On the fifth night of the 2024 countdown, as dusk falls, we will gather in the world of cello music, illuminated by the flickering candlelight, under the title ‘Who Touched My Heartstrings’. This evening, the young American cellist Liu Yuxin, whose performance footprints span the globe, and Yu Yanxin, the founder of Nanjing Bravo Chamber Orchestra and also a young American cellist, will arrive at Mini Bar. They will present an emotional and soul-stirring evening to the audience with a cello duo that blends classical and modern elements. The concert will begin with Offenbach’s cello duo, with its lively melody and rich emotion being the first surprise of the indoor warm winter. Following that, the well-known ‘Viva la Vida’ will strike the audience’s hearts with its passionate melody, and Faure’s ‘Pavane’ will once again immerse everyone in the beauty and softness of music with its elegant sound. Additionally, attendees at the concert will also be able to hear the exotic ‘Misirlou’, Faure’s ‘Elegy’, and the classic Bach ‘Cello Suite No. 1 Prelude’, Schumann’s ‘Adagio and Allegro’… Finally, with the romantic and melodious ‘Moon River’, the free and passionate ‘Libertango’, the unique ‘Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion’, and the joyful ‘Jingle Bells’, the entire performance will come to an end. As the cello music and candlelight also sprinkle over Mini Bar, we look forward to meeting everyone again at the end of 2024, to reveal the answer to ‘Who Touched My Heartstrings’ together, and to leave one more unforgettable, beautiful, and warm night in music for 2024.
Programme | Performers | Liu Yuxin | Liu Yuxin, a young American cellist. One of the founders of Oak Piano Trio, an initial member of Qingxin Chamber Orchestra, and a member of the Gold Award Chief Eight Cellos Chamber Orchestra. Winner of the 2019 MTNA Chamber Music Competition and the 2019 Barbara Fritz Chamber Music Award, finalist in the 10th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition (not held due to the pandemic). As a cellist, his performance footprints span the world, including but not limited to important cultural and artistic landmarks such as San Francisco’s Joseph Music Hall, Hume Music Hall, San Jose Performing Arts Center, Oregon Spokane Convention Center, Columbia Baptist Church, Nanjing Poly Grand Theater, Jiangsu Grand Theater, Xi’an Concert Hall, Jiangxi Art Center, Xinghai Concert Hall, Zhuhai Grand Theater, Shenzhen Jingshan Theater, and Wuhan Qintai Concert Hall.
At the same time, as outstanding chamber music performers, in addition to holding numerous performances and open classes in many cities in North America and Asia, in 2018, they were invited by the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco to participate in the performance of the 5th Trans-Pacific Chinese Arts Festival and shared the stage with the famous vocal artist Shi Yijie. In 2019, they won the gold medal of the MTNA Chamber Music Competition and the Barbara Fritz Chamber Music Award, and at the end of the year, they qualified for the 10th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. At the end of 2020, they were invited by the guqin performer Chen Leiji and He Wei, the dean of the Tianjin Juilliard School, to participate in the “Dialogue Through Time and Space” series of tours. In November of the same year, they received an invitation from the famous baritone Shen Yang to participate in the Mahler special series of tours. At the end of 2022, they joined the Gold Medal First Eight Cello Chamber Orchestra and launched a national tour.
