STORY: Philadelphia Orchestra extends friendship with children in Shanghai
SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 18, 2023
DATELINE: Nov. 21, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:01
LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of performance
2. SOUNDBITE (English): DAVYD BOOTH, Violinist

STORYLINE:

The Philadelphia Orchestra enjoyed performances brought by the children from Shanghai Children's Palace of the China Welfare Institute on Saturday.

The American orchestra has a long history of exchanges with the China Welfare Institute Children's Palace. In 1973, during its first visit to China, its members visited here, and were deeply impressed by the children's performances.

Fifty years later, the Philadelphia Orchestra was once again warmly welcomed.

SOUNDBITE (English): DAVYD BOOTH, Violinist
"We have a wonderful foundation that we have built on from 1973 and we play all over the world actually in many countries, but this is our most extensive friendship. We have developed friendship with many organizations here with many individual people that I still keep in contact with. And people come up to me (from) all over the world and saw our first concerts in 1973, and they still remember that. So it's a very important event in our lives, both professionally and personally."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China.
(XHTV)