
T I A N Y I L U
C O N D U C T O R
C a l e n d a r
P A S T E V E N T S
11 May 2023
Stavanger Symphony
Fartein Valen, Stavanger konserthus
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
Salina Fisher: Tupaia - European Premiere
William Walton: Cello Concerto
Ottorino Respighi: Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)
28-29 April 2023
BAO YUAN-KAI "Dialogue on Flowers" from Chinese Sights and Sounds
GAURAV MAZUMDAR Sitar Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
21-23 April 2023
Walt Disney Concerthall
Sunwook Kim, piano
Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour (2015)
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor op. 54
Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade
16 April 2023
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Tianyi Lu, conductor
9 March 2023
Johannes Piirto, Piano
Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour (2015)
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor op. 54
Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
16, 18 February 2023
Benaroya Hall, Seattle
Arabella Steinbacher, Violin
Salina Fisher: Tupaia
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Richard Strauss: Aus Italien
2 February 2023
Firenze, Teatro Verdi
Kian Soltani, Cello
Elfrida Andrée / Andante quasi recitativo, per archi
Robert Schumann / Concerto per violoncello e orchestra op.129
Ludwig van Beethoven / Sinfonia n.7 op.92
4-7 January 2023
NYTTÅRSKONSERTENE
New Year's Concert
Tianyi Lu, dirigent (Conductor-in-Residence)
Martin Grubinger, slagverk (Artist-in-Residence)
Dmitry Kabalevsky: Komikerne-orkestersuite (utdrag)
Johan Svendsen: Norsk kunstnerkarneval
Fazil Say: Konsert for slagverk og orkester (utdrag)
Jovane, Jovanke (bulgarsk folkesang) for perkusjon og orkester
Avner Dorman: Amerika for perkusjon og orkester (fra: Frozen in Time)
George Walker: Lyric
Johann Strauss: Torden og Lyn-polka (Unter Donner und Blitz-Polka)
Aram Khachaturian: Sabeldans (fra: Gayaneh)
20 December 2022
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
Tschaikowsky: Der Nussknacker (Auszüge)
Chin: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party aus „Alice in Wonderland“
Haydn: Cellokonzert Nr. 2 D-Dur Hob. VIIb:2
Ravel: Ma mère l’oye
Tianyi Lu (Leitung)
Tanja Tetzlaff (Violoncello)
17 November 2022
Auditorio Nacional de Música
Anna Clynne This Midnight Hour
Max Bruch Concierto para violín y orquesta Nº 1 en Sol menor Op. 26
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherezade op. 35
Antonio Álvarez Alonso/ Cristóbal Halffter Suspiros de España
Tianyi Lu, conductor
Zohrab Tadevosyan, violin
29 October 2022
Amsterdam - Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Cello Biënnale Amsterdam 2022
KabalevskiSuite ‘De Komedianten’
KabalevskiCelloconcert nr 1 in g
KabalevskiCelloconcert nr 2 in c
Tianyi Lu - dirigent
Anastasia Kobekina - cello
Kian Soltan - cello
7 October 2022
Ulster Hall
Salina Fisher Tupaia
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
TIANYI LU Conductor
ARABELLA STEINBACHER Violin
8 September 2022
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Fartein Valen, Stavanger konserthus
Saariaho: Ciel d’hiver
Dvořak: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Tianyi Lu, conductor
María Dueñas, violin
24 February 2022
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour (2015)
Clara Schumann: Klavierkonzert a-Moll op. 7
Johannes Brahms : Klavierquartett Nr. 1 g-Moll op. 25 (Orchesterfassung A. Schönberg)
10 February 2022
Tianyi Lu | Dirigentin
Malte Arkona | Moderation
Michael Kube | Konzeption
Dresdner Philharmonie
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sinfonie Nr. 5 c-Moll
4 February 2022
Tianyi Lu, dirigent (Conductor-in-Residence)
Christian Poltéra, cello
Boulanger: Fra en morgen om våren
Boulanger: Fra en trist aften
Saint-Saens: Cellokonsert nr. 1
Puccini: Preludio sinfonico
Respighi: Pinjene i Roma
20 January 2022
Low Brass Concerto
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Tianyi Lu, conductor
Olle Elfström, trombone
Johannes Rubensson, trombone
Jan Lindberg ,bass trombone
Kristoffer Bröte, tuba
Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes
Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony Op 110a (arr Barshaj)
Jennifer Higdon: Low brass concerto (Nordic premiere)
18 December 2021
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
A Festive Christmas
Juliet Reynolds-Midgley Vocalist
Tony Chen Violin
10 December 2021
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Celebrate Christmas
The Graduate Choir NZ directed by Terence Maskell
20 October 2021
