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CHINA SYMPHONY STOPS IN DAYTON

Dayton Philharmonic music director Neal Gittleman will share the stage with                           conductor Xincao Li when the China National Symphony Orchestra visits Dayton's                  Schuster Center on May 22.

Dayton is the final stop on the China National Symphony's 12-city North American                  tour celebrating the orchestra's 50th anniversary. Gittleman will conduct                               Shostakovich's "Festive Overture" and "Nature and Me" by Gong-Qian Yang. The                   orchestra's principal conductor, Xincao Li, will lead Khachaturian's Violin Concerto                    and Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade." Chuanyun Li is the violin soloist.

You can hear Gong-Qian Yang's music at www.musicforyougqy .com. You can also                download his album, "Sonic Poem," on iTunes. The composer studied at the University           of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Tickets: $11-$58, (537) 228-3630 or             

www.daytonphilharmonic.com.

Janelle Gelfand