US orchestra enters road to decade of China residency

On her way to an airport in Philadelphia to take a flight to Shanghai recently, Allison Vulgamore, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra, listened to a chamber concert broadcast over Radio Television Hong Kong.

The orchestra was playing at the Hong Kong Cultural Center, where it started its China tour of the year.

Vulgamore joined the orchestra in Shanghai for two concerts and then another two in Beijing, finally wrapping up the residency program with two more in Macao on May 29.