Music brings people together: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra chairman

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Music brings people together: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra chairman

STORY: Music brings people together: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra chairman DATELINE: May 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian visiting Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) 2. SOUNDBITE (English): DAVID LI, Chairman of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) 3. various of Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian visiting Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) STORYLINE: David Li, chairman of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) in Australia, has said that music is a universal language that could draw people of different cultural backgrounds closer. As the nation's first professional orchestra, the MSO presented the annual Chinese New Year concert in 2013 as part of the "East Meets West" program, in which Li played an important role. SOUNDBITE (English): DAVID LI, Chairman of MSO "I believe music is a universal language. We try to bring the people together and through the music we can build up the peoples' relationship or t

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