If you passed the youthful Maestro Aik Khai Pung in a hallway at the College Conservatory of Music you’d likely take him to be another student on his way to a class or a rehearsal. But…an all-around conductor and educator, Aik Khai Pung is music director of the CCM Concert Orchestra, CCM Chamber Orchestra, Seven Hills Sinfonietta, and Sound of Joy Choir.
Here are his thoughts about his upcoming concert:
“… my initial idea of this “Classic Titan” concert is a strong come back. Concert Orchestra was suspended for 17 months. Fierabras means brave or formidable arm, who is a giant in fiction. Beethoven 3 Eroica is similarly heroic, and I want to dedicate the second movement to remember and honor those who have lost their lives over the pandemic. To pair with Schubert and Beethoven, I chose Haydn Cello concert no 1, who is another titan of classical music.”
Here is the program of the first of several concerts the young maestro will be conducting this season:
Tuesday, September 21 Corbett Auditorium at CCM. 7:30 p.m. CLASSIC TITANS
CCM Concert Orchestra – Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor
SCHUBERT: Fierrabras Overture, D. 796
HAYDN: Cello Concerto
BEETHOVEN: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, “Eroica”
Free Admission
Aik Khai Pung conducts Johannes Brahms ALTO RHAPSODY, with Brenda Iglesias, soloist
Rafael de Acha has enjoyed a distinguished career in the arts as a performer, stage director, producer, and educator. He was born and grew up in Cuba. At the age of 17 he moved to the United States to study Drama at the University of Minnesota, and later Languages at L.A. City College, Music at the Juilliard School of Music, at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music, and at the New England Conservatory of Music, from which he received the Master's degree. He has taught courses on the History of Music at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and at Florida International University, and contributed writings and reviews to Seen and Heard International (www.seenandheard-international.com ) and to this blog. He co-founded the award-winning New Theatre in Coral Gables, Florida, where he produced and staged twenty seasons of classical and contemporary theater, including fifty world premieres of plays that went on to have international and national productions on and off Broadway, including Ana in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2002 and Tony Nomination 2003.) In 2006 he was presented with a citation from The Dade County Cultural Affairs Council for “trailblazing contributions to the arts in South Florida.”
View all posts by ALL ABOUT THE ARTS
ALL ABOUT THE ARTS 