Harmonious traffic sign
Apartment towers
Office buildings in Beijing
China's State-owned power company
Beijing taxis and traffic
Listening to Chinese folk music
Traditional Chinese flutist at the Temple
Jim Cunningham at the Temple of Heaven
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Ruth Ann Dailey, PSO percussionist Andrew Reamer, and violinist Jeremy Black
Ahhhhh! The Temple of Heaven!
Nixon in China (not the opera)
Heads of state who visited the temple
The Temple of Heaven's 500-year old “Nine-Dragon Juniper”
PSO musicians Jennifer Orchard, Gretchen Van Hoesen, James Gorton and Betsy Heston
Pittsburgh Symphony President & CEO Larry Tamburri brings water for his hike along the Great Wall
Pittsburgh Symphony physician Dr. Ted Osial
English as a Second Language
You have been warned
PSO musicians Betsy Heston and Neal Berntsen on the Great Wall
PSO musicians with a message for their tour sponsors
Jim Cunningham on the Great Wall
Laura Motchalov and Micah Howard (right) and friends from the PSO Guild
Laura Motchalov
Kate Black treads carefully
Stone dogs guard a temple along the Great Wall
Temple Guard and God figures
PSO stage crew
Jim Cunningham and PSO Resident Conductor Lawrence Loh
The Pittsburgh Symphony rehearsing at China's National Center for the Performing Arts “The Egg”
Lobby Bar
Heidi Gorton practices backstage
Coming attractions
Inside The Egg
Tiananmen Square
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong
Bus in Beijing bearing the Gumby-like mascot for Expo 2010 in Shanghai
Movie star Jackie Chan in Beijing courtesy of PSO percussionist and papparazzo Michael Pape
Yes, it's really Jackie Chan
Back at the Egg
Pianist Orion Weiss warms up for Beethoven's “Emperor” concerto
Cellist Michael Lipman finds Lang Lang
Heifetz, Pavarotti & more
From Mao to “The Mozart Effect”
Music magazines in Mandarin
And I'm a Music Shop customer
Central Conservatory of Music
China Central Conservatory of Music
Plaque honoring visiting professors
Wall of fame
PSO Concertmaster Andres Cardenes received flowers in colorful flowery paper
Welcome to Shanghai
China's two tallest buildings
Oriental Pearl TV tower in Shanghai
View of the Bund in Shanghai
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Music Critic Andrew Druckenbrod
Super Brand Mall and Shanghai skyscrapers
Jin Mao Tower (left) and the 1,614 foot Shanghai World Financial Center which claims the world's highest roof
Associate Concertmaster Mark Huggins
Hornist Joseph Rounds
Bassist Jeffrey Grubbs
Assistant Concertmaster Huei-Sheng Kao, a native of Taiwan
Co-Principal Clarinetist Thomas Thompson (left)
Shanghai Oriental Arts Center interior
Applause and three, count 'em, three encores in Shanghai
Facade of the Shanghai Museum
Jim Cunningham at the Shanghai Museum
One of 120,000 art works at the Shanghai Museum
Shanghai cityscape
Skyline of Shanghai's Pudong district from the Bund
Along the Bund
Shipping traffic
Waiting in Pudong Airport
Shanghai Pudong Airport
Taiwan High Speed Rail
Vienna State Opera whiteboard in Kaohsiung hotel lobby
Kaohsiung
Conductor Manfred Honeck and soloists rehearse Beethoven's Ode to Joy
Percussionist Andrew Reamer (left) with Manfred Honeck
PSO trumpeter Charles Lirette
Kaohsiung skyline
Carnival atmosphere outside Kaohsiung stadium
The dedication of Kaohsiung's stadium is a national news event in Taiwan
Taiwanese chorus members eager for their first Beethoven Ninth
Jim Cunningham wearing a Bayer hat and shirt on the Great Wall. Thanks to Bayer for underwriting Jim's multimedia coverage.
Pittsburgh Symphony CEO Larray Tamburri on a layover in the Taipei airport
