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Shanghai

Xilin Wang’s Powerful Third Symphony Performed by the Shanghai Philharmonic

11/07/201705/07/2017 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Wang: Niu Niu (piano), Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra / Muhai Tang (conductor), Shanghai Symphony Hall, 30.6.2017. (RP)

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Niu Niu

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Afkham, Chen and the RPO – The Wonder of It All

14/06/201710/06/2017 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler: Ray Chen (violin), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / David Afkham (conductor), Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai. 7.6.2017. (RP)

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Ray Chen © Sophie Zhai

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David Afkham leads the Rotterdam Philharmonic in Triumphant Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony

12/06/201707/06/2017 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Jeths, Lalo, Tchaikovsky: Ray Chen (violin), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / David Afkham (conductor), Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai 6.6.2017. (RP)

David Afkham (c) Felix Broede
David Afkham (c) Felix Broede

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The Cincinnatians on Tour: So Happy They Left Ohio!

29/03/201726/03/2017 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Ravel, Gershwin: Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Louis Langrée (conductor), Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai, 22.3.2017. (RP)

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Alexander Gavrylyuk © Anna Sanfeliu

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‘Unquiet Traveler’: Pianist Piotr Anderszewski in Recital

11/03/201707/03/2017 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Mozart, Janáček, Chopin: Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Shanghai Concert Hall, Shanghai, 5.3.2017. (RP)

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Piotr Anderszewski (c) Robert Workman

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Myth and Magic from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

26/01/201722/01/2017 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Debussy, Stravinsky: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor), Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai, 19.1.2017. (RP)

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Daniele Gatti (c) Anne Dokter

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Time Stood Still and Stillness Reigned: Andreas Scholl in Recital

03/01/201720/12/2016 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Third Shanghai Baroque Festival – Dowland, Handel, Folk Songs: Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Shanghai Symphony Hall-Chamber Hall, Shanghai, 18.12.2016. (RP)

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Andreas Scholl © Decca/James McMillan

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An Auspicious Start to the San Francisco Symphony’s Asian Tour with the Dazzling Pianist Yuja Wang

24/11/201617/11/2016 by Rick Perdian

ChinaChina Sheng, Chopin, Stravinsky: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai, 15.11.2016. (RP)

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Yuja Wang (c) Ian Douglas

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