This will be the orchestra's 13th visit to China — more than any other American orchestra.
Philadelphia Orchestra cellist John Koen at rehearsal for a 2023 side-by-side concert with the China National Symphony Orchestra at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. The concert celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia Orchestra's first visit to China in 1973. The full orchestra tour that year was canceled, but Koen was part of a small group of musicians who were able to travel to China.
The tour of the full orchestra ends Nov. 10, after which a group of orchestra musicians will continue on in Shanghai, Wuxi, and Nanchang for additional residency activities. The orchestra will travel from Philadelphia International Airport to Beijing and throughout China on a charter Boeing 787-900 being provided by Hainan Airlines.
Still, warm feelings do percolate up to the highest levels, as U.S. ambassador to China R. Nicholas Burns said in “The U.S.-China relationship, while we’re very competitive and we disagree on a lot, our people should be connected. And there’s no better way to do that than through the arts and music,” Burns said.
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