Los Angeles Times: Kanye meets Beethoven: How young musicians are mixing classical with pop
It wasn't quite Little Coachella in Little Tokyo. But as if out of nowhere, more than 1,000 hip-hop fans, some wearing Kanye West T-shirts, descended on the Aratani Theatre. A few had arrived as early as noon on Saturday and waited in the hot sun for a 7:30 p.m. concert.
Huffington Post: Yeethoven Is The Kanye And Beethoven Mashup You’ve Been Waiting For
The Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, led by conductor Yuga Cohler and composer Stephen Feigenbaum, is bringing hip-hop and classical music together.
New York Classical Review: Long Yu Leads New York Philharmonic in Chinese New Year Program
The Philharmonic played brilliantly, sounding secure and powerful under Long Yu’s baton, and the performance of the solo part by the Philharmonic’s principal harpist, Nancy Allen, was exquisite.
South China Morning Post: Chinese conductor Long Yu to get top honour for bridging East-West gap
Maestro Yu who recently set up Shanghai Orchestra Academy to receive prestigious prize from Atlantic Council next week alongside Henry Kissinger, Mario Draghi and Colombia's president.
SSO to Mark Anniversaries in Performance at the UN General Assembly
For the UN concert on August 28, artists from all the major Allied powers of WW2 will be represented, performing music by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, John Williams and a new work by Zou Ye
Washington Post: China Philharmonic’s Silk Road tour wends to Iran
"On Friday night, the music of Dvorak’s “New World” symphony was heard in Tehran, performed from the original music the New York Philharmonic has guarded since the work’s 1893 premiere. This orchestra, though, wasn’t American. It was the China Philharmonic."
New York Times: China Philharmonic Orchestra to Play in Tehran
As the world focuses on the accord to limit Iran’s nuclear capabilities that was reached last month, the China Philharmonic Orchestra, a major ensemble from one of the six nations that negotiated the deal, is planning to play two concerts in Tehran next week.
Long Yu awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
France recognizes Maestro Long Yu's leadership in strengthening China's cultural connections with other nations around the world.
Gramophone: Julian Rachlin Appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia
The violinist and conductor Julian Rachlin will join Principal Conductor Lars Vogt at the Sinfonia