Highlights of China Philharmonic Orchestra's 2020-21 season

1. On March 29 the influential Polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki died aged 86. He was a principal guest conductor of the China Philharmonic Orchestra from 1998, and a concert will be held in his memory at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing on Nov 22. It will feature Penderecki works including Symphony No 6, Chinese Poems, inspired by Chinese literature with German translation of eight poems from the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties. The soprano Zhang Liping and the baritone Yuan Chenye will perform with the orchestra, under the baton of Yu Long.

2. Two of the orchestra's chamber groups will perform at the Forbidden City Concert Hall on Dec 5. The violinist Xu Wenchao, the cellist Wang Siyi and the pianist He Ming will play Franz Schubert's Piano Trio No 2 in E-flat, D 929, Op 100. The violinists Li Henan and Yan Ke, the violist Li Yao and the cellist Zhang Ji will play Antonín Dvorak's String Quartet No 13, Op 106.

3. Ten of the orchestra's violinists will play 10 concertos composed by the Chinese musician Zou Ye at the Poly Theater on Dec 16. The pianist Zhang Haochen will perform Piano Concerto No 1 in B-flat Minor, Op 23 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.