The Beijing International Orchestra (BIO) is located in the Sedan Chair House, a courtyard in the Dongcheng District of Beijing nearby the street “Dongsi Beidajie”. The BIO is organized as a non-profit community by the German expatriate manager and amateur violinist Stephan Brandel.

The orchestra consists of professional and amateur musicians from various countries such as Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, USA, Indonesia, China. The repertoire spans orchestra and chamber music from the Baroque, Classic, Romantic and Contemporary, film music, Chinese compositions as well as salon music, as it was played in the first half of the 20th century in the famous European salons.

Concert Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in G Major for Strings KV 525 ”Night Music”

Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Viola, Strings and Basso Continuo in G Major

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Vincent Youmans: Tea for Two (Foxtrot)

Chen Gang & He Zhanhao: The Butterfly Lovers, Arrangement for Salon Orchestra

Carlos Gardel: Por una Cabeza (Tango known from the movie “Scent of a Woman”)

Sidney Bechet: Petite Fleur, Slow Fox

Cecil Mack: The Original Charleston (Charleston Fox)

Ferdinand Adam Esslinger: Andalusian Games (Spanish March)

Jacob Gade: Jalousie, Tango Tsigane

Please show your passport at the entrance of the German Embassy School.