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Symphony Tour Photos of the Week 1

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Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra premiered its 2016 tour season in Asia, at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Sept. 15. (photo by bassist TK Kuo)

From left: Principal clarinet, flute, and trumpet players Yevgeniy Reznik, Chia-Jung Lee, and Eric Robins. (photo by TK Kuo)

Yu-Ru Chen warms up on the Chinese pipa, “the king of Chinese instruments.” (photo by TK Kuo)

The entire double bass section, from left: Juexiao Zhang, Wei Liu, Yu Deng, Hui-Ching Chen, TK Kuo, and Juraj Kukan.

Bassist Juexiao Zhang. (photo by TK Kuo)

Cellist Yong Deng prepares for the season premiere in Tokyo. (photo by TK Kuo)

Conductor Milen Nachev leads the roughly 100 Shen Yun musicians in rehearsal prior to the opening performance, a matinee, immediately followed by an evening performance. (photo by TK Kuo)

Terrific acoustics and great music marked the first day. (photo by The Epoch Times)

And, before leaving, the company got a taste of Tokyo life. (photo by TK Kuo)

Literally. (photo by TK Kuo)

Leaving Japan. Next stop - Taiwan, where Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra will tour 12 cities before returning to North America. (TK Kuo)

September 21, 2016

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Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world's premier classical Chinese dance and music company, established in New York in 2006. It performs classical Chinese dance, ethnic and folk dance, and story-based dance, with orchestral accompaniment and solo performers. For 5,000 years, divine culture flourished in the land of China. Through breathtaking music and dance, Shen Yun is reviving this glorious culture. Shen Yun, or 神韻, can be translated as: “The beauty of divine beings dancing.”

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