Music masters: The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra will team with four renowned soloists and the Shanghai Opera House Choir on September 4.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra will team with four internationally renowned soloists and the Shanghai Opera House Choir in a concert featuring Beethoven's famous Symphony No. 9 for the Shanghai Expo.    

The concert will be staged on September 4 at the Shanghai Oriental Art Centre.

Under the baton of its artistic director and chief conductor Edo de Waart, the orchestra will join soprano Liping Zhang, mezzo-soprano Ning Liang, tenor Warren Mok, bass-baritone Shen Yang and the Shanghai Opera House Choir for the performance.

The concert will also feature newly-commissioned work Rong by Hong Kong composer Fung Lam, the youngest Chinese composer to be commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Gabrieli's two famous works for brass choir - Canzon: Primi Toni and Sonata: Pian'e Forte - will also be performed.