Shanghai Symphony Orchestra announces summer festival
Lucy Thraves
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Music in the Summer Air will run from 10-24 July in Shanghai
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has announced the programme for its annual Music in the Summer Air (MISA) Festival, taking place in Shanghai from 10-24 July.
The festival consists over 23 concerts taking place in the Shanghai Symphony Hall’s Concert Hall, Chamber Hall, Urban Music Lawn and TRI – the venue of Yellow Lounge China, Deutsche Grammophon’s classical club night.
The theme of this year's festival is 'growing', as the city recovers following the pandemic.
Read more: ‘A new model, a new mood’: Shanghai Symphony’s blueprint for the post-Covid orchestra
MISA was founded in 2010 by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and its music director Long Yu in association with the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission to bring classical music to new audiences in Shanghai.
This year's highlights include performances by East Coast Quartet, Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra, GSO Feiyue String Quartet, Magnolia Quartet, Strikeast Percussion Ensemble, Neoclassical Chamber Orchestra, Shanghai Camerata, Shanghai Chinese Orchestra and Suzhou Chinese Orchestra. Soloists include Li Jingjing, Luo Wei, Hongni Wu, Wang Yalun, Jin Yukuang and Haochen Zhang
