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Comment (The headline acts in the opening season of the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) are world class. Valery Gergiev will conduct the Kirov-Mariinsky Theater of St Petersburg, Lorin Maazel heads up the New York Philharmonic and Kurt Masur leads the London Philharmonic. However, Chinese artists will have the honor of formally raising the curtain of the China's largest stage.
"The National Center for the Performing Arts is a dream of generations of Chinese artists for half a century," says Chen Zuohuang, music director of NCPA. "We invite the celebrated international stars to enhance the world class artistry, but we do hope to have our own artists perform on the opening day."
The three concerts on December 22, 23 and 24 will feature a star-studded cast and a rich repertoire of both classic and new commissioned work, both Western and Chinese folk music, chorus and organ.
Pianist Li Yundi, one of the celebrated musicians who will raise the...