One Special Night in Concert at CSUN

The internationally acclaimed will perform for one night only at the new Valley Performing Arts Center at California State University, Northridge on April 16.

The orchestra will perform Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture, Ravel's Bolero, Bruch's Violin Concerto, Borodin's Polovtsian March from Prince Igor and Puccini's Preludio simfonico.

Established in 2000 under the auspices of the China Radio, Film and Television Bureau, the China Philharmonic Orchestra performs under the baton of Artistic Director Long Yu.

The orchestra's outstanding musicians come from China and abroad. To date, the orchestra has performed in more than 30 countries at such prestigious venues as the Barbican in London, the Berlin Philharmonic and New York's Avery Fisher Hall. In what was reported internationally as a concert that bridged cultural and political differences, the CPO performed Mozart’s Requiem honoring Pope Benedict VIX at the Vatican in 2008.

Long Yu is a conductor of international renown, having led several major orchestras in Europe and Asia. Among the many world-class musicians with whom he has worked are Itzhak Perlman, Cho-Liang Lin, Placido Domingo and Sergiu Commisiona. Yu also directed the orchestra in its two recordings for Deutsche Grammophon.

The performance will begin at 8 p.m. For tickets and information, go to ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org/calendar/041611/.