In celebration of Lunar New Year, and in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic 1973 tour of China, the iSING! Suzhou International Young Artists Festival announces the North American premiere of Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems on Friday, January 6, 2023, at 7:30 PM at the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, and Saturday, January 7, at 7:30 PM at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York. Tang dynasty poets featured in this program of works for voice and orchestra include Li Bai (Li Po), Bai Juyi, Du Fu, Du Mu, Zhang Ji, and Wang Bo, among others.
Over the past 50 years, the Orchestra has returned to China 12 times, more than any other U.S. orchestra. The Lunar New Year concert is the first of several upcoming events that will commemorate the milestone. The concert is a co-production of The Philadelphia Orchestra; the Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre, which hosted the program’s world premiere in Suzhou, China, in late 2020; and the Asian Performing Arts Council (APAC).
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