Oscar-winner Ms. Ruby Yang directs new documentary short film focused to Asian Youth Orchestra(1990~).
In Search of Perfect Consonance
Director: Ruby Yang
Running time: 39 minutes
Benefit Gala Premiere
Sunday, 17/July, 2016
AMC, Level 1, Pacific Place, Admiralty
“Twenty-five years ago, China was at war with Vietnam, the Chinese and the Japanese were at loggerheads, and relations across the Taiwan Strait were frosty. In Search of Perfect Consonance profiles the Asian Youth Orchestra, set up against this backdrop with the aim of connecting the region’s young people through music. As we watch the budding musicians of today’s Asia learn to work together, we are reminded of the higher ideals that music inspires.”
Young Asian musicians can show divided Hong Kong how to connect, says filmmaker Oscar-winning director Ruby Yang’s new film shows how orchestra players overcome their differences to make beautiful music
-South China Morning POST (26 /June 2016)
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<History 1990-2016>
1990
Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Music Director & conductor
Isaiah Jackson, Principal Guest Conductor
1991
Alexander Schneider, Conductor
Dong-Suk Kang, Violin Soloist
Samuel Wong, Conductor
William Bennett, Oboe Soloist
1992
Lukas Foss, Conductor
Elly Ameling, Soprano Soloist
Akiko Suwanai, Violin Soloist
David Alan Miller, Conductor
Young Uck Kim, Violin Soloist
1993
Eri Klas, Guest Conductor
Gidon Kremer, Violin Soloist
Vadim Sakharov, Piano Soloist
1994
Sergiu Comissiona, Guest Conductor
Alicia de Larrocha, Piano Soloist
Cho-Liang Lin, Violin Soloist
Shanghai Quartet
1995
Sergiu Comissiona, Guest Conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, Violin Soloist
Weigang Li, Violin Soloist
Keiko Kataoka, Soprano
Helen Yu, Mezzo Soprano
Jianyi Zhang, Tenor
Zheng Zhou, Baritone
1996
Sergiu Comissiona, Principal Conductor
Andre-Michel Schub, Piano Soloist
Robert Chan, Violin Soloist
1997
Sergiu Comissiona, Music Director & Conductor
Tan Tun, Guest Conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello Soloist
Young Uck Kim, Violin Soloist
Satoko Asaji, Koto Soloist
1998
Sergiu Comissiona, Music Director & Conductor
Leon Fleisher, Piano Soloist
Hakan Hardenberger, Trumpet Soloist
Mischa Maisky, Cello Soloist
1999
Sergiu Comissiona, Music Director & Conductor
Jon Nakamatsu, Piano Soloist
Gil Shaham, Violin Soloist
2000
Sergiu Comissiona, Music Director & Conductor
Cho-Liang Lin, Violin Soloist
Beaux Arts Trio
2001
Sergiu Comissiona, Music Director & Conductor
Leila Josefowicz, Violin Soloist
Ceclie Licad, Piano Soloist
2002
Bright Sheng, Composer & Guest Conductor
Robert Taub, Piano Soloist
Richard Pontzious, Artistic Director & Conductor
Robert Taub, Piano Soloist
2003
===SARS===
2004
Sergiu Comissiona, Guest Conductor
Richard Pontzious, Conductor
2005
===sabbatical year===
2006
Okko Kamu, Guest Conductor
Ida Falk Winland, Soprano
Richard Pontzious, Artistic director & Conductor
Stefan Jackiw, Violin Soloist
2007
Okko Kamu, Guest Conductor
Soo Bae, Cello soloist
Richard Pontzious, Artistic director & Conductor
2008
Richard Pontzious, Artistic Director and Conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, Cello soloist
Wang Jian, Cello soloist
James Judd, Guest Conductor
Elmar Oliveira, Violin soloist
2009
Richard Pontzious, Artistic Director and Conductor
Alban Gerhardt, Cello Soloist
James Judd, Principal Conductor
Matthias Bamert, Guest Conductor
Jean Louis Steuerman, Piano Soloist
2010
Richard Pontzious, Artistic Director and Conductor
Alban Gerhardt, Cello Soloist
Wang Jian, Cello Soloist
James Judd, Principal Conductor
Alban Gerhardt, Cello Soloist
Wang Jian, Cello Soloist
2011
Richard Pontzious, Artistic Director and Conductor
Stefan Jackiw, Violin Soloist
James Judd, Principal Conductor
Stefan Jackiw, Violin Soloist
2012
Richard Pontzious, Artistic Director and Conductor
James Judd, Principal Conductor
2013
Richard Pontzious, Artistic Director and Conductor
Steven Isserlis, Cello Soloist
James Judd, Principal Conductor
Steven Isserlis, Cello Soloist
2014
Richard Pontzious, Artistic Director and Conductor
Chu Yun, guest concertmaster (AYO member 1997 & 1998, now with San Francisco Symphony)
James Judd, Principal Conductor
2015
Richard Pontzious, Artistic Director and Conductor
Steven Isserlis, Cello Soloist
Sooyeon Lee, Soprano
Jenny Hou, Mezzo Soprano
Junbum Lee, Tenor
Benno Schollum, Baritone
James Judd, Principal Conductor
Steven Isserlis, Cello Soloist
Mamiko Sakaida, Soprano
2016
Richard Pontzious, Artistic Director and Conductor
James Judd, Principal Conductor
<AYO almni>
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Bangkok Symphony Orchestra
Beijing National Center for Performing Arts Orchestra
Busan Philharmonic Orchestra
Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra
Century Orchestra Osaka
China National Opera House Symphony Orchestra
China Philharmonic Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Everygreen Symphony Orchestra
Geidai Philharmonia
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra
Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Hong Kong Disneyland
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Kangnam Symphony Orchestra
Klassische Philharmonic Bonn
Komische Oper Berlin
Macao Orchestra
Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra
Manila Symphony Orchestra
Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Mid-Atlantic Symphony
Milwaukee Symphony
National Symphony Orchestra, Malaysia
National Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan
National Symphony Orchestra, Thailand
National Symphony Orchestra, Vietnam
New Philharmonic Osaka
New York Philharmonic
NHK Symphony Orchestra
Nusantara Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Philharmonic Moments Musicaux
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra
Qatar Philharmonic
San Francisco Symphony
Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
Siam Philharmonic Orchestra
Singapore Chinese Orchestra
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra
Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra
Taipei Symphony Orchestra
Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Weimar Staatkapelle
