费城交响乐团获1,050万美元捐赠设立文化外交基金 11月赴韩国与中国巡演
费城交响乐团与 Ensemble Arts 10月23日宣布，退休大使 David L. Cohen 与 Rhonda R. Cohen 捐赠1,050万美元，设立「文化外交基金」，支持乐团在国内外的巡演、驻场、演出、录音与教育交流。
这笔捐款同时设立「艺术创新与发现基金」，在音乐与艺术总监 Yannick Nézet-Séguin 的艺术愿景下，支持演出被忽视、代表性不足与新兴作曲家的作品。据乐团介绍，该团过去十年共筹得约3亿美元。
费城交响乐团将于11月5日至15日赴韩国与中国巡演，11月15日的音乐会是该团在北京演艺中心的首演。该团1973年在指挥家 Ormandy 带领下成为第一支在中国演出的美国乐团，此后全团赴华13次，最近一次是2024年。
来源：GSM·美国
Philadelphia Orchestra Receives $10.5 Million Gift for Cultural Diplomacy Ahead of Asia Tour
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts announced on October 23 a $10.5 million commitment from Ambassador David L. Cohen (ret.) and Rhonda R. Cohen establishing a Fund for Cultural Diplomacy to support the orchestra's tours, residencies, performances, recordings and educational exchanges at home and abroad.
The gift also creates an Artistic Innovation and Discovery Fund, guided by Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, to support performances of works by overlooked, underrepresented and emerging composers. The orchestra says it has raised about $300 million over the past decade.
The orchestra will tour South Korea and China from November 5 to 15, with the November 15 concert marking its debut at the Beijing Performing Arts Center. In 1973, under Eugene Ormandy, it became the first American orchestra to perform in China and has since returned 13 times with the full ensemble, most recently in 2024.
Source: GSM·America
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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