From the archive of Musikhaus Doblinger For music lovers, recent news about the possible closing of the famous music store, the Musikhaus Doblinger is concerning, to say the least. For myself, every time I go to Vienna, I’d go to Dorotheergasse 10, the location Doblinger has been situated since 1873. It’s not just the selection of sheet music, books and souvenirs, it’s a pilgrimage. Even flipping through the volumes stacked in old wooden cases and smelling the scent of the ye

A Conductor Who Reconnected China’s Classical Music with the World Sir Andrew Davis, famed British conductor, died of leukemia on April...

A Foreign Conductor with the Closest Bond with China Seiji Ozawa taking a photo with women musicians of the Central Philharmonic Society,...

PART II Philadelphia Orchestra’s visit to China and its aftermath Late night on September 12, 1973, just when the Philadelphia Orchestra...

Eugene Ormandy greets musicians of the Central Philharmonic Society. PART I The Brew: events leading up to the Philadelphia Orchestra’s...

I dedicate this inaugural blog of THE ADLER PROJECT to my father, Sheng Mingliang The luthier picks up my violin from the case, and...