A composer trying to bridge cultures that seem unable to coexist By ZHAO JIA | China Daily Hong Kong | Updated: 2026-10-03 11:41

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202610/03/WS6ac07969e4b06d4aa0561477.html The moment Chinese composer Peng-Peng Gong remembers most vividly from a China-US concert in Philadelphia did not happen under the stage lights, but during a break. A horn player from the Philadelphia Orchestra knocked on his dressing-room door and asked if he was the composer. When Gong said yes, she told him that his work was beautiful and that she and her colleagues were thoroughly enjoying playing it.