On January 11, Philadelphia Orchestra President and CEO Matías Tarnopolsk visited ShanghaiTech University and met with Philadelphia Orchestra Association Executive Vice President Ryan Fleur, Senior Consultant Nicholas Platt and Senior Adviser Freda Wang. ShanghaiTech President Jiang Mianheng and School of Creativity and Art Executive Dean Yang Yang met with the delegation.
This was Matías Tarnopolsk’s first time to visit ShanghaiTech upon his appointment as President and CEO of Philadelphia Orchestra. President Jiang extended a warm welcome to him and the two sides discussed orchestra development, music education and the integration of arts and technologies.
After the meeting, the delegation visited VR Lab of School of Information Science and Technology Multimedia Artificial Reality Studio and ShanghaiTech International Conference Center.
As one of the world’s most renowned ensembles and cultural emissaries, The Philadelphia Orchestra continues to represent a bridge for cultural, educational, and diplomatic exchange between China and the United States. In 1973, at the request of President Nixon, the Orchestra was invited to be the first U.S. orchestra to tour China. Ever since that first visit, the ensemble has held many concerts in Chinese cities including Shanghai, engaging Chinese music lovers both in concert halls and through community engagement. Philadelphia Orchestra and ShanghaiTech have long been carrying out friendly exchanges.
