Shanghai Symphony Orchestra: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
In its first visit since 1996, Asia’s oldest symphony orchestra returns to Australia under maestro Long Yu, hailed by The New York Times as “China’s Herbert von Karajan”. The program balances East and West with contemporary Chinese works by Qigang Chen and Elliot Leung alongside Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky. Soloists include cellist Jian…