Collaborators

Lady Linda Wong Davies

Lady Linda Wong Davies is the founder of the ground-breaking KT Wong Foundation and through the Foundation, a producer whose wide-ranging credits include a seminal production of Handel’sSemele; three forthcoming BBC documentaries:‘Beethoven and Barenboim’ on Daniel Barenboim and the West-East Divan Orchestra (WEDO)’s first tour to China; ‘A Hundred Million Musicians – China’s Musical Challenge’ both directed by […]

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Lang Lang

Heralded as the “hottest artist on the classical music planet” by the New York Times, the star, Lang Lang has played sold out recitals and concerts in every major city in the world and is the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic and all the top American orchestras. Testimony […]

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Zhang Huan

Born in 1965 in Henan Province, Zhang Huan is considered the leading artist in China’s new wave art movement. He emerged at the forefront of Chinese contemporary art with his performance work, developing a reputation for controversial pieces inspired by his experience in Chinese theatres. Huan’s early work attracted international attention, resulting in his 1998 […]

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Shao Fan

Shao Fan is one of the first Chinese artists to explore the boundaries between visual art and design. Born into a renowned Beijing artist family in 1964, Shao Fan excelled in art, especially in painting. He received his first painting instruction during the Cultural Revolution, from parents who were university art professors assigned to paint […]

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Philip Dodd

As director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts from 1997 to 2004 and more recently chairman of Made in China, Philip Dodd was one of the first figures in Britain who understood the increasing cultural importance of contemporary China. In 1998 he staged major exhibitions and cultural events in Beijing and Shanghai on the occasion of Tony […]

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Sir Daniel Barenboim

Born in Buenos Aires in 1942, Sir Daniel Barenboim studied piano under his father and gave his first public concert at age seven. In 1952 the family moved to Israel and at the age of 10, Barenboim debuted as a solo pianist in Vienna and Rome, followed by concerts in Paris, London and New York, […]

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The West Eastern Divan Orchestra

In 1999 Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian literary scholar Edward Said were invited by the Kunstfest Weimar to create a workshop for young musicians from Israel, Palestine and other Arab countries, aimed at enabling intercultural dialogue. They named the resulting orchestra after Goethe’s collection of poems ‘West-Eastern Divan’. WEDO’s first sessions took place in Weimar […]

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Liu Changle

Liu Changle graduated from China Communications University in the early 1980s and joined China National Radio, with which he has worked as a reporter, editor, news commentator and in senior management. He became group chairman and CEO of Phoenix TV in 1996 and has received numerous media awards for his dedication to media practices. Liu is a shareholder […]

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Academy of Ancient Music

The Academy of Ancient Music is one of the world’s great orchestras. It enriches the lives of a global audience of music lovers, with recordings and concerts of baroque and classical music that reach tens of thousands each year. Unlike most modern orchestras, the AAM returns to the composer’s original intentions by performing on old […]

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Ole Sheeren

German-born and Beijing-based Ole Scheeren is principal of Buro Ole Scheeren and an internationally celebrated architect and visiting professor at Hong Kong University. Educated at the universities of Karlsruhe and Lausanne, he graduated from the Architectural Association in London and was awarded the RIBA Silver Medal. At Buro-OS, Ole Scheeren is working on Angkasa Raya, […]

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George Benjamin

George Benjamin is one of the outstanding composers of his generation. Born in 1960, Benjamin started to play the piano at the age of seven, and began composing almost immediately. In 1976 he entered the Paris Conservatoire to study with Olivier Messiaen (composition) and Yvonne Loriod (piano), after which he studied under Alexander Goehr at King’s College Cambridge. His […]

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Jude Kelly OBE

Jude Kelly is the artistic director of Britain’s largest cultural institution, the Southbank Centre, and is chair of culture, ceremonies and education at the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. She is also the founder of Solent People’s Theatre and, later, the Battersea Arts Centre. In 1985, she joined the York Festival as artistic […]

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Han Feng

The designer Han Feng is sought after not only for her clothing and accessorie,s but also for her costume and exhibition designs. She was revered for her work in the award-winning production of ‘Madame Butterfly’ directed by Anthony Mingella at the ENO in London and the Met in New York. Born in Nanjing, Feng graduated […]

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La Monnaie De Munt

The history of La Monnaie in a nutshell: 1695 : Gio Paolo Bombarda, owner of the theatre at the Hooikaai, banker and financial counsellor to Maximilian II Emmanuel of Bavaria and governor of the Spanish Netherlands, decided to build a public theatre for opera, theatre and ballet performances. 1700 : This theatre was built by […]

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Les Talens Lyriques

Les Talens Lyriques is a baroque orchestra founded in 1991 by French conductor Christophe Rousset. In choosing the name, the conductor attested to his passionate interest in an 18th-century music repertoire, which he has begun to reintroduce to the public. Their repertoire ranges from Monteverdi’s ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea’ to Handel’s operas and even Mozart’s ‘Mitridate’ […]

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Gao Jianjin

As director of the Central Conservatory of Music, Gao has helped the national leading musical institution in China to cater to all levels, from primary-level students to postgraduates. In recent years he has developed strong relationships between the conservatory and overseas institutions, foreign musicians and scholars, who are frequently invited to lecture. The Conservatory, in […]

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Sir Nicholas Kenyon

Sir Nicholas Kenyon was director of the BBC Proms from 1996 to 2007 and became managing director of the Barbican Centre in October 2007. He was a music critic for ‘The New Yorker’, ‘The Times’ and ‘The Observer’ and editor of ‘Early Music’ from 1983 to 1992. Kenyon was appointed controller of BBC Radio 3 […]

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Sumi Jo

Korean lyric coloratura soprano Sumi Jo (born Jo Su-gyeong) made her professional recital debut at university. Her professional operatic debut came soon after with the Seoul Opera in ‘The Marriage of Figaro’. She studied music in Italy under Carlo Bergonzi and Giannella Borelli and took voice training with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. In 1986, Jo made her European […]

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Phoenix Television

Phoenix Television is a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese television broadcaster that serves the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, along with other markets with substantial Chinese viewers. It has 7 different television channels including Phoenix Info News Channel, Phoenix Chinese Channel and Phoenix Movie Channel. Phoenix Television provides news, information and entertainment programmes. Phoenix Television started Phoenix Chinese Channel […]

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Yu Long

Yu Long was born into a family of musicians in Shanghai  and received his education from both the Shanghai Music Conservatory and Hochschule der Kunst in Berlin. In 1992 he was appointed principal conductor of the Central Opera Theatre in Beijing and organised the inaugural Beijing New Year Concert, now an annual event. In 1998 he […]

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