The Macao Orchestra (OM, from the Portuguese acronym) of the Cultural Affairs Bureau will present the concert “Love in Italy” this Saturday, 9 July, at 8pm, at St. Dominic’s Church featuring Austrian conductor Christian Arming and Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma to interpret Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Admission is free. Free tickets will be distributed at the entrance of St. Dominic's Church one hour prior to the performance. All members of the public are welcome to attend.

Christian Arming is one of Austria’s most sought after conductors and is currently the Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Belgium. He has conducted many of the top European orchestras including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony and so forth.

Meanwhile, Simone Lamsma is regarded as one of the leading violinists in the world, hailed for her “brilliant... polished, expressive and intense” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and “absolutely stunning” (Chicago Tribune) playing. On their first visit to Macao, these two musicians, in collaboration with the Macao Orchestra, will present Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor and the Symphony No. 4 “Italian” to present Italy in the eyes of the German composer and explore the world of classical music full of wonderful encounters.

Admission to the Macao Orchestra’s Love in Italy concert is free. Tickets will be distributed at the venue one hour prior to the performance. Distribution is on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited to a maximum of two tickets per person. The entire performance will be live broadcast on an outdoor screen installed outside St. Dominic’s Church, thereby allowing even more viewers to enjoy this exquisite concert.

For details and programme enquiries, please visit the OM website at www.icm.gov.mo/om.