Philadelphia Orchestra seeks to build ties with China tours

NEW YORK - The Philadelphia Orchestra will further people-to-people connections with China through tours to contribute to US-China cultural exchanges and bilateral ties, according to the orchestra's chief.

"For us, the relationship with China and the people of China is important," says Matias Tarnopolsky, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

"We will be there with a group of musicians in Shanghai and in Beijing next month, and then in 2021, we'll be doing a big tour to China," he says. The orchestra's ties with China are rooted in the 1970s.