We received this post from* Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra* Conductor *Linus Lerner* earlier today. He wrote to us from Beijing, the orchestra's final stop and their final concert, which they will perform tonight.
"After a very interesting train ride from Shenyang yesterday, we finally got to our last destination: Beijing! As they say here, if they like the orchestra in Beijing, we are successful! Well we will see it tonight when we do our last performance. The theater is another Poly Theater and right below is our hotel, which makes everything quite convenient principally when you have a very cold day (the coldest in the last 33 years in China).
"After the big snow storm yesterday, everything looks pretty outside and the sun decided to show up. Beijing's energy is quite different than the other cities we have been. It is a vibrant and alive city like New York. The hotel where we are staying is quite comfortable and good taste 4 stars .. and the breakfast again very good! I think I am getting fat here in China!
"I am so looking forward to tonight's concert because we are playing at the theater where all the big orchestras and artists of the world played before. Yesterday there was a Austrian orchestra playing there but Anita Hansen (our first cello player) who attended the concert said that our program is better and has more energy ... Well we will see it tonight!
"There will be people from all over the world attending our concert and very important people such as teachers from the Beijing Conservatory and musicians from other orchestras and conductors. I am not sure that we were ever reviewed in any of our concerts but the feedback we got so far has been amazing.
"I shall write more tomorrow when is our last day and we are done with the performances. ;-)"
