jean Pelant will lead the Vienna Royal Orchestra to participate in the 2025 Chinese New Year Concert, bringing European and American stage art to celebrate the New Year with Chinese audiences. Alexsander Shonert, the orchestra’s concertmaster, a well-known European soloist, and violin professor, was born in Siberia in 1972. In 1996, under the guidance of Professor Gvozdev, Shonert graduated from the Novosibirsk State Conservatory with a Master’s degree in violin performance. From 1997 to 1998, he served as the head of the string department and violin class lecturer at the Novosibirsk Conservatory. Between 1998 and 1999, he taught violin at the Glinka Novosibirsk State Conservatory. As a violin soloist, Alexander Shonert has performed across Europe, including in Spain (Valencia Music Theatre, Barcelona, Malaga, Marbella), Germany (Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Bremen), Austria (Vienna, Linz), Switzerland (Winterthur, Geneva), France (Grenoble), Israel (Tel Aviv), Belgium (Brussels), and the Czech Republic (St. Vitus Cathedral, Rudolfinum, Simon and Jude Church, Brno, Antonín Dvořák Theatre). Additionally, he has performed in renowned concert halls in Russia (Moscow, Novosibirsk Philharmonic Hall, Kazan Philharmonic Hall), Slovakia (Pyramid Concert Hall, Košice Philharmonic Hall), and the United States (Milwaukee, Washington, Bloomington, Chicago). Alexander Shonert plays standard violin classics with rich emotional tone and unique interpretive style, and his improvisations are unforgettable. The renowned music master Josef Suk once spoke about Alexander Shonert’s interpretation of Dvořák’s works on the Czech TV program ‘Z City’, saying: ‘Shonert is an outstanding artist, a gift from God. I was deeply moved by his performance, and my great-grandfather Antonín Dvořák would be extremely honored by such an interpretation.’ The famous British magazine ‘Strad’ once wrote: ‘He not only has extraordinary playing skills but also willingly shares his techniques with colleagues in an open manner, an attitude that is admirable.’ European Soprano Singer: Elizabeth Legierski Elizabeth is a soprano singer who has loved singing since childhood, and with her beautiful voice like a lark, she was included in the ‘Baby Good Voice’ program by the national television at the age of 10. At 18, she was admitted to the Prague National University to study music with outstanding grades.
After graduating with excellent grades, she gradually formed her own unique artistic style in her singing career. In 2013, her debut in Europe was at the North Bohemian Theatre. Elizabeth is good at integrating skills with rich emotions, so her singing is easy to touch people’s hearts. She constantly challenges the diversity of her singing career between opera and solo forms and has been very successful in the transformation. Thanks to her solid foundation and innate advantages, her singing is as beautiful as the warbling of orioles and is very pleasant to hear. Her clear, translucent, gorgeous and mellow voice will create a small upsurge in the European music scene at that time. Wonderful singing always wins cheers from audiences of various countries. In 2015, she won the final qualification of AIMS (American Music Research Association). In order to seek the inclusiveness of artistic connotation, she has cooperated with many famous singers and conductors, such as Lori McCain, Dorit Hanak, Maris Skuga, Gabriel Lecerna and conductor Gerret Odd, Alexander Karazik. Her singing has spread to major music venues in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Prague and even extended to Canada and the United States. Especially in April 2022, she played the first dancing spirit in Dvorak’s opera Rusalka and attracted the attention of a large number of audiences and was rated as the ‘best soprano’. Austrian baritone singer: Samuel Modino. Samuel Modino graduated from the vocal music major of the University of Madrid. Later, recommended by his professor, he obtained a master’s degree in music major in two years. Samuel has cooperated with multiple art groups and bands in performances. He performed Mozart’s Requiem in the National Auditorium in Madrid and participated in the premiere of Luciano Berio’s work Famous Church. He participated in Wagner’s opera performances. And he starred in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s legendary opera Invisible City in Barcelona. In addition, he also participated in the summer music festival on Menorca in 2008 and the comic opera performances in Madrid. The opera roles he has played include Schaunard in La Bohème, Marullo in Rigoletto, Fiorello in The Barber of Seville and Jimenez in Geni Hasa. Samuel’s opera works include Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment (as Tonio), L’Elisir d’Amore (as Nemorino), Puccini’s Tosca (as Cavaradossi), Verdi’s Rigoletto (as the Duke) and La Traviata (as Alfredo), as well as Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana (as Turiddu), Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci (as Canio), and Giordano’s Andrea Chénier (as Andrea Chénier).
Program (Subject to change based on the actual performance): Georges Bizet: Carmen Overture
Johann Strauss II: Emperor Waltz Johann Strauss II: Thunder and Lightning Polka Puccini: Musetta’s Waltz from La Bohème (3´) with Elizabeth Li Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7, 3rd Movement Introduction Johann Strauss II: Voices of Spring Waltz Mozart: Aria from Don Giovanni Niccolò Paganini: Carnival di Venezia Mo Li Hua: Jasmine Flower Johann Strauss II: The Blue Danube Waltz Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Overture Rossini: Cavatina from The Barber of Seville Good News from Beijing to the Frontier Jacques Offenbach: Can-Can Chinese March: The Red Detachment of Women Johann Strauss I: Radetzky March Encore pieces to be revealed on-site! Full program opens on 12/30, Monday, with the performance starting at 19:30. The duration of the performance is subject to the actual event.
