Long Yu to Conduct NY Philharmonic with Violinist Maxim Vengerov in January

Long Yu will make his New York Philharmonic debut conducting Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, with Maxim Vengerov as soloist - replacing Principal Horn Philip Myers, previously scheduled to perform Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4, who has withdrawn due to shoulder surgery - and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, Thursday, January 22, 2015, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, January 23 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, January 24 at 8:00 p.m.

Long Yu is music director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, which has partnered with the New York Philharmonic to establish the Shanghai Orchestra Academy and Residency, part of the New York Philharmonic Global Academy. He led the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra on a New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks program in 2010, and he made his Philharmonic debut conducting the inaugural Chinese New Year Concert in 2012, a tradition he has continued annually. On February 24, 2015, he will conduct the Philharmonic's fourth-annual Chinese New Year Concert and Gala, which will include the U.S. Premiere of Zhao Lin's Duo for cello, sheng, and orchestra, featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma and sheng player Wu Tong.

Maxim Vengerov made his New York Philharmonic debut in February 1991 performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, led by Franz Welser-Mo?st; the previous year, at age 15, he won the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. Mr. Vengerov again performed the concerto with the Orchestra in October 1998 on the Orchestra's tour of Europe, led by Kurt Masur. The most recent of his 30 previous New York Philharmonic performances were in April 2006, when he played Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich.