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 and plays under the artistic guidance by Gabriele Eisenlohr as conductor.

The orchestra currently consists of 30 professional and amateur musicians from various countries such as Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland, 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

Ludwig van Beethoven -------- Egmont Overture

Xian Xinghai ---------------------- Ode to the Yellow River (Piano Concerto)

Klaus Badelt --------------------- Pirates Of The Caribbean

Chen Gang & He Zhanhao -- The Butterfly Lovers (Violin Concerto)

Johann Sebastian Bach ------ Suite No. 2 in B minor (Minuet - Badinerie)

Paul Lincke ----------------------- Glow worm idyll

Johann Strauss ------------------ Valse Imperiale

         --- Intermission ---

Paul Lincke ---------------------- Air of Berlin

K. Pöhler ------------------------- The Forest Blacksmith

Vittorio Monti -------------------- Czardas

Pietro Mascagni ---------------- Intermezzo Sinfonico

Gerhard Winkler ---------------- Neapolitanian Serenade

Ludwig Siede -------------------- Betyar Serenade

Matos Rodriguez --------------- La Cumparsita

Johannes Brahms ------------- Hungarian Dance No. 5

Dmitri Shostakowitch --------- Jazz Waltz

Theo Mackeben ---------------- Just Don't Cry About Love

Jo Knümann --------------------- Romanian

Catering provided by the senior class of the German School.

Please show your passport at the entrance.