Chinese conductor Long Yu is artistic director of the Beijing Music Festival and the China Philharmonic Orchestra, music director of the Shanghai and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestras, co-director of the MISA Shanghai Summer Festival, and principal guest conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

He played a leading role in establishing the Shanghai Orchestra Academy through a partnership between the New York Philharmonic and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, with collaboration from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

 

 

 

 

Conductor: Long Yu
Violin: Sheryl Staples

Cello: Carter Brey
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

 

Program:
Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F major, Op.93 26’
Brahms: Concerto for violin, cello & orchestra in A minor, Op.102 33’
(Violin: Sheryl Staples; Cello: Carter Brey)