Born and brought up in Macao, Lio returns for first full-scale concert; due to draft music programme for upcoming season.
Macao Orchestra
Starting at the end of next month, the MOP 24 million celebration of the arts will embrace a local and international programme despite being hampered by the pandemic.
Face-to-face classes suspended for cross-border teachers and students from designated areas of Zhuhai and Zhongshan.
Conductors Yuan Ding and Hong Yin, young soprano Wei Jiani and local singer Sean Pang Veng Sam will star in programme of Chinese and Western classics.
Macao Orchestra and Macao Chinese Orchestra due to play 36 concerts by the end of July, despite radical changes to their organisation, says IC.
Musicians, uncertain of their future, complain of unfair levels of compensation and poor treatment by IC.
Concert will feature internationally renowned conductor Xu Zhong and mainland Chinese diva Dong Fang.
To compensate, Macao Orchestra and Macao Chinese Orchestra will livestream some performances of new concert seasons online.
However Macao Orchestra set for a season on the theme of German and Austrian Classical Heritage with favourites by Brahms and Mahler.
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