Swiss cheers as Lucerne orchestra begins China tour

Lucerne Festival Orchestra has launched its latest tour in China, with two concerts at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing taking place on Saturday and Sunday.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the orchestra are performing in Shanghai and will wrap up its China tour with a concert in Shenzhen on Oct 19, which will also be the orchestra's first performance in the city.

Under the baton of Italian conductor, Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra brings repertoires including Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 3 in D Minor, Op 30, Symphony No 3 in A Minor, Op 44, and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No 6 in A Minor. Eighteen-year-old Russian pianist, Alexander Malofeev, will join the orchestra for its China tour.