2026 Lunar New Year Celebration

Celebration of the Year of the Horse

Upcoming Performance

Sat, Feb 7 7:30 pm New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark Compose Your Own Series Buy Tickets

Concert Information

Sunny Xia conductor
Haochen Zhang piano
Peking University Alumni Chorus
Starry Arts Children’s Chorus | Rebecca Shen, director
Edison Chinese School Lion Dance Team
New Jersey Symphony

Li Huanzhi Spring Festival Overture
Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1
Choi Sunghwan “Arirang Fantasy”
Traditional / Anqi Wang Hulunbuir Grassland
Li Shutong / Nicholas Hersh Farewell at Long Pavilion
Johann Strauss Jr. Voices of Spring
Georges Bizet “Farandole” from L’Arlésienne
Georges Bizet “Choeur des gamins” from Carmen

Enjoy an evening of community and cultural exchange that is wonderful for families and children, as we celebrate the Year of the Horse. Seattle Symphony Associate Conductor Sunny Xia and Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Winner Haochen Zhang make their New Jersey Symphony debuts in this festive concert that celebrates music from East and West.

Cultural Exchange Festival

Saturday, February 7 – Gates Open at 6 pm
The evening’s festivities kick off with the Cultural Exchange Festival featuring performances, artisans and artifacts from the Shanghai Museum. This pre-concert Festival is free for all ticketholders.

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The pre-concert Cultural Exchange Festival is co-curated by the Shanghai Museum and the Eastern Culture Exchange Association and supported by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in New York.

Programs, artists, and prices are subject to change.