Shanghai Symphony Orchestra rings in the new year

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra presented the 2026 Shanghai New Year's Concert, featuring five rising stars, on New Year's Eve.

Conducted by Yu Long, music director of SSO, the concert at Shanghai Symphony Hall brought together soprano Dai Ziyi, pianist Serena Wang, violinist Chloe Chua, cellist LiLa and viola player Lin Yixiu. The four instrumentalists were all born in the new millennium, while Dai, the singer, was born in 1996.