The 2025 China Tour of the Hallé Orchestra, spanning 6 cities with 7 performances, presented high-caliber shows featuring its iconic British tonal quality. Garnering acclaim as the “Concert of the Year”, the tour was augmented by renowned artists and saw beautiful synergy between the orchestra and host cities, concluding successfully and leaving indelible heartfelt impressions.
On October 31 and November 1, 2025, at 8:00 PM, the legendary artistic duo—Prima Ballerina Svetlana Zakharova and Virtuoso Violinist Vadim Repin—presented “Pas-de-deuxfor Toes and Fingers” at the Macao International Art Festival.
In November 2025, violin superstar Daniel Hope will embark on a China tour with the Menuhin Festival Orchestra, visiting five cities including Macau, Zhuhai, Nanjing, Shenzhen and Beijing from the 9th to the 16th. The concert will feature its signature piece – a dual variation of “The Four Seasons” spanning Baroque and contemporary times, presenting a classic dialogue spanning three hundred years. This tour marks Hope’s return after a seven-year hiatus since 2018.
The China tour has concluded triumphantly with Mikhail Pletnev—the undisputed titan of the Russian piano school—joined by “Conductor of the Year” Kirill Karabits, leading the Rachmaninoff International Orchestra, which he personally founded.
An Tianxu, a young Chinese pianist, and Mikhail Pletnev, the undisputed doyen of the Russian piano school, joined forces on stage to perform Swiss Caprice at Beijing’s Zhongshan Music Hall on Beijing time October 19, 2025—and achieved tremendous success!
Wuxi Symphony Orchestra Russia tour across Novosibirsk, Moscow, and St. Petersburg. The tour came to a perfect close amid the audience’s heartfelt affection and thunderous applause. This finale unfolded as Lin Daye, the orchestra’s Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, explained with a smile the English meaning of the encore piece “Full Blossoms, Full Moon”—”Wishing everyone happiness and fulfillment”—to the St. Petersburg audience, and then led the orchestra through the final note. The entire tour was organized and executed by Poly Armstrong International and Armstrong Music & Arts.
