In a May 10 story , CNNGo wrote about the Orchestra’s return to Shanghai with Principal Cellist Hai-Ye Ni, a native of the city. Following tour, Ms. Ni stayed in Shanghai to lead a master class at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and for a May 13 recital.

David Patrick Stearns of the Philadelphia Inquirer wraps up his tour coverage with a May 9 blog post about the Orchestra’s concert at Shanghai’s Oriental Arts Center.

In his May 9 story, the Philadelphia Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns writes about the Orchestra’s performance as part of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.

The New York Times reports on the Orchestra’s World Expo performance and its storied relationship with China and its people in a May 8 story.

Reporting from Shanghai, China, WRTI’s Susan Lewis speaks with Orchestra President and CEO Allison Vulgamore about The Philadelphia Orchestra’s World Expo performance for the May 6 edition of Notes from the Road. Pianist Stewart Goodyear, soloist in the World Expo concert, looks forward to playing Gershwin's iconic Rhapsody in Blue, a piece he believes to be timeless.

As the Orchestra gave its second concert in Beijing on Wednesday evening, WRTI’s Susan Lewis spoke with Chief Conductor Charles Dutoit about the all-Stravinsky program in the May 6 edition of Notes from the Road. Herold Klein reminisces about getting to see China long before most westerners, and Hai-Ye Ni says she's looking forward to showing her orchestra colleagues around her home city of Shanghai.

David Patrick Stearns of the Philadelphia Inquirer reflects upon the state of classical music in China and the Orchestra’s role in this rapidly emerging scene.

WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports on the Orchestra’s first concert in Beijing in a May 5 report for Notes from the Road. In this edition, Orchestra bass trombonist Blair Bollinger, who gave a master class at the Beijing Central Conservatory, relates how language is not a barrier when teaching students who are not native English speakers.

A group of musicians, led by violinist Phil Kates, traveled to Dujiangyan in Sichuan Province, China, for the dedication of the Philadelphia Orchestra Project Hope Classroom at the Du Jiang Yan Tian Ma School. Members of the Orchestra donated $5,000 specifically for the building of the music room following the devastating earthquake that hit the city in 2008. David Patrick Stearns wrote about the touching expedition for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Prior to its first Beijing concert, Philadelphia Orchestra musicians spent the day sight-seeing and helping to promote Philadelphia as a tourist destination reported Susan Lewis in the May 4 edition of WRTI’s Notes from the Road. The National Center for the Performing Arts paid tribute to Charles Dutoit, who has been bringing orchestras to China since the 1970s.

In a blog post from Beijing , David Patrick Stearns reviewed the Orchestra’s first performance at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. He remarked, “At this point in the tour, the Philadelphia Orchestra needs no place to hide. The level of playing is optimum.”

In the May 3 edition of Notes from the Road, Concertmaster David Kim tells WRTI’s Susan Lewis about the experience of playing in cities never previously visited by the orchestra. Cellist John Koen talks about the delights of re-exploring Beijing, a city he calls 'ever-changing.'

Join WRTI's Susan Lewis for a series of special Notes From The Road reports from the Philadelphia Orchestra's 2010 Tour of Asia. Listen in on performances, look behind-the-scenes, and experience China through the eyes and ears of the musicians and Chief Conductor Charles Dutoit. The reports can be heard four times daily on the air, or On Demand, from Monday, May 3, to Friday, May 7. WRTI’s Notes From the Road coverage of the 2010 Tour of Asia is made possible by West Chester University’s School of Music.

Listen as David Patrick Stearns reports from tour on WRTI’s Creatively Speaking. In his first edition, Stearns recounts stories from the first week of the Orchestra’s 2010 Tour of Asia.

As the Orchestra traveled from Korea to China, David Patrick Stearns reflected on recent concerts in Tokyo and Seoul with a May 3 post on the Arts Watch blog.

David Patrick Stearns’s May 2 post on the Arts Watch blog describes the video installation at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts and briefly reviews the Orchestra’s second performance in Seoul. Stearns remarked that in the all-Stravinsky program “Dutoit showed how he is continuing to consolidate his own, lower-fat version of the Philadelphia sound - one that lends itself to great flexibility, not to mention subtle gradations in color that Dutoit employs with a highly purposeful sense of expression. He’s writing a new chapter in the orchestra’s artistic history.”

In his article about the Orchestra’s April 30 performance at Seoul’s Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, the Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns describes Maestro Dutoit as the “concert’s star” and that “the minute he stepped on the podium to bow, the decibel level shot up.” According to Stearns, the “opening moments of Ravel's La Valse alone amply justified the audience's enthusiasm.”

In his first article from tour, the Philadelphia Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns chronicles the Orchestra’s performances in Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, where Maestro Dutoit and the musicians were welcomed by “warmly appreciative audiences.”

While on tour, the Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns is blogging about his adventures on Philly.com’s ArtsWatch. In his first post, Stearns shares his experience of traveling to meet up with the Orchestra in Tokyo.

Pianist Ivo Pogorelich, who made a solo appearance with the Orchestra on April 29 at Suntory Hall, is the subject of a feature by the Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns.

Listen to Susan Lewis’s preview of the 2010 Tour of Asia as part of WRTI’s April 17 edition of Creatively Speaking.

David Patrick Stearns of The Philadelphia Inquirer previews the
Orchestra’s 2010 Tour of Asia. Read more

KYW Radio’s Steve Tawa covers the launch of the Orchestra’s 2010 Tour of Asia.
Read a transcript of the story here

Principal Percussion Christopher Deviney, Principal Bassoon Daniel Matsukawa, and Acting Principal Second Violin Paul Roby made an in-studio appearance on Eyewitness News on CW-Philly on Friday, April 16, to talk about the 2010 Tour of Asia. (Quicktime Required)

CBS3 covered the launch event for The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2010
Tour of Asia. Watch above.

Click here to view a pdf of a cover story on
Maestro Dutoit in Japan’s Ongaku no Tomo.

Advisory of Artist Change
Pianist Ivo Pogorelich has graciously agreed to appear as soloist with Chief Conductor Charles Dutoit and The Philadelphia Orchestra in their Suntory Hall concert on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, in Tokyo, Japan, as part of the Orchestra’s 2010 Tour of Asia. Martha Argerich, who was originally scheduled to perform Ravel’s Concerto in G major with Mr. Dutoit and the Orchestra, has regrettably withdrawn due to personal family reasons. Mr. Pogorelich will perform Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2. The remainder of the program, which includes Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture, Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, and Ravel’s La Valse, is unchanged. Read More (PDF).