IPR: 'It will be a memory': Conductor Cristian Macelaru introduces WYSO to Ray Chen
Cristian Macelaru leads Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra in their second concert of the 2024 season. Violin sensation Ray Chen joins WYSO for Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.
“I'm very happy that we have been successful, that we presented the wonderful Delyana Lazarova… and this week the music of Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) and Vivian Fung (b. 1975), who is a composer that I met in my role as artistic director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. She created this piece called “Earworms,” which is the concept where you have things stuck in your head that you just cannot get out. I think the kids will have a lot of fun discovering Lady Gaga and the lyrics of a mother singing to her child – a little bit of lullaby music – all things that are very normal for someone who gets melodies stuck in their head and cannot get them out.”