The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, which won the Juno and Grammy awards,
launched its perform yesterday at the Macao Cultural Center as part of its
Asia tour this year.
Conducted by award-winning composer and pianist, Maestro Bramwell Tovey, the
orchestra was scheduled to perform eight concerts in six cities across South
Korea, the Chinese mainland and the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).
To give the fans a fantastic musical experience, the orchestra ,joined by
talented Grammy-award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn, staged a performance of
Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35, which drew long-lasting
applause from the audiences when finished.
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, which won the 2008 Juno award for Classical
Album of the Year, is the first Canadian orchestra performing in China since
1978, and this year's Vancouver Symphony Asia Tour also marks the orchestra's
first international tour in 17 years.
