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7-449: The orchestra's current artistic director is Long Yu ( 余 隆 ). It is the only Chinese symphony orchestra that has toured five continents. Greg Patillo , famous beatboxing flutist, was the acting principal flute of the orchestra at one time. In July, 2011, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra founded its affiliated youth orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra , with Huan Jing ( 景焕 ) as its artistic director. This Chinese music article

14-710: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Long Yu Yu Long ( Chinese : 余 隆 ; pinyin : Yú Lóng ; born July 1, 1964) is a Chinese conductor. He is currently artistic director and chief conductor of the China Philharmonic and of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra , music director of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra , and principal guest conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra . Yu

21-825: Is also the Chairman of the Artistic Committee of the Beijing Music Festival and co-director of the Music in the Summer Air Festival (MISA). The son of a pianist mother Ding Jiannuo and a choreographer father Yu Lixun Yu was born into a family of musicians in Shanghai, China and grew up during the Cultural Revolution . Yu received his early childhood music education beginning with piano studies from his grandfather,

28-713: The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra appointed Yu its music director. During his tenure, the orchestra has begun its Music in the Summer Air Festival (MISA) in August 2010, constructed a new home for the orchestra (the Shanghai Symphony Hall) in 2014, established the Shanghai Orchestra Academy in 2014, and begun the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition in 2016. Yu has shared the position of Artistic Co-Director of

35-651: The Urban Council of Hong Kong for five years. He was a founder of the Beijing Music Festival (BMF) in 1998, becoming its first artistic director. In 2000, the Chinese government invited Yu to assume leadership of the China Broadcasting Symphony (also called the China National Symphony ). Yu held open auditions, becoming the first Chinese orchestra to recruit all its performers this way. The symphony

42-752: The composer Ding Shande . He continued his piano studies at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music , and also began conducting studies, graduating from the conservatory in 1987. He further studied music in Europe at the Berlin University of the Arts . After returning from Europe, Yu was appointed principal conductor of the Central Opera Theatre in Beijing in 1992, serving for three years. He produced operas for

49-686: Was renamed the China Philharmonic Orchestra . In 2008, Yu and the China Philharmonic performed for Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican , as part of increased diplomatic initiative between China and the Vatican. In July 2014, the China Philharmonic was the first Chinese orchestra to perform at the BBC Proms . In 2003, the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra appointed Yu its music director. In 2009,

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