Tang-era riches

Sun, who's also a pianist, graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with a master's degree in 2011. He has been teaching at the university's conducting department for 10 years.

Sun composed the music piece in August 2019. Its debut was planned for February 2020 but had to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

It's not the first collaboration between the composer and the Xi'an Symphony Orchestra.

In the summer of 2020, the composer was commissioned to adapt a traditional folk song, titled Jiangling Yisheng Zhen Shanchuan (The General Commander's Order Shakes Mountains and Rivers), for a concert that was staged on Huashan Mountain's western peak.

Titled XSO Meets Huashan Mountain Summit Clouds Rhapsody, the concert featured more than 200 musicians from the Xi'an orchestra and its chorus under the baton of Tang Muhai and received a warm feedback from fans online.

Qin Zhifeng, music director of the Xi'an Symphony Orchestra, will conduct the concerts at the NCPA.