FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UPDATED June 20, 2016 April 20, 2016 Contact: Katherine E. Johnson New York Philharmonic E-mail:
[email protected] Tel: +1 212-875-5718 SHANGHAI ORCHESTRA ACADEMY AND RESIDENCY PARTNERSHIP Shanghai Orchestra Academy Musicians Selected for 2016 New York Philharmonic GLOBAL ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM June 11–17, 2016 SECOND ANNUAL PERFORMANCE RESIDENCY in SHANGHAI ALAN GILBERT, Assistant Conductor JOSHUA GERSEN, and TIMOTHY BROCK To Conduct Five Concerts Including YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT and CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S CITY LIGHTS Soloists To Include DANIIL TRIFONOV and GIL SHAHAM New York Philharmonic PRINCIPAL BRASS QUINTET To Perform FREE Outdoor Concert VERY YOUNG COMPOSERS Workshop and Performance Philharmonic Musicians To Lead MASTER CLASSES, LESSONS, and COACHINGS as Part of Shanghai Orchestra Academy, Which Graduates Its First Class July 2–8, 2016 The Shanghai Orchestra Academy and Residency Partnership continues this summer when students from the Shanghai Orchestra Academy travel to New York City to participate in the New York Philharmonic Global Academy Fellowship Program as the first international Zarin Mehta Fellows, June 11–17, 2016, and the New York Philharmonic travels to Shanghai for its second annual performance residency, July 2–8, 2016. A joint endeavor of the New York Philharmonic and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra launched in September 2014, the collaboration includes the establishment of the Shanghai Orchestra Academy (SOA) — a two-year program designed to address the need for advanced, post- graduate orchestral training in China — in partnership with the Shanghai Conservatory and under the leadership of founding president Long Yu, as well as annual performance residencies by the New York Philharmonic in Shanghai through the 2017–18 season.