2025 iSING! China Tour
Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems
November 26 - December 15, 2025​​​

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​In the 2025 season, iSING! Festival will bring its history-making Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems (the “Project”) on a China tour in Guiyang and Chengdu, featuring a cast of singers in all vocal categories. The Project begins on November 26, with an intensive training/rehearsal period in China. Poetry of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 A.D.) has been emblematic of the human spirit and cultural refinement. Just like Shakespeare’s oeuvre, Tang poems represent a timeless Zeitgeist. For the first time these 1,300-year-old poems were set to music by young composers from eleven countries. Sixteen iSING! artists from five countries sang these works in Mandarin. In 2023, iSING! collaborated with the Philadelphia Orchestra to present the memorable American premiere of Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems at Lincoln Center and Kimmel Center. In 2024, a world premiere of Spring River Flowers by Moonlight 《春光花月夜》, a new addition of Tang Poem is added to the Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems concert program. Set in music by composer Mason Bates, commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra, it was featured in The Philadelphia Orchestra China Tour under the baton of Maestro Marin Alsop at the Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts. Other iSING! highlights included the SKP Chengdu iSING! Opera Gala, directed by the acclaimed opera director Hugo De Ana. Founded in 2011 by Asian Performing Arts Council, a non-profit US organization, iSING! is the first-ever vocal arts festival that promotes the cultural exchange of East and West by training artists in both western and Chinese opera repertoire. Since its inception, nearly 400 young singers from over 30 countries have participated in iSING! Festivals, performing in over 50 major concerts in venues including the NCPA, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York.

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ADMINISTRATION AND PRODUCTION TEAM 

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General Director: Martha Liao

Artistic Director/Stage Director: Hao Jiang Tian

Music Director/Head Coach: Katherine Chu

Vocal Coach: Oliver Imig

Director of Administration: Joanna Yuen
Director of Programming: Alice Zhou

Director of Communications: Denise Gorant Gliwa

Program Coordinator: Betty Wu

Rehearsal Pianists: Lyra Zihua Liu, Yuzhimin Tang

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iSING! Festival is grateful for the following sponsors and organizations who have shown their care and support:​​

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Ford Foundation
Chengdu SKP
Marie and Shau-Wai Lam

Edward and Anna Yeung
Huang Ping, Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York
Leslie and Harmar Brereton
One Way Street Foundation
US-China Cultural Institute
Cultural Associate of the Committee of 100
Guangzhou Xinghai Conservatory of Music

The Central Conservatory of Drama, Beijing

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Meet our 2025 iSING! China Tour Artists​