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World's orchestras help ready China's apprentice players to perform

The Shanghai Orchestra Academy lets young musicians find out what it's like to be part of an ensemble, through exchange programmes with some of the world's leading institutions

Max Zeugner, acting associate principal bass with the New York Philharmonic, gives a lesson in Shanghai. Photo: Chris Lee
Ba Tong of the Shanghai Orchestra Academy.
Ba Tong of the Shanghai Orchestra Academy.

Violist Ba Tong is no stranger to performing on stage. But when the Shanghai Conservatory of Music graduate was rehearsing for a Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra concert in May as an "apprentice", her excitement was palpable.