The Macao Orchestra (MO), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, presents a concert titled Impressionism, included in its Classics' series, to be held on 16 November, at 8pm at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium, under the baton of Swedish conductor Daniel Blendulf and with the cooperation of Chinese pianist Song Siheng. Song Siheng was born in Shanghai in 1981 and started learning to play the piano when he was 3 years old only. In 1996 he won the National Piano Competition in Beijing and later conquered prizes in several international competitions in the UK and Ireland, namely in the Leeds and Dublin piano competitions, as well as in Paris and Shanghai. So far, he is the Chinese pianist who won more prizes. In 2004 Song Siheng won first prize in the Marguerite Long International Piano Competition in Paris, being the first Chinese to achieve such a feat in the 70 years of existence of the contest. In 2004 and 2006 he was the youngest juror in international piano competitions in Paris and Morocco. He cooperated with the Hallé Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre Nationale de France, amongst others. Besides classical music, Song Siheng has been holding multimedia concerts, a new musical experience for the public. In 2011, he gathered music and literature in a multimedia musical inspired in Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, entitled "Searching for Murakami". Swedish conductor Daniel Blendulf, winner of the Swedish Conducting Competition is one of the most promising Scandinavian conductors of his generation. In this concert he will direct the Petite Suite and La Mer by Debussy, as well as Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major. The tickets for the concert at MOP 180, 120 and 80, are available at all Kong Seng Ticketing Network outlets as well as through the ticketing hotline 2855 5555. For more information, please check MO's website at www.icm.gov.mo/om, or www.icm.gov.mo.
