Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 3:00pm
Daniel Matsukawa, Conductor/Music Director

Dvořák: Cello Concerto
(cello soloist Hai-Ye Ni)
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Hai-Ye Ni
Hai-Ye Ni joined The Philadelphia Orchestra as principal cello at the beginning of the 2006-07 season after having served as associate principal cello of the New York Philharmonic since 1999. She first came into prominence after her critically praised New York debut at Alice Tully Hall in 1991, a result of her winning first prize at the Naumburg International Cello Competition. Other awards include first prize in the 1996 International Paulo Cello Competition in Finland and a 2001 Avery Fisher Career Grant. In the summer of 2023, Ms. Ni performed at the Sarasota Music Festival in Florida, Chamber Music Dolomiti in Italy, and gave a recital at the New England Conservatory. Upcoming performances include an appearance with the Apollo Orchestra in Washington, D.C., playing the Barber Concerto. She made her solo debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2010 in Saint-Sëans First Concerto. She was also featured in Tan Dun's The Map, Concerto for Cello, Video, and Orchestra; Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations; the Brahms "Double" Concerto; and the Beethoven "Triple" Concerto.
Read Ms. Ni's full biography

The program will be approximately 85 minutes including intermission.
Auditorium in the Learning Center at Temple University Ambler
Admission:
$20 - adults
$15 - seniors (65+)
Free - students (under 25) with ID
Purchase tickets at the door with cash, check, or credit/debit card.
For more information. please
call: (215) 915-0747 or
email: Independence.Sinfonia@gmail.com