Lunar New Year Concert by Shirley Ly, female classical music composer: Come celebrate this Lunar New Year with a special concert featuring the talented female classical music composer Shirley Ly from London, UK! at St James's Church, London on Saturday 1st February 2025

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Lunar New Year Concert by Shirley Ly, female classical music composer

Come celebrate this Lunar New Year with a special concert featuring the talented female classical music composer Shirley Ly from London, UK!

Add to my Calendar 01-02-2025 19:00 01-02-2025 21:00 36 Lunar New Year Concert by Shirley Ly, female classical music composer Lunar New Year Evening Concert by Shirley Ly, upcoming classical music composer from London Get ready for an unforgettable, unique evening of classical music by the talented upcoming composer Shirley Ly and her ensemble, Blossom Ensemble. Join us at St James's Church, Sussex Gardens for a magical performance celebrating Lunar New Year, it is the year of the snake this year. Let Shirley Ly's mesmerising compositions transport you to another world as we ring in the new year with sublime melodies and harmonies. Don't miss out on this special event! FREE concert but donations greatly appreciated for the musicians. --- Shirley Ly is an upcoming classical music composer from London, UK with Chinese and Vietnamese heritage. She will be debuting her new compositions in this Lunar New Year Concert with Blossom Ensemble's string quartet. Her new compositions combines contemporary Western classical music with Eastern influences and guaranteed to transport you to another world. She particularly wants to highlight her heritage through her music, which aside from her travels, has also been inspired by her grandfather, who was a distinguished fine artist, poet and photographer from China. Growing up, Shirley was greatly influenced by his love of the beauty of nature and the world, and his aspirations to capture and show this beauty in the form of art. Shirley has composed over 50 pieces for solo piano / violin / cello, duets, trios, quartets and quintets. She has released 4 albums: 9 Lives (2023), Paradise (2023), Blossom (2021), and Impetus (2018) and multiple singles i.e. Olive Tree (2024), Emerald (2023), and London Strive (2023). Her music has been played over a million times across more than 100 countries around the world, including by BBC radio and other radio shows, and is described to be a bridge between classical, romantic, and minimalist music with Eastern and jazz elements. Magic Classical Radio has recently named her as a 'One To Watch' artist. Shirley did not come from a musical family. She began composing when she was a teenager after being inspired by the feelings evoked in a number of renowned films e.g. Cinema Paradiso, the Pianist, There Will Be Blood, Amélie, and by a variety of composers from different backgrounds - her favourites are Chopin, Chen Gang, Joe Hisaishi, Yiruma, Ennio Morricone, Max Richter, Eydís Evensen and many others. She is continually inspired by female composers who present more diverse musical voices. For more information and links to music, visit: www.shirleylymusic.com --- St James's Church, Sussex Gardens is a glorious Victorian parish church, rich in original stained glass, monuments and fittings, and home to a lively and active community. Although the parish of Paddington is medieval, a church was first built on this site in 1843. It was substantially rebuilt by the illustrious Victorian architect GE Street, in a neo-Gothic style of unusual and generous breadth.   St James's Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St James's Church
Sussex Gardens
Paddington
London
W2 3UD
England

Saturday 1st February 2025
7:00 PM

Programme

Shirley Ly – Winds of the East (New album)
Shirley Ly – 9 Lives (Cats)

Performers

Shirley Ly – piano

Blossom Ensemble

Programme Note

Lunar New Year Evening Concert by Shirley Ly, upcoming classical music composer from London

Get ready for an unforgettable, unique evening of classical music by the talented upcoming composer Shirley Ly and her ensemble, Blossom Ensemble. Join us at St James's Church, Sussex Gardens for a magical performance celebrating Lunar New Year, it is the year of the snake this year. Let Shirley Ly's mesmerising compositions transport you to another world as we ring in the new year with sublime melodies and harmonies. Don't miss out on this special event!

FREE concert but donations greatly appreciated for the musicians.

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Shirley Ly is an upcoming classical music composer from London, UK with Chinese and Vietnamese heritage. She will be debuting her new compositions in this Lunar New Year Concert with Blossom Ensemble's string quartet. Her new compositions combines contemporary Western classical music with Eastern influences and guaranteed to transport you to another world. She particularly wants to highlight her heritage through her music, which aside from her travels, has also been inspired by her grandfather, who was a distinguished fine artist, poet and photographer from China. Growing up, Shirley was greatly influenced by his love of the beauty of nature and the world, and his aspirations to capture and show this beauty in the form of art.

Shirley has composed over 50 pieces for solo piano / violin / cello, duets, trios, quartets and quintets. She has released 4 albums: 9 Lives (2023), Paradise (2023), Blossom (2021), and Impetus (2018) and multiple singles i.e. Olive Tree (2024), Emerald (2023), and London Strive (2023). Her music has been played over a million times across more than 100 countries around the world, including by BBC radio and other radio shows, and is described to be a bridge between classical, romantic, and minimalist music with Eastern and jazz elements. Magic Classical Radio has recently named her as a 'One To Watch' artist.

Shirley did not come from a musical family. She began composing when she was a teenager after being inspired by the feelings evoked in a number of renowned films e.g. Cinema Paradiso, the Pianist, There Will Be Blood, Amélie, and by a variety of composers from different backgrounds - her favourites are Chopin, Chen Gang, Joe Hisaishi, Yiruma, Ennio Morricone, Max Richter, Eydís Evensen and many others. She is continually inspired by female composers who present more diverse musical voices. For more information and links to music, visit: www.shirleylymusic.com

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St James's Church, Sussex Gardens is a glorious Victorian parish church, rich in original stained glass, monuments and fittings, and home to a lively and active community. Although the parish of Paddington is medieval, a church was first built on this site in 1843. It was substantially rebuilt by the illustrious Victorian architect GE Street, in a neo-Gothic style of unusual and generous breadth.

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