Feature:PhiladelphiaOrchestrabringstogetherWestern,ChinesemusictocelebrateChineseNewYear_GuangmingOnlineFeature:PhiladelphiaOrchestrabringstogetherWestern,ChinesemusictocelebrateChineseNewYearYuLong(C),whoholdsseniorpositionsattheChinaPhilharmonicOrchestrainBeijing,theShanghaiSymphonyOrchestraandtheHongKongPhilharmonicOrchestra,conductsduringaconcertpresentedbythePhiladelphiaOrchestratocelebrateChineseNewYearinVerizonHallattheKimmelCenterforthePerformingArtsinPhiladelphia,theUnitedStates,Jan.12,2024.ThePhiladelphiaOrchestraonceagainbroughttogetherWesternandChinesemusiconFridayeveningtocelebratetheupcomingChineseLunarNewYear.ThePhiladelphiaOrchestrapresentedaconcertinfrontofover2,000peopleinVerizonHallattheKimmelCenterforthePerformingArts.(Xinhua/XieE)PHILADELPHIA,theUnitedStates,Jan.13(Xinhua)--ThePhiladelphiaOrchestraonceagainbroughttogetherWesternandChinesemusiconFridayeveningtocelebratetheupcomingChineseLunarNewYear.ThePhiladelphiaOrchestrapresentedaconcertinfrontofover2,000peopleinVerizonHallattheKimmelCenterforthePerformingArts.YuLong,whoholdsseniorpositionsattheChinaPhilharmonicOrchestrainBeijing,theShanghaiSymphonyOrchestraandtheHongKongPhilharmonicOrchestra,madehisconductingdebutwiththePhiladelphiaOrchestra."WealwaystrytodosomethingthatbringstogetherChinesemusicandWesternmusic.Obviously,we'reaWesternorchestrabuteventonightyou'llseeChineseinstrumentssuchastheErhu,"saidMatiasTarnopolsky,presidentandCEOofthePhiladelphiaOrchestra.TarnopolskytoldXinhuathatthankstoYu'svision,theconcerthadmoreofaglobalfeelwiththeorchestraperformingChinesemusicandmusicfromothercountriesandtraditionsaswell.Theperformancefeaturedthejinghu,aChinesebowedstringinstrumentandthebambooflutefromtheEastaswellasthecello,pianoandviolin.ArtistsnotonlypresentedtheSpringFestivalOverture,ErHuangandJasmineFlower,whicharewellknowntoChineseaudiences,butalsoFantasyonBizet'sCarmenand"SongtotheMoon"fromRusalka."Itwasa10outof10experience.ItwassogoodandI'llbebacknextyear,"saidJonathanSajy,anaudiencememberfromPhiladelphia.SajytoldXinhuahehadnopriorunderstandingofChinesemusicbut"aftertonight'sperformance,itreallypiquedmyinterest."TheconcertnotlongbeforetheLunarNewYearcreatedauniqueexperienceandtheviolinist'sperformancewasamazing,saidGuanXiangchen,aChinesestudentstudyinginPhiladelphia.ThemixofWesternoperaandPekingoperaduringtheperformancewasamazingandhewasprofoundlytouchedwhenhelistenedtotheErhu,saidAndrewPeterson,whoteachesattheUniversityofPennsylvaniaandattendedtheeventwithhisstudents.Thereisaneedformoreculturalandpeople-to-peopleexchangestodayandthecombinationofWesternandChinesemusicintheperformanceenablesintegrationandexchange,saidYu.Tarnopolskysaid,"Musicexpressesthoughtsandideasthatwordsalonecannot...We'reallequalinfrontofthemusicandsomusichasthisincrediblepowertomakeconnectionsandtobuildbridgesbetweenpeoplesothatallthedifferencesmeltawayandwhatyou'releftwithiswhatunifiesyou."TheannualLunarNewYearcelebrationpaystributetoPhiladelphia'sdiverseAsianAmericancommunityandispartoftheensemble'songoingrelationshipwiththepeopleofChinaaswellasitscommitmenttofurtheringpeople-to-peopleexchangethroughmusic,saidanearlierreleasebythePhiladelphiaOrchestra.TheChineseLunarNewYearwillfallonFeb.10thisyear,markingthestartoftheYearoftheDragon.MultipleconcertsarescheduledtobeheldintheUnitedStatestocelebrate.FuYifei(C),apercussionistfromtheShanghaiSymphonyOrchestra,performsduringaconcertpresentedbythePhiladelphiaOrchestratocelebrateChineseNewYearinVerizonHallattheKimmelCenterforthePerformingArtsinPhiladelphia,theUnitedStates,Jan.12,2024.ThePhiladelphiaOrchestraonceagainbroughttogetherWesternandChinesemusiconFridayeveningtocelebratetheupcomingChineseLunarNewYear.ThePhiladelphiaOrchestrapresentedaconcertinfrontofover2,000peopleinVerizonHallattheKimmelCenterforthePerformingArts.(Xinhua/XieE)ArtistsofthePhiladelphiaOrchestraperformduringaconcerttocelebrateChineseNewYearinVerizonHallattheKimmelCenterforthePerformingArtsinPhiladelphia,theUnitedStates,Jan.12,2024.ThePhiladelphiaOrchestraonceagainbroughttogetherWesternandChinesemusiconFridayeveningtocelebratetheupcomingChineseLunarNewYear.ThePhiladelphiaOrchestrapresentedaconcertinfrontofover2,000peopleinVerizonHallattheKimmelCenterforthePerformingArts.(Xinhua/XieE)ChineseHuqin(atraditionalChinesestringinstrument)artistLuYiwen(C)performsduringaconcertpresentedbythePhiladelphiaOrchestratocelebrateChineseNewYearinVerizonHallattheKimmelCenterforthePerformingArtsinPhiladelphia,theUnitedStates,Jan.12,2024.ThePhiladelphiaOrchestraonceagainbroughttogetherWesternandChinesemusiconFridayeveningtocelebratetheupcomingChineseLunarNewYear.ThePhiladelphiaOrchestrapresentedaconcertinfrontofover2,000peopleinVerizonHallattheKimmelCenterforthePerformingArts.(Xinhua/XieE)Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.