Aalto-Muziktheater, Essen, Germany
Verdi RIGOLETTO
5 October 2021
St. David's Hall, Cardiff, UK
Chloë Hanslip Violin
Mussorgsky Dawn on the Moscow River (from Khovanschcina)
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
16 September 2021
Alexandra Dariescu, Piano
Igor Stravinsky: Orchestral suite from Pulcinella
Nadia Boulanger: Fantasia for piano and orchestra
Magnus Lindberg: Gran duo
Petr Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, overture-fantasy
12 September 2021
Aalto-Muziktheater, Essen, Germany
Verdi RIGOLETTO
13 August 2021
Stavanger Koserthus
Johan Dalene violin
Andreas Brantelid cello
Elfrida Andrée: Andante quasi recitativo (1877)
Johannes Brahms: Double concerto for violin and cello op. 102
20 July 2021
Hollywood Bowl
Ricardo MOLLA Fanfare for a New Beginning (world premiere)
Thea MUSGRAVE Trumpet Concerto (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission)
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
2 July 2021
Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
Ives - The Unanswered Question
Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95 'From the New World'
8 - 10 June 2021
Philharmonie Zuid Nederland
Recording Project, Eindhoven
Dejan Lazic, Piano
Frédéric Chopin: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 f-Moll op. 21 (1830), Allegro vivace
Sergej Rachmaninoff: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 c-Moll op. 18, Adagio sostenuto
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff: "Scheherazade" - Symphonische Suite op. 35 nach 1001 Nacht, 3. Der junge Prinz und die junge Prinzessin
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air aus der Suite BWV 1068
20 - 21 May 2021
Stephen Waarts, Violin
Alexey Stadler, Cello
Live streaming on NPO Radio 4 on 21st May, 8.15pm CEST
Brahms Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
6 - 8 May 2021
Cancelled due to Covid-19
16 - 17 April 2021
Giuseppe Gibboni, Violin
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 7
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
Cancelled due to Covid-19
6th-9th April 2021
Arnhem, The Netherlands
Recording for streaming (links below)
Ramon van Engelenhoven - piano
TsjaikovskiSuite nr. 4 ‘Mozartiana’
08 - 12 March 2021
Daniel Frankel, violin
Samuel Coppin, cello .
Elfrida Andrée: Andante Cantabile
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Jean Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast
23 - 26 February 2021
Arnhem, The Netherlands
21 February 2021
10.30am, Het Concertgebouw, The Netherlands
Live radio broadcast on NPO Radio 4
Alexei Volodin, Piano
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen: The Swan of Tuonela op. 22 no.2
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op.43
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
22 - 23 October 2020
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Stavanger Konserthus
PROGRAM
Maurice Ravel: Gåsemor forteller – suite
Hugo Wolf: Der Feuerreiter (Brannrytteren) for kor og orkester
Manuel de Falla: Ilddans (fra El amor brujo)
Richard Strauss: Aus Italien (Fra Italia)
MEDVIRKENDE
Tianyi Lu, dirigent
Stavanger Symfonikor, medvirkende
ARRANGØR
Stavanger Symfoniorkester
07 - 11 October 2020
Solti International Conducting Competition
Frankfurt, Germany
FRANKFURTER OPERN- UND MUSEUMSORCHESTER
GÁBOR HONTVÁRI Leitung
TIANYI LU Leitung
JOHANNES ZAHN Leitung
DR. BURKHARD BASTUCK Moderation
11th October, Alte Oper
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Sinfonie Nr. 7 A-Dur op. 92
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Die Geschöpfte des Prometheus op. 43,
Coriolan-Ouvertüre op. 62,
Leonore-Ouvertüre Nr. 1 op. 138
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Ouvertüre zu "La Scala di Seta"
08 - 13 September 2020
Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition
Turin, Italy
First Prize Winner
Teatro Regio Torino Orchestra Award
Youth Award

Photo Credit: Marco Borggreve

Photo Credit: Marco Borggreve
May 23rd-24th, 2020
Singapore Symphony Orchestra: Babies' Proms - cancelled due to Covid-19
Victoria Concert Hall
William Ledbetter, presenter
Georges Bizet Toreador's March
Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers
Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Jill Townsend: Cheerful Cha Cha
John Williams: Theme from Jaws
John Williams: Imperial March from Star Wars
John Philip Sousa: The Liberty Bell March
Rossini: Finale from William Tell Overture
Offenbach: Can-Can
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
May 6th, 2020
Janne Mertanen, Piano
Verdi: La Forza del Destino, overture
Rota: Pianokonsertto e-molli
