The China National Symphony Orchestra (Chinese

Chinese language

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: 中国交响乐团; pinyin: Zhōngguó Jiāoxiǎng Yuètuán; abbreviated CNSO) is China

China

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's national orchestra.

It was originally founded as the Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China in 1956 under the baton of the famous Chinese conductor Li Delun

Li Delun

Li Delun was a Chinese conductor who devoted his life to the promotion of classical music in China. In 1946, with support from Zhou Enlai Li Delun took an assortment of donated musical instruments to the city of Yan-An and became the founder, instructor, and conductor of China's first...

(Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

: 李德伦). In 1996 it was restructured and renamed the China National Symphony Orchestra.

The orchestra's artistic director and principal conductor is En Shao (邵恩) and its resident conductor is Li Xincao. The executive director is Guan Xia.

External links

• China National Symphony Orchestra official site
• List of Symphony Orchestras in Greater China -PRC. HKSAR. Macao SAR and Taiwan