Lü Jia conducts the Carlo Felice Foundation Orchestra in the inaugural concert of the new 2025-26 symphonic season. Cello: Ettore Pagano

Opening concert

Carlo Felice Theater

The MSO celebrates cross-cultural connections through music as the Orchestra is joined by acclaimed international guest artists to perform this program of Eastern and Western masterpieces.

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Chinese New Year (2025)

Arts Centre Melbourne

This Sunday matinee concert—presented as part of Carnegie Hall’s World Orchestra Week (WOW!)—features the Beijing Youth Orchestra, an ensemble newly created by China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA). Lü Jia, who has performed at Carnegie Hall as conductor of the renowned China NCPA Orchestra, leads this exceptional youth orchestra and the inimitable pipa virtuoso Wu Man in a program that includes both Western and Chinese orchestral works.

Beijing Youth Orchestra

Carnegie Hall

Petite Suite

Opera Carlo Felice Genova

Piano Concerto No. 4

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Cello Concerto No. 1

Symphony in D minor

Gift

Pipa Concerto No. 2

Die Fledermaus Overture

Momentum

Lü Jia

Events

Past events

Oct 30, 2025

Opening concert · Opera Carlo Felice Genova

Feb 8, 2025

Chinese New Year (2025) · Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Petite Suite by Debussy

Opera Carlo Felice Genova

Conductor in Piano Concerto No. 4 by Beethoven

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Cello Concerto No. 1 by Saint-Saëns

Opera Carlo Felice Genova

Conductor in Symphony in D minor by Franck

Opera Carlo Felice Genova

Conductor in Gift by Tian

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Pipa Concerto No. 2 by Jiping

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Die Fledermaus Overture by Jr.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Momentum by Kats-Chernin

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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