Rudolph Tang
@klassikom.bsky.social
Award-winning music critic based in China.
Salty maybe, boring never.
Salty maybe, boring never.
Audience outburst disrupted Teodor Currentzis performing Wagner's Ring Without Words in Beijing, casting shadow over his controversy in the interpretation of classics. klassikom.substack.com/p/audience-o...
Audience Outburst Disrupts Teodor Currentzis
Controversy culminated during “Ring Without Words” at NCPA in Beijing
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December 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Audience outburst disrupted Teodor Currentzis performing Wagner's Ring Without Words in Beijing, casting shadow over his controversy in the interpretation of classics. klassikom.substack.com/p/audience-o...
Hard working composer Chen Musheng rewarded a portrait concert in Shanghai joined by leading soloists. klassikom.substack.com/p/chen-mushe...
Chen Musheng Spotlighted in Portrait Concert
Six pieces performed by leading soloists
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December 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Hard working composer Chen Musheng rewarded a portrait concert in Shanghai joined by leading soloists. klassikom.substack.com/p/chen-mushe...
Major new music festival kicked off last night in Hanoi, and will continue till Monday. klassikom.substack.com/p/vietnam-ho...
Vietnam Hosts 4th Asia–Europe New Music Festival
Nearly 300 artists from home and abroad gather in Hanoi
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November 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Major new music festival kicked off last night in Hanoi, and will continue till Monday. klassikom.substack.com/p/vietnam-ho...
Save the date: March 30-April 1, 2026. Come and join a global gathering of orchestras in Asia.
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13th Asia–Pacific Region Orchestras Summit to Convene in Kawasaki
Coinciding with Japan's Orchestra's Day in 2026
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November 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Save the date: March 30-April 1, 2026. Come and join a global gathering of orchestras in Asia.
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Yet another orchestra from China! klassikom.substack.com/p/inaugural-...
Inaugural concert of Tide Philharmonic
Another new symphony orchestra was born in China
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November 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Yet another orchestra from China! klassikom.substack.com/p/inaugural-...
Shanghai Contemporary Music Festival remembers victims of Nanking. Ye Xiaogang's My Faraway Nanjing revived by Shanghai Phil. klassikom.substack.com/p/shanghai-c...
Shanghai Contemporary Music Festival Remembers Victims of Nanking
Ye Xiaogang's My Faraway Nanjing revived by Shanghai Phil
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November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Shanghai Contemporary Music Festival remembers victims of Nanking. Ye Xiaogang's My Faraway Nanjing revived by Shanghai Phil. klassikom.substack.com/p/shanghai-c...
From Anhui to Jilin, provincial orchestras, long overshadowed by city counterparts, step up for challenges, inaugurating season or performing Mahler and Ravel for the first time. klassikom.substack.com/p/jilin-symp...
Jilin Symphony Steps Up For Challenge
Gave first Ravel programme in over 70 years
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November 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
From Anhui to Jilin, provincial orchestras, long overshadowed by city counterparts, step up for challenges, inaugurating season or performing Mahler and Ravel for the first time. klassikom.substack.com/p/jilin-symp...
Beijing Symphony Calls Out To Berlin Philharmonic On Cultural Exchange Initiatives. klassikom.substack.com/p/beijing-sy...
Beijing Symphony Calls Out To Berlin Philharmonic
Remarks made shortly before BPO's Shanghai concerts
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November 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Beijing Symphony Calls Out To Berlin Philharmonic On Cultural Exchange Initiatives. klassikom.substack.com/p/beijing-sy...
Breaking: Top Rossini tenor Shi Yijie is named President of the Shanghai Opera House today.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Breaking: Top Rossini tenor Shi Yijie is named President of the Shanghai Opera House today.
Team France shine at inaugural competition for musicians in Shanghai. klassikom.substack.com/p/french-pia...
French Pianist Arthur Coatalen Wins Inaugural Musician Competition
A new international platform redefining musicianship through collaboration
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November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Team France shine at inaugural competition for musicians in Shanghai. klassikom.substack.com/p/french-pia...
Documenting Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra's first ever Japan tour. klassikom.substack.com/p/shenzhen-s...
Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Delivers Powerful Sound
First ever Japan tour concluded in Kyoto
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November 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Documenting Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra's first ever Japan tour. klassikom.substack.com/p/shenzhen-s...
A music competition like none other, where a pianist plays in chamber music, liederabend and leads in a concerto to win. klassikom.substack.com/p/a-competit...
A Competition Designed to Test Pianists to Their Limits
Also redefines what it means to be a pianist
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October 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
A music competition like none other, where a pianist plays in chamber music, liederabend and leads in a concerto to win. klassikom.substack.com/p/a-competit...
Sir Bryn Terfel wastes no time promoting Wales and selling milk (sponsored) on the stage in Shanghai. klassikom.substack.com/p/sir-bryn-t...
