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Concert featuring world music classics staged in N China's Tianjin

STORY: Concert featuring world music classics staged in N China's Tianjin DATELINE: May 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:22 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the concert 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LYU SIQING, Violinist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI BIAO, Conductor STORYLINE: A concert featuring music classics was held at Tianjin Grand Theatre in north China's Tianjin Municipality on Thursday. The concert unveiled the first edition of the city's music festival, which will last until July. During the festival, world-renowned orchestras including the Vienna Symphony Orchestra of Austria, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia and the China Philharmonic Orchestra will bring a musical feast to the public. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LYU SIQING, Violinist "Tianjin has a very long history of music. The music festival is a very good start to continue to improve the overall level of music appreciation for people in Tianjin and to boost the relative market. I hope this music festival

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Centennial of Archduke Ferdinand assassination marked

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs at a ceremony in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on June 28, 2014, to mark the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. The incident triggered World War I.

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Japan donates musical instruments to Kosovo orchestra

VIENNA, Austria - Japanese Ambassador to Austria Makoto Taketoshi (L center), who doubles as envoy for Kosovo, hands a violin to Kosovo Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Memli Krasniqi, during a ceremony in the Kosovo capital Pristina on March 19, 2014, to mark the donation of around 100 violins and other musical instruments to the Kosovo Philharmonic. The donation is part of the Japanese government's support for the restoration of the country's cultural heritage following ethnic clashes there in the late 1990s.

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Japan donates musical instruments to Kosovo orchestra

VIENNA, Austria - The Kosovo Philharmonic, a 45-member orchestra, gives a performance in the Kosovo capital Pristina on March 19, 2014, under the baton of its chief conductor Toshio Yanagisawa (C), a Japanese.

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Vienna Philharmonic flutist

TOKYO, Japan - A Nov. 3, 2012, photo shows Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra solo flutist Dieter Flury during an interview in Sendai, northeastern Japan.

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World musicians, artists enliven Japan's disaster-hit areas

SENDAI, Japan - Members of the Sendai junior orchestra receive instruction from Dieter Flury (2nd from L), solo flutist and general manager of the Vienna Philharmonic, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2012.

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World musicians, artists enliven Japan's disaster-hit areas

SENDAI, Japan - Members of the Sendai junior orchestra play ensembles with visiting members of the Vienna Philharmonic, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2012.

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Vienna Philharmonic members play Bach sonata for quake victims

SENDAI, Japan - Dieter Flury (front R), a member of the Vienna Philharmonic, bows his head after offering flowers at a monument honoring victims on Mt. Hiyori in Natori city's Yuriage district, Miyagi Prefecture, an area severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. Flury and three other members of the orchestra played a Bach sonata in front of the monument.

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Ozawa becomes honorary member of Vienna Philharmonic

TOKYO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa (L) receives a certificate for an honorary membership of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra from Clemens Hellsberg, chairman of the orchestra, in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2010. Ozawa is the first Japanese to receive the honor.

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Ozawa becomes honorary member of Vienna Philharmonic

TOKYO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks after receiving a certificate for an honorary membership of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2010. Ozawa is the first Japanese to receive the honor.

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Gifu Symphony Orchestra plays at Viennese Music Association hall

VIENNA, Austria - Japan's Gifu Symphony Orchestra performs at the Viennese Music Association, home of the Vienna Philharmonic, on May 4 in its first overseas concert to mark the 55th anniversary of its foundation. The amateur orchestra from Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, played the ''Nagaragawa,'' a piece named after a river running in the prefecture written by the late Japanese composer Ikuma Dan, and two other European pieces with Japanese conductor Kazuhiko Komatsu.

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Crown prince enjoys Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performance

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito attends a concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Tokyo on Nov. 8. (Pool photo)

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Ozawa conducts Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

VIENNA, Austria - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (L) thanks members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra after conducting the first regular concert for this season in Vienna on Nov. 2. Ozawa assumed the post of music director of the Vienna State Opera in September.

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Japanese emperor, empress attend recital

VIENNA, Austria - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (3rd from R), are briefed by Austrian President Thomas Klestil (R) about the ornate Brahms Room of the Society of the Friends of Music in Vienna on July 15 before a special recital by members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. At left is the president's wife Margot Klestil-Loeffler.

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Ozawa's New Year Concert CD sold 40,000 copies in 6 days

VIENNA, Austria - Japanese maestro Seiji Ozawa's CD for his Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's New Year Concert has hit a record in Austria, selling 40,000 copies in just six days, sales figures released Jan. 17 showed. A shop in Vienna (in the photo) opened a special corner for Ozawa's CD.

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