SHOAC to feature bevy of big names for new season

The Shanghai Oriental Art Center will be bringing together internationally acclaimed artists and groups in a new performance season, including the Vienna Philharmonic, Mariinksy Orchestra, soprano Angela Gheorghiu, pianist Li Yundi, the St. Petersburg Eifman Ballet and the Chinese Cloud Gate Dance Theater.

The theater's 2019-20 performance program will feature 109 productions taking place from September to July 2020.

"The Shanghai Oriental Art Center has played a leading role in the cultural development of Pudong, having presented many world premieres of Chinese artworks as well as Chinese debuts of overseas productions," says Tang Jinsong, head of the publicity department of Pudong New Area of Shanghai.