
Former piano prodigy Avan Yu returns to Orpheum Theatre for Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra season opener
Yu has cited his immigration from Hong Kong to Canada as one factor that led to his international success as a concert pianist.

Yu has cited his immigration from Hong Kong to Canada as one factor that led to his international success as a concert pianist.

Maestro Ken Hsieh will lead the orchestra through 1812 Overture, Bolero, The Triumphal March and Ballet, and themes from popular films.

Kolanian has recorded six albums and taught at the Contemporary Athens Conservatory and the Athenaeum Conservatory.

Arai, one of the world’s rising classical music stars, will make her Canadian debut at the Vancouver Playhouse.

Cheung has a deeper motivation behind SENSES: she wants to elevate awareness about men’s mental health as a tribute to her father.

Before Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, the VMO will perform a new work by composer-in-residence Aidan Mulldoon Wong.

There’s a wonderful opportunity to combine the sounds of some of the world’s greatest symphonic music with spectacular views from Jack Poole Plaza.

Eugenia Choi 对 17 世纪意大利小提琴情有独钟。在这个科技主导的时代,她依然乐于用马尾琴弓,演奏以小冰河时期冷杉木制成,有着 330 年历史的小提琴。Choi 透过 Zoom 向 Pancouver 表示:「它们是艺术品,更是工程学的奇迹,原本就是为了演奏与欣赏而诞生。我对于它们能流传至今,并且依然能发挥功用,深感着迷。」

Eugenia Choi 對 17 世紀義大利小提琴情有獨鍾。在這個科技主導的時代,她依然樂於用馬尾琴弓,演奏以小冰河時期冷杉木製成,有著 330 年歷史的小提琴。Choi 透過 Zoom 向 Pancouver 表示:「它們是藝術品,更是工程學的奇蹟,原本就是為了演奏與欣賞而誕生。我對於它們能流傳至今,並且依然能發揮功用,深感著迷。」

Choi looks forward to performing The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra.










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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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