Peng-Peng Gong: Viola Concerto op. 50 (2017)

Peng-Peng Gong

formerly known as his stage name Peng Peng,

is a Chinese classical composer and pianist born on July 3, 1992.

 Viola Concerto op. 50 (2017)

  1. Moderato
2. Andante
3 Adagio

Liyuan Liu, viola
Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
Liang Zangh, conductor

Peng-Peng Gong is a young Chinese composer, born in 1992.

About his Viola Concerto, he wrote: 'Catcher in the Rye was the only book from school that I not only kept till this day but read it more times than I read Harry Potter. Coincidentally, I was just as bad at school

as Holden Caulfield was, [with the same] colossal empathy, hatred for phoniness and being boundlessly protective of the young, to name just a few characteristics. This prompted me to write the Viola Concerto, not just because the instrument's tone fits the character, but because musically I wanted to compose a sentimental 19th-century romantic-style viola concerto, of which there are arguably none and I think that's too bad.'