The Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra (GSYO) is an affiliate of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra (GSO).

Founded in July 2011, it is the first ever youth orchestra in China organized and administered by a professional orchestra. On May 13, 2012, the GSYO appeared on stage for the first time, and to date has performed more than 100 concerts at home and abroad.

The GSYO’s regular performance venue is the Xinghai Concert Hall. Beginning in September 2015, the GSYO established its own concert season, the first of its kind among China’s non-professional orchestras.

Among its collaborators were Yo-Yo Ma, Long Yu, Tan Dun, Jian Wang, Li-wei Qin, Zhang Haochen, Siqing Lu, Chen Sa and Gao Can.

The GSYO has represented the municipality of Guangzhou on numerous friendship tours and cultural exchange programs around the world, visiting such cities as Frankfurt, Berlin, Sydney, Jakarta, Singapore, Lyon, Prague, Riva del Garda, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Valencia, Madrid, Barcelona and Verbier.

It has also appeared in numerous Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Chengdu, Xi’an, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Tianjin. Wherever it goes, the GSYO garners critical and popular acclaim.

Place: Opera House Budapest

Address: 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út 22.