Carnegie dream comes true

In a celebration of musical talent, cultural exchange and educational enrichment, a Chinese symphony orchestra has been launched and is set to embark on a transformative journey to the United States.

The Beijing Youth Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Lyu Jia, will perform at the famed Carnegie Hall in New York on Aug 4.

On Friday and Saturday, they staged two concerts at Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts and the Beijing Performing Arts Centre, warming up for the US performance.

The upcoming concert will be part of the new summer concert festival — World Orchestra Week, which was launched by Carnegie Hall. In celebration of international youth orchestras, "the initiative brings five youth orchestras from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America to New York City for high-level music making with some of today's most internationally renowned artists plus cultural exchange activities among the orchestras over the course of one week", the hall's official website states.