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Russian National Orchestra New Year Concert

Date: Dec 31 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Great Hall of the People, West side of Tian'anmen Squre

Price: 1,200-1,600 yuan

The Russian National Orchestra premiered in Moscow in 1990. The orchestra has made over 75 recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Pentatone, Ondine, Warner Classics and other labels, with conductors that include RNO founder and artistic director Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Jurowski, Kent Nagano, Alexander Vedernikov, Carlo Ponti Jr., Jos Serebrier and Vasily Petrenko. The RNO's recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Beintus's Wolf Tracks, conducted by Kent Nagano and narrated by Sophia Loren, Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev, was the winner of a 2004 Grammy Award, making the RNO the first Russian orchestra ever to win this honor.

Contact: 400-610-3721

E-mail: ponypiao@damai.cn

Website: en.damai.cn/event/tickets_65856/

Chimes of Bells: NCPA New Year's Concert

Date: Dec 31 - 11 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA)

Price: 200-1,080 yuan

The National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1959 under the National Ballet of China, is the only professional ballet orchestra in China. Zhang Yi is the music director and chief conductor and Liu Ju is the resident conductor. The orchestra has been lauded by music community at home and abroad for their ballet and symphonic music concerts.

Contact: 400-610-3721

E-mail: ponypiao@damai.cn

Website: en.damai.cn/event/tickets_75156/