Sir Bryn Terfel ventures into showbiz
Promoting sponsor's product throughout the gala in Shanghai
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October 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Sir Bryn Terfel wastes no time promoting Wales and selling milk (sponsored) on the stage in Shanghai. klassikom.substack.com/p/sir-bryn-t...
Fifteen years after premiere, Xiaogang Ye’s opera “Song of Farewell,” dubbed as the first Chinese opera addressing LGBTQ+ psychological dimensions, has re-emerged with renewed vitality through a concert and an ongoing landmark studio recording project.
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Landmark Studio Recording of Xiaogang Ye’s 'Song of Farewell' Starts in China - OperaWire
Fifteen years after its premiere, Xiaogang Ye’s opera Song of Farewell, dubbed as the first Chinese opera addressing LGBTQ+ psychological dimensions, has re-emerged with renewed vitality through a con...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Fifteen years after premiere, Xiaogang Ye’s opera “Song of Farewell,” dubbed as the first Chinese opera addressing LGBTQ+ psychological dimensions, has re-emerged with renewed vitality through a concert and an ongoing landmark studio recording project.
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Probably the last great opera studio recording, episode one. klassikom.substack.com/p/the-last-g...
The last great opera studio recording, episode one
Behind the scenes from the studio in Hangzhou
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October 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Probably the last great opera studio recording, episode one. klassikom.substack.com/p/the-last-g...
Breaking: Placido Domingo is going to perform with Wule Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Shi Wule tonight in Milan. Wule SO is an all Buddhist monks orchestra originated from China.
October 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Breaking: Placido Domingo is going to perform with Wule Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Shi Wule tonight in Milan. Wule SO is an all Buddhist monks orchestra originated from China.
Berg, Wagner, Verdi, Xiaogang Ye, and the Chinese Ring cycle half completed, October is a feast of operas. klassikom.substack.com/p/october-is...
October is a feast of operas
Berg, Wagner, Verdi, Xiaogang Ye, and the Chinese Ring cycle half completed
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October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Berg, Wagner, Verdi, Xiaogang Ye, and the Chinese Ring cycle half completed, October is a feast of operas. klassikom.substack.com/p/october-is...
After almost half a century, the Bavarian State Opera is coming to Shanghai again. operawire.com/bayerische-s...
Bayerische Staatsoper Returns to Shanghai After 41 Years - OperaWire
In the first week of October, Bavarian Resonance – Shanghai Grand Theatre 2025 Opera Festival will bring Shanghai audiences an artistic feast, offering the chance to experience the unique power of Ger...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
After almost half a century, the Bavarian State Opera is coming to Shanghai again. operawire.com/bayerische-s...
Second Taihu Classical Music Festival presented by Beijing Symphony Orchestra (BSO) brings affordable prices and embraces amateur musicians. klassikom.substack.com/p/beijing-sy...
Beijing Symphony Announces Line-up for 2nd Taihu Classical Music Festival
Festival makes both show and stage accessible to amateur musicians
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September 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Second Taihu Classical Music Festival presented by Beijing Symphony Orchestra (BSO) brings affordable prices and embraces amateur musicians. klassikom.substack.com/p/beijing-sy...
An appreciation of the music by Ye Xiaogang, China' pre-eminent composer, from fellow composers. klassikom.substack.com/p/an-appreci...
An appreciation of Ye Xiaogang's music
Transcript from the speech at a symposium held this noon
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September 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
An appreciation of the music by Ye Xiaogang, China' pre-eminent composer, from fellow composers. klassikom.substack.com/p/an-appreci...
Boycotts Don't Change Culture—Dialogue Does. Ultima - Oslo Contemporary Music Festival's director weighs in on the cancel and boycotting culture.
September 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Boycotts Don't Change Culture—Dialogue Does. Ultima - Oslo Contemporary Music Festival's director weighs in on the cancel and boycotting culture.
Memoir from the first Chinese who has ever conducted Berlin Phil was made available in English for the first time. klassikom.substack.com/p/huang-yiju...
Huang Yijun on working with Berlin Phil in 1981
Memoir digitalised and made available in English for the first time
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September 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Memoir from the first Chinese who has ever conducted Berlin Phil was made available in English for the first time. klassikom.substack.com/p/huang-yiju...
Gergiev and Mariinsky to launch Mahler symphony marathon in Shanghai: complete cycle in six concert over five days. klassikom.substack.com/p/gergiev-br...
Gergiev Brings Mahler Marathon to Moscow and Shanghai
Mahler symphony cycle to be completed in five days amid shifting touring landscape
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September 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Gergiev and Mariinsky to launch Mahler symphony marathon in Shanghai: complete cycle in six concert over five days. klassikom.substack.com/p/gergiev-br...