{"product_id":"chloe-chua-singapore-symphony-orchestra-rodolfo-barraez-mario-venzago-paganini-butterfly-lovers-paganini","title":"Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Rodolfo Barráez, Mario Venzago | Paganini - Butterfly Lovers \u0026 Paganini","description":"\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eChloe Chua shot to international stardom after winning the joint 1st Prize at the 2018 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists. The young star from Singapore has also garnered the 1st prize at the 24th Andrea Postacchini Violin Competition, 3rd prize at the 2017 Zhuhai International Mozart Competition, as well as accolades at the Thailand International Strings Competition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eHer stunning musicality despite her young age has captured the hearts of audiences around the world, and her performances have taken her to concert halls and orchestras across the U.S.A., U.K., Italy, Germany, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, China, Thailand and Singapore, in festivals such as the Copenhagen Summer Festival, New Virtuosi Queenswood Mastercourse, Atlanta Festival Academy and the Singapore Violin Festival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixGuard wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eCalled “one of the most promising young musicians in the world” by PBS’s Great Performances, America’s preeminent multi award-winning performing arts television series, Chloe starred in its season 51 episode\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNow Hear This – Rising Stars, broadcast in April 2024. Chloe was Artist-In-Residence of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) during their 2022\/23 and 2023\/24 seasons - the youngest ever to be appointed to this role. She performed to an estimated 18,000 attendees across 18 performances and starred in multiple recording projects during this period. Her debut album of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Four Seasons\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Locatelli’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHarmonic Labyrinth\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon the award-winning Pentatone label garnered 1.6 million streams and over 400,000 plays during its first year of release on Spotify and Apple Music respectively. Chloe’s upcoming albums with the SSO include the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eButterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 and a set of complete Mozart Violin Concertos with SSO Music Director Hans Graf. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe presents a vinyl edition of her acclaimed recording combining Chen Gang and He Zhanhao’s \u003cem\u003eButterfly Lovers Violin Concerto \u003c\/em\u003ewith Niccolò Paganini’s First Violin Concerto, performed together with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Rodolfo Barráez and Mario Venzago. The \u003cem\u003eButterfly Lovers Violin Concerto\u003c\/em\u003e was written in 1959, and inspired by a tale often called the Romeo \u0026amp; Juliet of ancient China. Chen and He deftly combine a Western classical idiom with elements from Chinese opera, such as grace notes and portamento effects, and the work has become one of the most famous and acclaimed pieces of Chinese classical music. This album also features an interpretation of Chen Gang’s \u003cem\u003eSunshine over Tashkurgan\u003c\/em\u003e, which adds Central-Asian maqam to the stylistic palette. The programme concludes with Paganini’s First Violin Concerto, musically inspired by Rossinian bel canto. The three works share a richness of melodic invention and orchestral colours, as well as breathtaking virtuosic demands for the soloist. The solo parts are in excellent hands with Chloe Chua, who admires the steadfast love and perseverance of the \u003cem\u003eButterfly Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e and feels fully at home in these evocative and exhilarating masterpieces. — via Label\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5YSrunbKaLUUEsq7shIVJk?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: PentaTone\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Numbered, Stereo\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Ambient \/ Modern Classical\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PentaTone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45404448096414,"sku":"8717306264150","price":80.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/PTC5187415-Chloe-Chua-Butterfly-Paganini-vinyl-mockup.jpg?v=1746775472","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/chloe-chua-singapore-symphony-orchestra-rodolfo-barraez-mario-venzago-paganini-butterfly-lovers-paganini","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}