Li Delun Music Foundation

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Music: 赛马 Horse Racing

(Chinese interview)
A last minute conductor switch? The circumstances behind Shostakovich’s 7th symphony? Yellow River Cantata & Piano Concerto in the same programme?
Kemin Zhang speaks to Jie Yang about our upcoming New Year’s Concert on Sun. Jan. 4th, 2026 at 3pm.

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There’s a historic video of Yellow River Piano Concerto on YouTube with Li Delun conducting, and Yin Chengzong on the piano. Hear the last movement with its original instrumentation (with added Chinese instruments!) on Jan 4 with Eric Guo at the piano!

If you’re more into Chinese pop, you’ll love his new arrangement of Jay Chou’s 《菊花台》Chrysanthemum Terrace” with the east-meets-west quartet, with erhu, cello, and guzheng, piano, called the snovverseas spring ensemble!

Ticket link in bio.
See you January 4th!

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Eric Guo, born 2002 in Toronto, is currently enrolled in the Artist Diploma Program (ADP) at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, studying under Jonathan Biss and Anton Nel. Over the past years, he has studied with John Perry, Dean James Anagnoson, Li Wang, John O’Conor, David Louie. Apart from obtaining his Bachelor of Music from the RCM, he is also an alumnus of the Phil and Eli Taylor Academy.

In 2023, he won 1st prize and Mazurkas Prize at the Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in Warsaw. Previously he was awarded 5th prize in Marguerite Long-Thibaud Competition (Paris), 3rd prize in the Hastings International Concerto Competition (UK), 2nd prize (2019) and 3rd prize (2025) in Canadian Chopin Competition, as well as CMC 1st and Grand Prize. Named CBC’s 30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30, he also received the Hnatyshyn Foundation Grant in Piano.

His debut album was released by the Chopin Institute during his recitals on Chopin’s 214th birthday in Żelazowa Wola and Warsaw Philharmonic. It received a rave review on Gramophone Magazine (UK) and broadcasted on CBC and Radio-Canada.

In the 2025-2026 season, Eric’s upcoming engagements include a returning appearance with the Niagara Symphony, and a perform under Maestro Peter Oundjian with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra at Koerner Hall, as the winner of the Corcoran Grand Prize in GGS Concerto Competition.

Come see her in performance at our January 4th New Year’s Concert!
A special opportunity to hear East-Meets-West music that will be unforgettable!

George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre
5040 Yonge Street

Ticket link in bio!

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Lina Cao is a Toronto-based guzheng performer and educator from China, and the Founder and Artistic Director of the Toronto Guzheng Ensemble. She is a recipient of China’s prestigious Golden Bell Award and Wenhua Award. Since immigrating to Canada in 2017, she has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts and was nominated for the 40th Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Chamber Music Performance. She has collaborated with orchestras and festivals worldwide and has performed at major international venues including the Musikverein in Vienna and Carnegie Hall. Her performances have been broadcast by CBC Music and WFMT Chicago. Cao is the first Chinese instrumental instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty of Music and has taught at leading universities in Canada and the United States. She is dedicated to expanding the contemporary expression and global presence of the guzheng through music as a cultural bridge.

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