NJ Festival Orchestra leaps into life with music based on pictures, emotions, mythical creatures and stories. Internationally acclaimed cellist Mo Mo joins NJFO to present Tan's Dun’s award-winning cello concerto from Ang Lee's Oscar-winning mystical martial arts film, Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon that took the movie industry by storm in 2000. NJFO then brings Mussorgsky’s iconic musical sketches to life with vibrant western and Chinese orchestral effects by Chinese/Australian composer Julian Yu.​

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Meet our soloist: Mo Mo began his cello studies with Professor Song Tao at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing at the age of 6, and later with the legendary Brazilian-American cellist Aldo Parisot at Yale School of Music. His accolades include top prizes at international competitions such as the 2016 Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China, and the 2017 Koussevitzky Young Artist Award in New York. His other mentors includes Mula Na, Laurence Lesser, and Philippe Muller.

Program            

Tan Dun

The Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon Concerto
Featuring Mo Mo, cello

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Modest Mussorgsky

Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. Yu)