Grammy-award-winning Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs in Macao

MACAO, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, which won the
Juno and Grammy awards, launched its perform on Tuesday at the Macao Cultural
Center as part of its Asia tour this year.

Conducted by award-winning composer and pianist, Maestro Bramwell Tovey,
the orchestra was scheduled to perform eight concerts in six cities across South
Korea, the Chinese mainland and the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).

To give the fans a fantastic musical experience, the orchestra ,joined by
talented Grammy-award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn, staged a performance of
Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35, which drew long-lasting
applause from the audiences when finished.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, which won the 2008 Juno award for
Classical Album of the Year, is the first Canadian orchestra performing in China
since 1978, and this year's Vancouver Symphony Asia Tour also marks the
orchestra's first international tour in 17 years.