Performing Arts

NTD’s 7th International Piano Competition will be held in New York City from Oct. 14 to 19. The competition will showcase the glory of piano music from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras, and promote traditional arts of pure authenticity, goodness, and beauty. The NTD International Piano Competition is one in a series of international […]

Shen Yun Zuo Pin (Shen Yun Creations), the official streaming platform of Shen Yun Performing Arts, recently launched an audio streaming section, making their orchestral recordings available online. It was welcome news for many fans: Shen Yun’s music is so popular that recordings of the performance soundtracks were made in response to high demand, and […]

Art-loving New Yorkers gathered at Lincoln Center to witness the Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra’s first show of the year. The performance ended with a standing ovation, with some audience members describing it as a healing experience. This is the first time Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra returned to New York after four years, bringing two uplifting […]

NEW YORK—Eugenia Vergara, a healer, felt healed herself as she listened to Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra perform on stage. “I was very tearful and emotional from the very beginning,” said Ms. Vegara after attending the evening concert at David Geffen Hall, the last performance of the season. “For me, it’s a more of a healing, […]

NEW YORK—Acclaimed composer and guitarist Spiros Exaras has long enjoyed the ancient Chinese instrument erhu, and seeing it embedded into a Western classical orchestra by Shen Yun, he now feels inspired to write something for the instrument himself. “It’s very cinematic,” he said at a Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra concert at David Geffen Hall. Mr. […]

NEW YORK—From the moment Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra began to play, a sort of peace settled over Nicole Fiene, who attended the first of the only two concerts the orchestra is performing this season. She invited Steve Breckner and several other friends to see the performance at David Geffen Hall, and when it paused for […]

NEW YORK—Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra performed the first of its only two concerts this season at David Geffen Hall on the afternoon of Oct. 22, drawing awed responses from several first-time listeners, including a longtime classical music lover who chose the event for her first-ever concert. “All of your senses were awakened, and all of […]

After a hiatus lengthened by the COVID-19 pandemic, Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra (SYSO) is returning to New York for only two performances at Lincoln Center, on Sunday, Oct. 22. The ensemble was formed out of popular demand, and has received standing ovations at sold-out performances around the globe. This year, SYSO will perform original works […]

The Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra (SYSO) is hard at work, rehearsing for its upcoming concert at Lincoln Center—the first in three years. On Oct. 22, SYSO will take to the stage at David Geffen Hall in New York City at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. for one day of concerts only. SYSO is a unique […]

Concertgoers often walk out of a Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra concert describing what sounds like a spiritual experience. “It sounds like it comes from heaven,” said Linda Devlin after a concert at Carnegie Hall with Bill O’Keefe, both longtime fans of the ensemble. “This is our fourth time attending it, we look forward to it […]

On Dec. 15, 1893, the audience at Carnegie Hall was so full it spilled out into sidewalks, where people huddled in the rain so they could hear the premiere of Antonin Dvořák’s 9th Symphony. Afterward, the New York Evening Post wrote, “Anyone who heard it could not deny that it is the greatest symphonic work […]

Milen Nachev has conducted orchestras with Shen Yun Performing Arts for 10 seasons and led the Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra (SYSO), comprised of 100 of the best Shen Yun musicians worldwide. After a three-year hiatus, SYSO returns to the stage at David Geffen Hall in New York City on Oct. 22 for only two concerts. […]

After a three-year absence, Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra (SYSO) is returning to the stage with just one day of concerts on Oct. 22 at Lincoln Center in New York. The orchestra is the first and only ensemble in the world that permanently combines ancient Chinese instruments with a classical Western orchestra. After the global success […]

In December 1917, Finland declared independence from Russia after years of enduring a testy relationship as a “Grand Duchy” within the Russian Empire, struggling to hold on to its national identity and culture amid “Russification” policies. It was the year the Soviets initiated the Russian Revolution, and Finland wanted nothing to do with it. “We […]

The Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra is returning to New York City for one day of performances, at the David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center on Oct. 22. The symphony orchestra is made of members from the eight orchestras of Shen Yun Performing Arts’ touring groups, and regularly includes Shen Yun’s original compositions in the orchestra […]

Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra is returning to New York City for two performances on Oct. 22. The orchestra, comprised of musicians from world-renowned Shen Yun Performing Arts, was formed in response to the high demand from audiences who wanted to hear more of Shen Yun’s music. Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance […]

Our souls were captivated when we heard the magical sounds of a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin. Where did this ethereal sound come from? Why do we rarely get to experience anything like it nowadays?