Kraków Music Academy and Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing are jointly organizing a series of concerts from April 20 until May 5. Concerts of the combined orchestras from these two music schools will be presented in Kraków, Vienna, Beijing and Tianjin.
The Kraków concert was held at the Szymanowski Philharmonic Hall on April 23 and jointly led by maestros Xia Xiao Tang and Michał Maciaszczyk. The program included Krzysztof Penderecki’s Sinfonietta per archi, Janusz Bielecki’s Symfonia zmysłów [The Symphony of Senses], Fay Wang’s Friedrich’s Somniloquy, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.
This concert’s aim is to promote Polish and Chinese culture, bringing closer the audiences of the two nations, and—most importantly—creating an outlet for young musicians to exchange their experiences and present their accomplishments. Closer integration of the faculties of the respective music academies is also among the goals set by the organizers.
[Sources: polmic.pl]