“Working with young musicians who are keen to learn and share their knowledge with others is a pleasure for Alan Gilbert, the 48-year-old music director of the New York Philharmonic,” writes Zhang Qian in Friday’s (7/17) Shanghai Daily. “Gilbert was pursuing this recently while in Shanghai for the orchestra’s first performance residency partnership with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai Orchestra Academy. This was a part of the New York Philharmonic Global Academy initiative—customized collaborations with partners worldwide that offer intensive training of pre-professional musicians by New York Philharmonic members, often alongside regular performance residencies by the full orchestra.… He cherishes opportunities to tour, share and communicate with audiences and musicians, and helps nurture young talent. He sees huge potential for classical music in China.… ‘It’s a cliché, yet profoundly true, that music is an international language that bridges cultural gaps and helps people communicate where words fail. We are now only in the first stage of the partnership with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. But the idea of making connections through music is terrific. This is something important, not only in the musical level but also in the cultural level.’ ”
Posted July 17, 2015
