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La Gioconda in Beijing

Date: Jan 27-31－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-880 yuan

With a natural talent, Daniel Oren developed his own particular interest for the Opera by the great Leonard Bernstein who in 1968 chose him, just thirteen years old, as lead vocalist in his Chichester Psalms's for the inauguration of the Israel Television; in reality it was the mother to start the young Daniel, still at an early age, a complete musical education by studying not only the piano and cello, but with singing and harmony. Maestro Oren then perfected his studies in Europe, devoting himself almost exclusively to conducting and taken part in 1975, winning, the prestigious competition Herbert von Karajan for young conductors: From that moment the young artist began an international career.