Fei-fei dong, piano
"Fei-Fei brought both engaging musicality and delightful spoken commentary that showed how vivacious and poetic pianism can create a compelling narrative."
- Cleveland Classical
- Cleveland Classical
Acclaimed pianist Fei-Fei Dong will debut the Northern Neck Orchestra’s magnificent Steinway grand piano with a performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at the opening concert of the 2025-2026 season on Saturday, October 10 at the Lancaster High School Auditorium in Irvington.
The program also includes Dmitiri Shostakovich’s Festive Overture and Ruth Gipps’s Symphony No. 2.
The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be preceded by a pre-concert talk hosted by Music Director Michael Repper. Tickets for the concert are $40.00. Season tickets for all five concerts are $160.00. Tickets may be purchased on the door or online at www.northernneckorchestra.org.
Fei-Fei will appear in place of South African pianist Nina Schumann. Due to delays in the visa process, Schumann is unable to perform at this concert.
Fei-Fei’s performance will be the first on the orchestra’s new Steinway Model D concert grand piano, the longtime favorite of the world’s greatest pianists.
This flagship Steinway model has a new technology called Spirio. It is a high-resolution player piano system that offers access to a vast library of music virtually indistinguishable from live performance, and provides artists with the capabilities to record, edit, playback, search and save their performances. The Northern Neck Orchestra is the first orchestra in the world to own this unique piano.
Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is memorable for its virtuoso brilliance, soaring melodies and timeless beauty. It poses special challenges for both the orchestra and the soloist.
Pianist Fei-Fei is celebrated for her exceptional artistry and technical gifts . Her expressive stage presence shines through every note she performs. Fei-Fei’s projects include a Carnegie Hall performance and tour of Spain with the New York Youth Symphony conducted by Michael Repper, a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at Lincoln Center and tours of Germany and China.
Concerto highlights in the United States also featured performances with the Fort Worth Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic, Spokane Symphony, Corpus Christi Symphony, Austin Symphony, Denver Philharmonic, Anchorage Symphony, and the Juilliard Orchestra.
Internationally, she has performed with Canada’s Calgary Philharmonic, Germany’s Rostock and Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestras, and in China with the Shenzhen Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and China National Symphony Orchestras. The extraordinary pianist was a finalist in the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition in 2013. A native of Shenzhen, China, Fei-Fei is graduate of the Juilliard School. She lives in New York City where she is a doctoral candidate at the Manhattan School of Music.
The program also includes Dmitiri Shostakovich’s Festive Overture and Ruth Gipps’s Symphony No. 2.
The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be preceded by a pre-concert talk hosted by Music Director Michael Repper. Tickets for the concert are $40.00. Season tickets for all five concerts are $160.00. Tickets may be purchased on the door or online at www.northernneckorchestra.org.
Fei-Fei will appear in place of South African pianist Nina Schumann. Due to delays in the visa process, Schumann is unable to perform at this concert.
Fei-Fei’s performance will be the first on the orchestra’s new Steinway Model D concert grand piano, the longtime favorite of the world’s greatest pianists.
This flagship Steinway model has a new technology called Spirio. It is a high-resolution player piano system that offers access to a vast library of music virtually indistinguishable from live performance, and provides artists with the capabilities to record, edit, playback, search and save their performances. The Northern Neck Orchestra is the first orchestra in the world to own this unique piano.
Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is memorable for its virtuoso brilliance, soaring melodies and timeless beauty. It poses special challenges for both the orchestra and the soloist.
Pianist Fei-Fei is celebrated for her exceptional artistry and technical gifts . Her expressive stage presence shines through every note she performs. Fei-Fei’s projects include a Carnegie Hall performance and tour of Spain with the New York Youth Symphony conducted by Michael Repper, a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at Lincoln Center and tours of Germany and China.
Concerto highlights in the United States also featured performances with the Fort Worth Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic, Spokane Symphony, Corpus Christi Symphony, Austin Symphony, Denver Philharmonic, Anchorage Symphony, and the Juilliard Orchestra.
Internationally, she has performed with Canada’s Calgary Philharmonic, Germany’s Rostock and Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestras, and in China with the Shenzhen Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and China National Symphony Orchestras. The extraordinary pianist was a finalist in the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition in 2013. A native of Shenzhen, China, Fei-Fei is graduate of the Juilliard School. She lives in New York City where she is a doctoral candidate at the Manhattan School of Music.