The 2022 China Now Music Festival challenges notions of what it means to present music from the ‘East’ or the ‘West’ with musical programs that highlight historic and contemporary intersections between China and the West in classical music. Tales From Beijing is the first of three festival concerts in New York City during the 2022 Season. Conductor Jindong Cai presents a program of operatic and symphonic music with stories from the streets, alleyways, and majestic outskirts of Beijing. The Orchestra Now and guests will perform a program of works by Ye Xiaogang, Guo Wenjing, and Aaron Avshalomov.