Conductor Zheng Xiaoying [Photo provided to China Daily]

The renowned conductor Zheng, 88, is the former principal conductor of China National Opera House and the country's first female conductor.

In celebration of International Women's Day, Zheng will lead the orchestra to perform a new piece titled Yun Xiang Hua Xiang, which was composed by Chinese female composer Wang Danhong and features pipa player Zhang Hongyan.

The concert will open with a march dedicated to women written by Chinese female composer Yan Xiaoou. In 1995, Zheng led the Women's Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, which expanded into the first women's symphony orchestra in China, and performed the same piece for the opening of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995.

The concert will also include Scheherazade, a symphonic suite composed by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.