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NEW CHILDREN'S OPERA 'THE BIG SWIM' PREMIERES WITH SOLD-OUT PERFORMANCES - ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER
"Tsui's score, infused with charming melodies, defines each animal with a musical motif."
HGO PREMIERES A COLORFUL CHILDREN’S OPERA OF COOPERATION WITH “THE BIG SWIM” - TEXAS CLASSICAL REVIEW
"The twelve animals, portrayed by six singers, make up the opera’s cast. As the creatures enter, one or two at a time, Tsui’s lively, colorful score helps their personalities come across—from the live-wire rat to the sultry snake... Tsui’s six-player instrumental group generally chimes in energetically—sometimes with chugging ostinatos—but lightly enough to let the voices come through."
NEW OPERA BLENDS ASIAN AND WESTERN TRADITIONS FOR NEW YEAR - WWFM A TEMPO WITH RACHEL KATZ
Host Rachel Katz speaks with HGO General Director and CEO Khori Dastoor, Asia Society Texas President Bonna Kol, composer Meilina Tsui and director Mo Zhou about "THE BIG SWIM."
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA AND ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS PRESENT WORLD PREMIERE OF THE BIG SWIM - HOUSTON STYLE MAGAZINE
“Meilina Tsui and Melisa Tien’s wonderfully exhilarating, inventive new opera, The Big Swim, is part of a continuing tradition at our company,” says HGO General Director and CEO Khori Dastoor.
TAKING THE PLUNGE - HOUSTON GRAND OPERA
A dive into The Big Swim with composer Meilina Tsui and librettist Melisa Tien.
MORNING CALL - RTHK FM976
Tsui's interview with Stacey Rodda at Radio Television Hong Kong Radio 4 香港電台第四台, in which she talks about her career as a composer, important mentors, and recent exciting projects
THE CHAUTAUQUAN DAILY
On Meilina Tsui's "Mother to Son" art song.
THE ASPEN TIMES REVIEW
"Mei-ling Meilina Tsui, from Kazakhstan by way of Hong Kong, wrote irresistible, emotionally convincing music that drew from her own culture and that of countertenor Key’mon Murrah, who grew up in a Black family in Kentucky. Both said the poet’s words resonated with their histories, and the music, and Murrah’s performance with pianist Manuel Arellano, certainly conveyed it. Let us hope that we get to hear it again and again."
INTERVIEW WITH THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC TIMES
Tsui's interview in Cantonese with the Hong Kong Economic Times, in which she talks about her mixed cultural background and upbringing in Hong Kong, her musical influences and experiences she's had as a composer, and her thoughts on education. Article also advertises the world premiere of Tsui's new work “Secret Labyrinth” commissioned by Musicus Society.
INTERVIEW WITH CASHFLOW MAGAZINE, ISSUE 88, 2019
INAUGURAL CONCERT OF THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG (RTHK) CHAMBER SOLOISTS - RTHK
SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS MEETS WITH VICE MAYOR OF ALMATY - THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SAR PRESS RELEASES
MEILINA TSUI POPULARIZES KAZAKH MUSIC TRADITION IN HONG KONG - KAZINFORM
Tsui's interview with Kazakhstan News Agency in Russian, in which she talks about her educational background, and musical achievements.
2018 INTIMACY OF CREATIVITY PREVIEW - YOUTUBE
Preview video of Intimacy of Creativity, including snippets of Tsui's interview in which she talks about her new work, String Quartet No. 2.
HK PHIL COMPOSERS WORKSHOP - BEYOND THE RING PROVES TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS
MUSIC INTERFLOW – A DIALOGUE OF TWO CULTURES - INTERLUDE
Renowned Hong Kong pianists Nancy Loo and Mary Wu on Meilina Tsui's Six Miniature Pieces of Yin and Yang for Two Pianos.
MEILINA TSUI GIVES COMPOSITION MASTERCLASS AT RENAISSANCE COLLEGE HONG KONG - ENGLISH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ALUMNI NEWS
SOUND-IMAGINATION: HONG KONG REFLECTIONS INTERVIEWS - HONG KONG COMPOSERS GUILD
Tsui is interviewed about her new piece "Frost" written for Chinese traditional instruments.
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