The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government presents the 24th Macao International Music Festival (MIMF) from October 3rd to November 7th, 2010.
Each year the Macao International Music Festival brings internationally renowned artists from all over the world to Macao. Over the course of its decades-long history, the MIMF has gradually evolved into the major musical event in the territory, seeking to promote a balanced range of performances in order to reflect the diversity and uniqueness of Macao. It also strives to enrich the cultural life of the region while meeting the expectations and aspirations of the community.
This year’s festival boasts a diverse schedule embracing Western and Chinese opera, symphonic, choral and chamber music and performances in the contemporary, folk, pop, fusion and jazz genres, offering the public yet another dynamic encounter between East and West. Twenty-two diverse programs – from Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovakia, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, the USA, Chile, Australia, Hong Kong, Macao and Mainland China – bathe Macao’s stages in both ancient and modern sonic colors.
Inaugurating this 24th edition of the MIMF is the GÜRZENICH-ORCHESTRA COLOGNE (3/10, Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium, 8pm), a nearly two-century-old German ensemble now touring Asia with Chief Conductor Markus Stenz at the helm. The Festival’s offering of symphonic music then proceeds with a concert titled ROMANTIC – THE MACAO ORCHESTRA AND JIAN WANG (9/10, Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium, 8pm). The distinguished cellist Jian Wang makes a repeat visit to Macao, this time performing Dvoák’s Cello Concerto, the last solo concerto from the famed Bohemian composer, written in 1894-95 while he was in New York. Born and raised in China, Jian Wang was discovered at an early age by Isaac Stern, whose encouragement and support paved the way for Jian Wang’s travel to the United States. In 1985 he entered the Yale School of Music, where he studied with renowned cellist Aldo Parisot. From then on, his career has gone from strength to strength.
The MIMF has invested renewed effort to provide workshops, talks and other activities to accompany its events with the aim of stimulating public interest in the arts.
Tickets for the 24th Macao International Music Festival go on sale at 10am on August 1st, 2010, at all Kong Seng Ticketing outlets. Telephone and online bookings will be available from 1pm onwards. A variety of discount plans will be offered. Publicity materials available at the ticket counters can provide more detailed information.
Information. MIMF
