Daring to be original, Felix Fan is a cellist that challenges the stereotype of a classically-trained musician, performing outside traditional venues and working with some of the most influential people in entertainment.  Fan combines “smoldering bowing and grinding Jimi Hendrix-like bridgework,” says ClassicsToday.com, and is a cellist not to be missed in performance.
Following two sold out performances at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Maestro Jung-Ho Pak and the San Diego Chamber Orchestra present the finale concert to Maestro Pak’s inaugural season.  The concert, Fan-tastic Finale, will be performed on April 9th in La Jolla, on the 10th in Rancho Santa Fe, and on the 13th in Downtown San Diego.

In his first year as Artistic Director and Conductor of the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Jung-Ho Pak has gained attention for innovative programming and exhilarating performances showcasing the talent and passion of the Orchestra, and this concert proves no exception.  

Drawing from the repertoire of Tan Dun, a ground breaking composer spanning the boundaries of classical Eastern and Western musical systems, Maestro Pak has included “Eternal Vow” from the Academy Award winning score to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”  Cellist Felix Fan will be featured in this work along with the Orchestra.

The Orchestra features Fan once more in Franz Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2.   Haydn once wrote, “There was nobody in my vicinity to confuse me in my course, and so I was forced to be original.”  Perhaps drawing inspiration from Haydn, Maestro Pak makes a strong and bold statement in his last concert of the season: “Our society is going through a new sense of stylistic and aesthetic awareness. Classical music can meet this new sense of heightened aesthetic by beautifying one’s soul as well as their external environment.  We choose to be leaders in this evolution by featuring our musicians as the center of the experience.”  That begin said, the concert and the season ends with a great favorite of the symphonic repertoire, Felix Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony No. 4. 
“The Orchestra musicians are the heart and soul of our organization,” states Executive Director Winnie Briney, “and thus they are the voice and the embodiment of the Orchestra’s new vision for classical music.”

The Orchestra’s performance will take place April 9, 7:30 pm at Sherwood Auditorium in La Jolla; April 10, 7:30 pm at Del Mar Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe; April 13, 7:30 pm at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Downtown San Diego.  Tickets range from $15 to $355.  For tickets and information regarding upcoming concerts, visit www.sdco.org or call 858-350-0290.