Conductor Simone Young will take the baton for the Vienna Symphony orchestra's debut in the Chinese mainland. Photos provided to China Daily

The Vienna Symphony is one of the city's three major orchestras, the other two being the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. It is a latecomer to the fast-growing classical music market in China: The Vienna Philharmonic first visited the country in 1973 and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2001.

"I was surprised that the orchestra had never been to the mainland when I took over the job as the managing director three years ago and we started to plan a tour," Neubert says.

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