Yale Philharmonia in Asia

In the summer of 2008, the School of Music and the Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing, China) co-presented Musicathlon: The Conservatory Music Festival, a two-week event preceding the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Eleven conservatories from around the world participated, offering concerts and recitals as well as lectures, workshops, and master classes.

Simultaneously, the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale undertook its first tour of Asia, with acclaimed performances in the Seoul Arts Center, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, and the Shanghai Grand Theatre. In a side-by-side collaboration, the Yale School of Music and the Central Conservatory of Music performed Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” in Beijing’s new National Center for the Performing Arts.