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Russian cellist fired from Beijing orchestra after off-key behavior
CNN
By Alexis Lai, CNN (CNN) -- The principal cellist of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra has been dismissed from his post after a video of his boorish behavior on a passenger train last week outraged users on Chinese social networks. Russian national Oleg ...
Russian musician fired for uncivilized behaviorPeople's Daily Online

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FRANCE 24
Chinese Lash Out at Foreigners Amid Turmoil
BusinessWeek
News of the incident went viral after it was posted on the Chinese Web. Separately, Chinese netizens' anger flared when a Russian cellist who has played with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra was shown cursing a Chinese woman on a train, after she asked ...
Exit-Entry Administration of Xiamen awarded as China's 'Model Office'What's on Xiamen
Anti-Foreigner Sentiment in ChinaPRI's The World
Foreigner-bashing rises amid China's domestic woesNBC 29 News
FRANCE 24
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Violin instructor Totenberg dies in Mass. at 101
San Francisco Chronicle
He made his US debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC, in 1935. Totenberg moved to the United States three years after he was invited to the White House to play for President Franklin D. Roosevelt following his 1935 performance ...

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"Lost Years" connects composer to his ancestral roots
Park Record
"We introduced a Western score with Chinese elements in it," he said. The score was recorded by the China National Symphony Orchestra in Beijing,. "That was a lot of fun because we were able to use an erhu (Chinese violin) and a pipa (Chinese lute)," ...


 
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association Files Its Plan of Reorganization and ...
Sacramento Bee
The Orchestra will launch a new partnership with the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing, with a pilot that will unite the Orchestra with talented young Chinese musicians and composers to further develop their orchestral skills.

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Summer 2012: Bay Area classical music
San Jose Mercury News
By Richard Scheinin A scene from John Adams' "Nixon in China," coming soon to San Francisco Opera. Photo by Cory Weaver/Lyric Opera of Kansas City, courtesy San Francisco Opera. No respite for the classically inclined: This summer's choosings are vast, ...

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AFP
China TV host sparks debate over 'foreign trash'
AFP
By Sebastien Blanc (AFP) – 2 hours ago BEIJING — A well-known state television presenter's call for China to kick out "foreign trash" and two highly publicised incidents of bad behaviour by visitors have set off a heated debate on foreigners in China.
China TV host sparks debate over "foreign trash"Channel News Asia

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