The New York Philharmonic and Music Director Jaap van Zweden. Photo by Chris Lee.
In Thursday’s (4/11) Associated Press, an unsigned article states, “The New York Philharmonic will give five concerts in China this summer in what it says will be the first visit to the mainland by a U.S. orchestra since 2019. Outgoing music director Jaap van Zweden will conduct the performances at Guangzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai from June 27 to July 3, the orchestra said Thursday. Baritone Thomas Hampson will join as a soloist in Guangzhou and Shanghai. Van Zweden’s final concert with the orchestra as music director will be at Vail, Colorado, on July 20…. He announced in September 2021 that the 2023-24 season will be his last…. Van Zweden will become music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France starting in 2026-27.” Tour repertoire includes symphonies by Brahms, Copland, and Mozart, as well as the Chinese premiere of Nina Shekhar’s Lumina, and selections from Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn with vocalist Thomas Hampson. In Shanghai, musicians from the New York Philharmonic will participate in educational activities and a chamber-music concert through the Shanghai Orchestra Academy and Partnership.
