The 114-year-old Vienna Symphony is one of Europe's big orchestras

The Vienna Symphony is on its way to China for a debut tour, with classical compositions performed in a grand tradition, Xu Jingxi reports from Guangzhou.

The Vienna Symphony orchestra is going to make its debut on the Chinese mainland in June, collaborating with high-profile conductor Simone Young to serve up a classical music feast of authentic Viennese flavor.

The 114-year-old orchestra will kick off its tour to six cities with a Beethoven night at Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou on June 2. The Austrian orchestra's repertoire for its China tour features masterpieces from German and Austrian composers from the classical and romantic periods, including Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms.

They were all closely connected to Vienna, composing and debuting their works in the capital of classical music.

"We are a Viennese orchestra, so we want to bring the Chinese audience the traditional, Viennese orchestral sound that we are especially good at on our debut," Johannes Neubert, the orchestra's managing director, says in a phone interview.

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