MISA festival kicks off in city

A concert by the New York Philharmonic (NYP) under the baton of Jaap van Zweden marked the opening of this year's Music In the Summer Air (MISA) festival at Shanghai Symphony Hall on July 1.

Founded by Yu Long, the artistic director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (SSO), MISA is a festival of classical music with a youthful twist. The festival program consists of 24 concerts that took place from July 1 to 16 at the Shanghai Symphony Hall and Urban Music Lawn. This year marks the ninth installment of the festival.

According to Liu Shuyun, a spokesperson with SSO, tickets of the opening concert were sold out five minutes after the box office opened last month, a reflection of the enthusiasm for the NYP.