Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra Bares Plans to Perform in PH

Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra (XPO) President Fang Yi (second from right), Huang Xiao Fang, Secretary-General (second from left) and other officials pay courtesy call on Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores (center) at the Consulate General. (Xiamen PCG photo)

XIAMEN 07 May 2019 — Officials from the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra (XPO), led by its President Fang Yi, recently paid a courtesy call on Consul General to Xiamen Julius Caesar A. Flores at the Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen.

Consul General Flores warmly welcomed the XPO officials and expressed appreciation for the visit and its initiative to explore possible cultural exchange and cooperation.

Mr. Fang conveyed their plan to visit and perform in the Philippines in the near future, which Consul General Flores welcomed as a valuable initiative to strengthen cultural cooperation and exchanges between Xiamen City and the Philippines.

Consul General Flores proposed for a meeting between Mr. Fang and Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) President Arsenio J. Lizaso to explore possible cooperation especially for CCP’s 50th anniversary in September 2019, which was welcomed by the XPO President.

Established in 1998, the XPO is the first non-state-owned orchestra in China that receives permanent support from Xiamen municipal government and social sponsorship. It has been staging regular concerts known as “weekend symphonies”.

The orchestra has held more than 1,300 performances in over 80 cities in China and abroad in cooperation, with more than 500 guests musicians in the past 17 seasons. It has been honored as one of the “Advanced Social Organizations in China” as well as received over 20 other awards from the governments of Xiamen City and Fujian Province.

The Consulate General is committed to support collaborative undertakings with the view of accomplishment of concrete exchange programs/visits between the Philippines and Xiamen institutions. END