French conductor Manfred Neuman and the China Youth Symphony Orchestra will open the 9th Central Conservatory Music Festival at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, on Friday.

In 10 days, the festival will present 22 concerts by Chinese and international musicians, including cellist Zhu Yibing, Hong Kong Wind Kamerata, Italian trumpeter Marco Pierobon, and the Texas Christian University Chamber Orchestra.

The concerts will be held in the conservatory and other venues such as the Beijing Concert Hall and Beijing Tianqiao Theater, where the festival will close on Dec 20 with the opera Eugen Onegin, performed by artists from both the Central Conservatory of Music and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

The Central Conservatory Music Festival was founded in 2001 and has been held annually since then.

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