广州交响乐团创建于1957年，被国内外业界和媒体誉为“连接中国音乐传统与创新的节点”和“中国最具声望的乐团之一”。2019/2020音乐季是广交第23个乐季，现任音乐总监余隆。 广交是唯一在世界五大洲巡演过的中国乐团。2006年还曾应邀在多哈亚运会开/闭幕式上演奏。2011年底创建了中国首个由职业乐团培训及管理的青少年乐团——广州交响乐团附属青少年乐团（2016年更名为广州青年交响乐团）。2017年1月，由余隆作为艺委会主席、马友友担任艺术总监的首届“广东国际青年音乐周”被业界称为“翻开中国交响乐崭新的一页”。 GUANGZHOU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra (GSO) receives acclaim as “one of China’s most prestigious music ensembles” and “China’s nexus of musical tradition and innovation”. The 2019/2020 season marks the GSO’s 23rd season. The GSO’s current Music Director is Maestro Long Yu. Since its founding in 1957, the GSO is the first and only Chinese symphony orchestra to have toured and performed on five continents. In 2006, the GSO was invited to perform in both the opening and closing ceremonies of the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. In December 2011, the GSO established its affiliate youth orchestra, later renamed the Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra (August 2016), the first amateur youth orchestra administered by a professional orchestra in China. In January 2017, with GSO Music Director Long Yu leading its Artistic Committee and Yo-Yo Ma as Artistic Director, Youth Music Culture Guangdong (YMCG) was launched, immediately garnering acclaim for “opening a new page in the Chinese symphonic world.”