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Folk Reimagined: East in Symphony Guizhou Chinese Orchestra & The Australia Orchestra

7 July 2025

In the Concert Hall

Classical Music

A powerful East-meets-West concert blending Chinese folk traditions with Western symphonic grandeur — from Guizhou’s Kam Grand Choir and The Yellow River Piano Concerto to China’s Four Great Classics and Black Myth: Wukong.

A Symphonic Fantasy from the Four Classics to Wukong

Experience the power of Chinese folk traditions reimagined through the grandeur of a symphony orchestra in this bold cross-cultural collaboration between Guizhou Chinese Orchestra and The Australia Orchestra.  

This one-night-only concert opens with the ethereal multi-part harmonies of the Guizhou Kam Grand Choir (侗族大歌), followed by the stirring energy of the iconic Yellow River Piano Concerto. Audiences will journey through vivid orchestral interpretations of stories from China’s Four Great Classical Novels (四大名著), before culminating in a spectacular new symphonic fantasy inspired by the contemporary gaming phenomenon Black Myth: Wukong.  Blending tradition with innovation, this is a musical celebration across generations and cultures — where East meets West, and folk meets symphony. 

Presented by Ryan Maxwell Event

Program

Guizhou Kam Grand Choir (侗族大歌) | UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

Deep in the Night Jinghu Concerto 

The Yellow River Piano Concerto

Black Myth: Wukong

China’s Four Great Classical Novels (四大名著)

Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix (百鸟朝凤)

Artists

Long Guohong
conductor

Luke Spicer
guest conductor

Jiang Kemei
jinghu soloist

Zhang Qianyuan
suona soloist

Guizhou Chinese Orchestra

The Australia Orchestra

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