Yan Huichang to step down as head of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra after 30-year run

“Yan Huichang will step down as the artistic director of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra in July 2027 after three decades at the helm, the group has announced. But the 70-year-old Shanxi province native would stay on as the orchestra’s honorary artistic director and conductor for life, as well as chairman of its artistic committee and head of its orchestral academy, the group said on Monday. “This is the third resignation I tendered to the orchestra council, once at 60 years old, another time at...

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