The North German Radio Symphony Orchestra (NDR), one of the most acclaimed German orchestras, will perform in the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on October 7 and 8.

The radio orchestra will stage the works of Beethoven, Brahms and Sibelius, conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi.

The orchestra was founded in 1945 shortly after the World War II, and first performed in China in 2003.

(CRI October 8, 2008)