Conductor: Li Xincao 
Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts - Concert Hall 
Dates: September 03, 2009    19:30  
Price:  VIP    400    300    200    120    80 RMB

Programme Introduction
 
China National Symphony Orchestra
China National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) is one of the most outstanding professional symphony orchestras in China. Originally founded as the Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China in 1956, the orchestra was restructured and renamed in 1996. Leading the CNSO into the future are Director Guan Xia (Composer), Laureate Conductor Muhai Tang, Principal Resident Conductor Li Xincao, and Principal Guest Conductor En Shao.

For almost half a century, the CNSO has introduced Chinese audiences to a vast repertoire of classical, romantic, modern and contemporary orchestral works by both Western and Asian composers. Throughout its history, the CNSO has collaborated with many world famous artists in order to bring excellence to its audiences. CNSO audiences have been thrilled by famous conductors such as Ormandy, Herbert von Karajan, Seiji Ozawa, Charles Dutoit, Kurt Masur, Slatkin, Rozhestvendsky, Schwarz and Peress. Other well-known guest artists have included composer and conductor Krzystof Penderecki, instrumentalists David Oistrakh, Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, Mutter, Martha Argerich, Yo-Yo Ma, Mischa Maisky, Shaham, Wang Jian, Lang Lang, Li Yundi, Lin Choliang and Lindemann.

The CNSO has toured throughout the USA, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Australia, Mexico, Japan, DPR of Korea, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand, giving successful performances to critical acclaim by the international press. In London, a music critic for The Times praised the CNSO as "a mature group with a vital sound". American music critics noted that "the CNSO is an honorable member of the world music stage". In Europe, critics headlined the orchestra as "a great orchestra appears among the Kings of Orchestral Music ". 

Conductor: Li Xincao
Resident Conductor of China National Symphony Orchestra,
Music Director of the Pusan Philharmonic Orchestra of Korea,
Professor at the Conducting Department, Central Conservatory of Music
Director of the Chinese Musicians Association,
Member of the All-China Federation of Youth,
Vice Chairman of the Youth Federation of the Central Government Departments,
Winner of the "State Council Special Allowance",
And the first Chinese conductor to perform in the Vienna State Opera, directing the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

As an active young conductor, Li has toured many cities in China and abroad. He has collaborated with many major orchestras and opera houses in Europe including the above-mentioned Vienna State Opera and Vienna Symphony Orchestra, as well as those in Asia and Australia. Since 1999, Li has led the China National Symphony Orchestra to perform in quite a number of foreign cities, unprecedented in the orchestra's history. They have visited the Royal Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, the Sydney Opera House, the Tokyo Suntory Hall, and other leading music venues, totaling more than 10, and have been highly valued by authoritative music critics. According to the New York Times, Li has a distinctive Western Style, and Washington Post commented that Li had proved himself an enviable and highly flexible conductor, having mastered a wide repertoire. Li also had a chance to collaborate with the master cellist Rostropovich, and were praised by the Master as "a talented young conductor and a master to be".
 
  
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