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Amethyst Performing Arts (APA) Management, LLC, a U.S.-based tour management company servicing performing artists around the world, has organized a seven-city, thirteen-concert tour for the world's oldest and most prestigious orchestra - the New York Philharmonic.
Leading by Maestro Lorin Maazel, the New York Philharmonic will start its Asia 2008 concert tour on February 11 of 2008.
The seven-city, 13- concert tour will take the orchestra to Asia for two weeks until February 24, 2008. The Orchestra will give concerts in Taipei and Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Hong Kong; and Beijing and Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The Hong Kong concerts will open the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
"I am delighted to be returning to Asia with the Philharmonic. It is always a great honor to present this Orchestra to audiences around the world", said New York Philharmonic Music Director Lorin Maazel.
Since its first visit to Asia in 1961 with Leonard Bernstein, the Orchestra has returned 12 times. Asia 2008 will be the Philharmonic's most extensive visit to this area of the continent. The Philharmonic most recently visited this region in 2002, when then-Music Director Kurt Masur led performances in Taipei, and Lorin Maazel in his first season as Music Director led concerts in Beijing and Hong Kong.
APA has engaged the New York Philharmonic to open the Hong Kong Arts Festival, and to perform and China's new National Grand Theatre in Beijing.
"The Philharmonic has a significant record of touring Asia, but this will be our most substantial tour of the region in our history," said New York Philharmonic President and Executive Director Zarin Mehta. "As we return to the People's Republic of China we are delighted to be making our long-overdue Shanghai debut. We look forward to further deepening our ties with China and the substantial and growing contribution by China and Chinese musicians to classical music including those that are a part of the fabric of our own global Orchestra."
On Monday, February 11, 2008 the Philharmonic will launch a virtual Tour, accessible from the Orchestra's Website at nypil.org, which will provide details on New York Philharmonic Asia 2008 including an online photo album that will be updated throughout the tour.
The 2008 tour will Start in Taipei, Taiwan, followed by Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and in Beijing at China's brand new National Centre for the Performing Arts. The orchestra went on to visit Pyongyang, North Korea, and Seoul, South Korea.
| Date | City |
|---|---|
| 02/11/08 (Monday) | Taipei National Concert Hall |
| 02/12/08 (Tuesday) | Taipei National Concert Hall |
| 02/13/08 (Wednesday) | Kaohsiung Culture Center |
| 02/15/08 (Friday) | Hong Kong Arts Festival |
| 02/16/08 (Saturday) | Hong Kong Arts festival |
| 02/17/08 (Sunday) | Young People's Concert |
| 02/18/08 (Monday) | Hong Kong Arts Festival |
| 02/20/08 (Wednesday) | Shanghai Grand Theatre |
| 02/21/08 (Thursday) | Shanghai Grand Theatre |
| 02/23/08 (Saturday) | Beijing National Grand Theatre |
| 02/24/08 (Sunday) | Beijing National Grand Theatre |
| 02/26/08 (Tuesday) | East Pyongyang Grand Theatre |
| 02/28/08 (Thursday) | Seoul Arts Center |
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