Touring eight cities in three weeks, the Orchestra will perform 15 concerts. Over 30,000 pounds of instruments, trunks and luggage will accompany 107 musicians.

Visit this site throughout the Tour to keep up to date with the Orchestra.

Also, the Orchestra has teamed up with philly.com to bring you www.philorch.blogspot.com, where Orchestra musicians and staff will be writing updates about the Tour.

In addition, you can tune in to WRTI-FM 90.1, or log on to www.wrti.org, for "Notes from the Road," as Jim Cotter reports on his travels with The Philadelphia Orchestra in Asia. Listen to stories from abroad Monday, May 23 through Friday, May 27, and from Monday, May 30 through Friday, June 3, at 8:40 am and 5:40 pm, and at various times throughout the day. Tune in on Saturday, June 4 at 11:00 am for a special compilation airing on Creatively Speaking! Audio of all "Notes from the Road" features will be archived at www.wrti.org.

Lead support for The Philadelphia Orchestra's 2005 Tour of Asia
is provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

UBS is proud to sponsor The Philadelphia Orchestra's appearance
at performances in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Seoul.

Springboard Media is proud to be a technology partner for the 2005 Tour of Asia.