Richard Strauss: Aus Italien op. 16
April 17th, 2020
Ulster Hall, Belfast
Ivan Ilić Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan op. 62 - Ouvertüre
Antoine Reicha: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 Es-Dur
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 5 c-Moll op. 67
March 26th & 28th
Liverpool Empire Theatre
March 17th, 2020
WNO Schools Concert - Southampton - cancelled due to Covid-19
Mayflower Theatre
Repertoire including
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ouvertüre zu "Le Nozze di Figaro" KV 492
Giacomo Puccini: O mio babbino caro - Arie der Lauretta aus der Oper Gianni Schicchi
Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes op. 33a aus der Oper "Peter Grimes", Storm (Sturm)
Antonin Dvořák: "Lied an den Mond" - Arie der Rusalka aus der gleichnamigen Oper
Giuseppe Verdi: "Questa o quella" aus der Oper "Rigoletto"
Giuseppe Verdi: "Libiamo, libiamo..." - Brindisi aus der Oper "La traviata"
Zequinha de Abreu: Tico Tico (arr. Cliff Colnot)
Giacomo Puccini: "Nessun dorma" - Arie des Calaf aus dem 3. Akt der Oper Turandot
John Williams: Suite aus der Filmmusik zu "Star Wars", III. The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)
Richard Wagner: "Walkürenritt" aus dem 3. Aufzug der Oper "Die Walküre"
March 8th, 2020
Celebrate Asia
Conrad Tao, piano
Huang Ruo: Folk songs for orchestra (2012)
Adeliia Faizullina: Tatar Folk Tales: “Sak and Sok” and “Arba”
Conrad Tao: The Oneiroi in New York (2017) for piano and orchestra
Chen Yi: Si Ji (Four Seasons)
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
March 3rd, 2020
WNO Schools Concert - Llandudno
The Promenade, Llandudno, LL30 1BB, United Kingdom
Repertoire including
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ouvertüre zu "Le Nozze di Figaro" KV 492
Giacomo Puccini: O mio babbino caro - Arie der Lauretta aus der Oper Gianni Schicchi
Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes op. 33a aus der Oper "Peter Grimes", Storm (Sturm)
Antonin Dvořák: "Lied an den Mond" - Arie der Rusalka aus der gleichnamigen Oper
Giuseppe Verdi: "Questa o quella" aus der Oper "Rigoletto"
Giuseppe Verdi: "Libiamo, libiamo..." - Brindisi aus der Oper "La traviata"
Zequinha de Abreu: Tico Tico (arr. Cliff Colnot)
Giacomo Puccini: "Nessun dorma" - Arie des Calaf aus dem 3. Akt der Oper Turandot
John Williams: Suite aus der Filmmusik zu "Star Wars", III. The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)
Richard Wagner: "Walkürenritt" aus dem 3. Aufzug der Oper "Die Walküre"
February 5th, 2020
Around the World with the MSO
Sydney Music Myer Bowl Concert
Emily Sun, Violin
Jordan Moore Fanfare – Cybec Young Composer in Residence, MSO Commission and World Premiere
Matthew Hindson Violin Concerto Australian Postcards
Dvořák Symphony No.9 From the New World
January 24th, 2020
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Huang Ruo: Folk songs for orchestra
Chen Gang/He Zhanho: Butterfly Lovers Concerto
Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 op. 95
Huang Mengla, Violin
January 17th, 2020
Romanian Radio National Orchestra
Gabriel Croitoru, Violin
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Richard Strauss: Aus Italien op. 16 G-Dur - Sinfonische Fantasie
Friday 5-11th January, 2020
Thursday, November 28, 2019 7pm
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
Culture House Korundi
Lapinkävijäntie 496100 Rovaniemi, Finland
Lapin kamariorkesteri
Kamarisinfoniakonsertti III
"Tuulahduksia Uudesta-Seelannista"
Tianyi Lu
Jonna Staas, oboe
Pekka Niskanen, klarinetti
Edwin Carr: Trio, ekS.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Oboekonsertto a-molli
Douglas Lilburn: Diversions, ensi kertaa Suomessa
Salina Fisher: Unfinished Portrait, ensi kertaa Suomessa
Gareth Farr: Waipoua, ensi kertaa Suomessa
John Psathas: Abhisheka, ensi kertaa Suomessa
William Walton: Henry V Suite, sov, kamariorkesterille Charlie Piper
November 4th - 8th
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Regional Tour
Concerts in Bendigo, Horsham, Hamilton and Warnambool, Victoria, Australia
Anne-Marie Johnson, Violin
Rossini Overture to L’Italiana in Algieri
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Vivaldi Concerto for Two Violins
Schubert Symphony No.3
August 5th - September 10th
Female Conductor in Residence
Assisting
Bizet Carmen
Verdi Rigoletto
Janacek The Cunning LIttle Vixen
Saturday 21st September, 2019
Dunedin Town Hall, 7.30pm
TianyiLu, conductor
Michael Houston, pianist
Johannes Brahms: Akademische Fest-Ouvertüre c-Moll op. 80 (1880)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klavierkonzert Nr. 14 Es-Dur KV 449
