Shao-Chia Lü, Viktoria Mullova & NSO
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PROGRAM
Yun-Jou Chen: Songs Beneath Grey Skies (One-minute Symphony Project, world premiere) *This project is cooperated by TSMC, NSO, and TNUA
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7
INFO
Jean Sibelius's Violin Concerto is less a showpiece than a haunting symphonic journey, where solo violin and orchestra merge into a single breath of Nordic sound. Viktoria Mullova — dubbed "The Ice Queen" by Western media — brings her signature clarity and intensity to this striking masterpiece.
From icy stillness to blazing light, Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 7, often subtitled "Song of the Night," reflects his deep connection with nature, laced with humor and romance. Leading the NSO is Conductor Emeritus Shao-Chia Lü, a distinguished Taiwanese maestro whose interpretations of Mahler are celebrated for their depth and dramatic insight.
【A Pre-concert Talk will be held before the performance.】
Lecturer: Wen-Yea Lu
Time: 2025/09/19 Fri. 19:00-19:20
Venue: The National Concert Hall 1F Lobby
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Shao-Chia Lü, conductor
Viktoria Mullova, violin
National Symphony Orchestra
conductor／Shao-Chia Lü
Taiwan-born conductor Shao-Chia Lü studied music in Taipei, later at the Indiana University in Bloomington, USA, and also at Vienna's College of Music. His training resulted in important first prizes at three renowned international conductor competitions: Besancon (France), Pedrotti (Italy) and Kondrashin (the Netherlands).
Shao-Chia Lü accepted positions as General Music Director of the Koblenz Theatre (1998-2001), the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz (1998-2004), and the Staatsoper Hannover (2001- 2006). He has also been Chief Conductor of the South Denmark Philharmonic from 2014 to 2017.
Shao-Chia Lü appears regularly as guest conductor at several world-renowned opera houses, including Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, English National Opera, Opera Australia and more. Alongside his opera activities, Lü is equally at home on concert podiums. Lü has worked repeatedly with many leading European orchestras, such as the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Münchner Philharmoniker, the Oslo Philharmonic, Orchester Nationale de France and more. In Asia, Lü has worked with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, NHK, Seoul Philharmonic, China Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony and more.
Shao-Chia Lü was Music Director of the Taiwan Philharmonic (the National Symphony Orchestra) from 2010 to 2020, and has been honored with the title Conductor Emeritus in 2021. He has been serving as Distinguished Chair Professor at Taipei National University of Arts since year 2020, and also received the “Honorary Doctorate” title in October 2022.
violin／Viktoria Mullova
Viktoria Mullova studied at the Central Music School of Moscow and the Moscow Conservatoire. Her extraordinary talent captured international attention when she won first prize at the 1980 Sibelius Competition in Helsinki and the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1982 which was followed, in 1983, by her dramatic and much publicized defection to the West. She has since appeared with most of the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors and at the major international festivals. She is now known the world over as a violinist of exceptional versatility and musical integrity. Her curiosity spans the breadth of musical development from baroque and classical right up to the most contemporary influences from the world of fusion and experimental music.
Highlights of Viktoria's 2025/26 season will include extensive touring across Asia, performing with the Korean National Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan, Guangzhou Symphony & NCPA Orchestra, in addition to being this season’s Artist-in-Residence with the Hangzhou Philharmonic. Viktoria also returns to the Halle Orchestra for a multi-city tour of the UK, debuts with The Mozartists, and brings her innovative string ensemble project based on Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) to Bremen & Utrecht.
Viktoria continues her collaboration with pianist Alasdair Beatson playing Beethoven and Schubert on gut strings and fortepiano. In September 2024, the duo completed the final recording their Beethoven violin sonata series and will tour the complete cycle across Europe & Asia in 2026/27 to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's death.