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Xinhua News reports on Bard College Conservatory of Music's 20th anniversary sold-out concert at Lincoln Center, where Tan Dun conducted the North American premiere of his Choral Concerto: Nine alongside Leon Botstein’s performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, symbolizing a powerful dialogue between Eastern and Western musical traditions.

Zijian Wei, winner of the 2024 Cleveland International Piano Competition, is featured in WQXR's Young Artists Showcase segment.

Music in Motion is the theme of the 3rd annual US-China Music Forum, a vibrant gathering on cross-cultural exchange in conjunction with the eighth season of the China Now Music Festival.

A press conference was hosted in NYC to support superstar pianist Lang Lang's Piano Book 2 launch after 2019's Piano Book surpassed 1.2 billion global streams to date.

Music Lover Magazine, a leading monthly publication in China, featured Aristo Sham as a cover story in its August 2025 issue.

Co-presented by Lincoln Center and the Center for the China Shanghai International Arts Festival, Lincoln Center spotlighted the rich creative history of one of the most populous cities in China with Shanghai Day during its annual Summer for the City Festival.

The Bard East/West Ensemble comprises 15 musicians, including a Western string quintet and seven traditional Chinese instruments—dizi, erhu, pipa, ruan, suona, and guzheng—as well as both Chinese and Western percussion. The ensemble made their Chinese debut in ten cities during the summer of 2025.

China‘s only classical music radio station, Shanghai Classical Music Radio FM 94.7, announced the milestone launch of its new program Chamber Music Live in collaboration with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In addition, its flagship prime-time show “Chill Evening” now features selected highlights from the CMS series every Monday, creating a dedicated “chamber music time” for 94.7 listeners.

The 2025 Cliburn Competition broadcast received over 20 million views from a global audience in more than 145 countries. The total video views has exceeded 1.53 million for the gold medalist Aristo Sham on Chinese social media, with over 130 articles in Chinese.

CMS’s partnership with Tencent returns for its sixth year since 2020, providing exclusive access to CMS digital content in China, with performance and educational videos available via its website, app, OTT platform, and WeChat Mini Program.

Lincoln Center's Annual Summer for the City, offering hundreds of free and Choose-What-You-Pay performances and cultural activities for all ages. We work exclusively to target the Chinese community in the metro New York area.

A global campaign of NCPAO’s complete release of Bruckner’s nine symphonies recording, including booklets, CDs, and online streaming to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Bruckner’s birth.

New York Phil celebrated 14 years of the Chinese Lunar New Year gala concert, which has become a highlight of the Lunar New Year celebration in New York City.

The Sound of Spring returns to Jazz at Lincoln Center for its yearly tradition of celebratory Chinese orchestral music to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

The 7th annual China Now Music Festival, presented by the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music in collaboration with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, returned to Carnegie Hall with two concerts featuring contemporary works from China on the cutting edge of music. This year’s China Now programs looked at the intersection of technology and music, with a focus on the future.

Extraordinary youth orchestras from around the globe perform during Carnegie Hall’s World Orchestra Week (WOW!)—a history-making week inspired by the Hall’s own acclaimed national youth ensembles. Young musicians from Afghanistan, the U.S.A., Beijing, Africa, Venezuela, and the European Union perform on the biggest stage with top conductors and soloists.

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce honored world-renowned classical pianist Lang Lang with the 2,778th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the category of Live Performance.

A half day masterclass and special dialogue with Conservatory professors at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music during the 2023 Asia tour.

Established in 2007, Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum tells the history of European Jewish refugees who came to Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s to escape Nazi persecution. The travel exhibition came to New York City in 2023 and received coverage in NBC News, NPC, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, etc.