An orchestra performing on stage, with musicians playing string instruments, guided by a conductor. The audience watches, and red flowers line the stage.

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

  • Classical Music
  • Concert Hall
  • Run time: 130 minutes, including a 20 minute intermission Subject to change
  • Seating map

Connecting worlds through music

Maestro Long Yu conducts the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in a thrilling concert featuring cellist Jian Wang in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

Founded in 1879, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is one of the earliest and best-known orchestral ensembles of its kind in Asia. Through its mission of ‘music connecting worlds’ the orchestra showcases Chinese and Western orchestral music, performing at venues from Carnegie Hall to the Royal Concertgebouw, first touring to Australia in the 1970s. 

In 2026, Maestro Long Yu conducts the orchestra in its much-anticipated Sydney Opera House return, featuring acclaimed cellist Jian Wang.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

Event details

An impressive ensemble, led with precision and controlled passion by conductor Long Yu.

Los Angeles Times

Program

Elliot Leung Selections from ‘Chinese Kitchen: A Feast of Flavours’
Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations Theme
Rachmaninov Symphony no. 2

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Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. 

All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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