RDAM professor appointed Head of percussion section in NYO-China

RDAM Professor Gert Mortensen is appointed leader of the percussion section in the newly established National Youth Orchestra of China (NYO-China), inspired by Carnegie Hall's National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA).

For two weeks in July, approximately one hundred high school-aged musicians will gather at Western Connecticut State University in the Northeast United States to participate in an intensive two-week training program under the direction of music director Jindong Cai, a group of world-class teaching artists, and renowned conductor Ludovic Morlot. After two weeks of preparation, the orchestra will debut in Carnegie Hall in New York City with a concert featuring Yuja Wang and will thereafter embark on a three-city concert tour of China featuring soloist Olga Kern.

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