Vienna orchestra begins five-city tour in China

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Froschauer says: "Over the past few years, Andris Nelsons has established himself as one of the great conductors of our time. We also started performing and recording all symphonies by Beethoven with him in 2016－the tour through China will be part of this huge endeavor."

In June 2014, Wu Jiatong, general manager of Wu Promotion, one of China's first private music tour promoters, signed a five-year contract with Clemens Hellsberg, the former president of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and Dieter Flury, the former general manager of the orchestra, on an exclusive touring partnership with the orchestra over 2017-21.

The Chinese company's tour plan covers the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.