Founded in 1982, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra is being steered by the current president Mr. Chen Chuansong, and music director now is professor Christian Ehwald, the director of Conductor Faculty, Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin. During the period from 1985 to 2007, the chief conductors and music directors presented respectively included well-known conductors YAO Guanrong, ZHANG Guoyong and YU Feng.

 

 

As the guest conductors, such as Delun Lee, TANG Muhai, CHEN Zuohuang and foreign conductors including Kirill Pertrenko, Daniel Oren, Lior Shambadal, Husco Michael, Foster, Smart, etc., contributed a great deal to improving the performance level of the orchestra.

 

 

The successful cooperation also embedded with famous composers of Erich Kunzel, Tan Dun, and well-known performers, such as Kun Woo Paik, Lang Lang, YUNDI, Midori, CHEN Xi, Cory Roger, WANG Jian, Li-Wei Qin, etc., as well as the top singers, including Jose Carreras, Carlow Struly, HE Hui and DAI Yuqiang, etc.

 

Over the last 30 years, the orchestra accumulated a large sum of classic repertoire both at home and abroad. It keeps sponsoring over hundred of concerts each year.