A happy BBC new year

People in Beijing have got used to attending concerts celebrating the New Year in recent years. This year they have a lot of choice. Among them, the one with the longest history is the New Year Concert at the Great Hall of the People on Dec 31, presented by Beijing Artists Management Corp Ltd.

Since 1997, the company has brought a dozen of the world's leading orchestras and soloists to celebrate the New Year with Beijing's classical music fans.

This year the stage of the Great Hall of the People belongs to the acclaimed BBC Philharmonic and the baton passes to the renowned Russian conductor Vassily Sinaisky.