Rachmaninov is an eminent Russian composer and pianist of Romanticism. His music is imbued with a unique Russian feeling, featuring strong emotions, solid sound, vast and expressive rhythms, profound harmony, unbridled passion, and endlessly flow melancholy. The Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra 2006-2007 Music Season Opening Gala will present to music enthusiasts Rachmaninov's "most popular masterpiece" Piano Concerto No. 2 and his "most outstanding symphony" Symphony No.2.

Alain Lefevre is one of the most popular pianists in France, dubbed a "piano hero" by the Los Angeles Times of the US.  Classica magazine recently described him as "a new personality that truly stands out from the typical trends and artifices."

Conductor: Long Yu
Pianist: Alain Lefevre

Program:
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 and Symphony No.2

Time: 8 pm, Sunday, September 10, 2005

Venue: Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concerthall

Tickets: RMB 180, 150, 120, 100 and 80 (students RMB 40)

Tel: 87353869, 87352222-886, 87352986

(translated by Guangzhou Association of Foreign Affairs Translators)

Editor: Wing