Richard Strauss: Aus Italien op. 16 G-Dur - Sinfonische Fantasie
October 11th and 12th
Tuesday 30th July, 2019
TIanyi Lu, conductor and presenter
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpts)
June 13th-15th
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Education Week
Meet the Orchestra: Carnival of Dangerous Creatures
Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall
May 28th-30th
Schools Concerts
A program of creatures & characters which includes some movements from:
Hindson, Dangerous Creatures
Saint Saëns, Carnival of the Animals
Henri Mancini, Baby Elephant Walk (for piano)
Sunday 19th May
Robert Blackwood Hall, 2.30pm
Glanville-Hicks Etruscan Concerto
Tamara Smolyer
Beethoven Symphony No 5
Wednesday 1st May, 2019
Auckland Town Hall, 11.30am
Friday 29th March
Sala Radio Bukarest, 7pm
TIanyi Lu, conductor
Alxandra Dariescu, piano
Aaron Copland Music for a Great City (1964), Skyline
Nadia Boulanger Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra (1912)
Antonin Dvorák Symphony Nr. 9 in E Minor, op. 95 New World (1893)
Saturday 6th April, 2019
Newport Rougemont School Auditorium.7.30pm
Tianyi Lu, conductor
Chris Williams, piano
Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Overture
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
April 11th, 2019, 1pm
Ulster Hall
Tianyi Lu, Conductor
Paul Klein, Horn
Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow
Mozart Horn Concerto No.4
Ravel Suite Mother Goose
Viennese horn player Joseph Leutgeb inherited – appropriately for a Lunchtime Concert – a cheese shop and could well have ended up a cheesemonger if it hadn’t been for the glorious concertos Mozart wrote for his great friend! This irresistible concerto is performed by Ulster Orchestra Principal Horn Paul Klein.
Sunday 24 March 2019, 2.30pm
Tianyi Lu – Conductor
Tom Redmond – Presenter
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
PROGRAMME including
Elgar Enigma Variations: Theme
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Prelude to Act II
Prokofiev Cinderella: Waltz and Midnight from Suite No. 1
Quincy Jones Soul Bossa Nova
Britten Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Fugue
Saturday 16th February, 7.30pm
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Sidney Myer Bowl: Lovers and Legends
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Tianyi Lu conductor
Jacinta Parsons presenter
Leon Fei violin
Saint-Saëns Samson and Delilah
Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande Suite
He/Chen violin concerto
Sibelius Pohjola’s Daughter
Grandage Deep: A Silent Poem for Sir Douglas Mawson
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
January 27th, 2019
Tianyi Lu Maestrina
Carolin Widmann Violino
Varvara Piano
Felix Mendelssohn-Barthóldy
Sonho de uma noite de verão, abertura op. 21
Concerto para Violino e Orquestara, em Mi menor, op. 64
Maurice Ravel
Concerto para Piano e Orquestra em Sol maior
December 9th-10th
BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Rehearsal preparation for Xian Zhang
Thursday 29th November, 2018
Auckland Town Hall, 7.30pm
A special concert celebrating 125 years since women won the right to vote in New Zealand
Presenter Carol Hirschfeld
Conductor Tianyi Lu
Special guests include:
The Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, ONZ, SSI.
Dame Rosanne Meo, DNZM, OBE
Repertoire includes:
Salina Fisher Rainphase
C. Schumann Piano Concerto
Sunday 18th November, 2018
St Matthew-In-The-City, 2.30pm
Tianyi Lu, Conductor
Bede Hanley, Oboe
Lilburn Drysdale Overture
Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto
Brahms Symphony No. 3
Monday 22 Oct
Conductor Tianyi Lu
Monday 22 October 2018 6:30pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
September 25th - November 12th, 2017
Dallas Opera: Verdi's La Traviata
Assisting conductor Carlo Montanaro on Verdi's La Traviata with the Dallas Opera, Texas, USA
June 24th-29th, 2018
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brahms – Variations on a theme by J. Haydn, op. 56a
Stravinsky – The rite of spring
Mozart – Overture ‘Don Giovanni’, K. 527, with concert ending
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in e minor, op. 64
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
Saturday 13th January and Saturday 20th January, 2018
Saturday 13th January, 11am
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Saturday 20th January, 11am
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Tianyi Lu, Conductor
The Magic of Dvořák
Toyota Symphonies for Youth

Photo Credit: Marco Borggreve

Photo Credit: Marco Borggreve