10. Internationales Jugendmusikfestival CHINA INN - Abschlusskonzert mit 100 Schülern aus Shanghai

Since 2013, the CHINA INN Festival has been one of the most important German-Chinese youth music festivals in Hamburg. Following a successful run of festivals through 2019 and a brief hiatus, the festival was revived in 2024 and will mark its 10th edition in 2026—coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the city partnership between Hamburg and Shanghai.

Around 100 children and teenagers from Shanghai travel to Hamburg to rehearse and perform together with Hamburg’s youth orchestras and choirs. The focus is on musical exchange, cultural encounters, and collaborative artistic work.

The closing concert in the Grand Hall of the Laeiszhalle will be the festival’s highlight: a concert filled with young voices, international sounds—such as the Chinese guzheng—and the vibrant friendship between Hamburg and Shanghai.

The participating ensembles will present the results of their intensive collaboration—a diverse and inspiring program that brings the energy and creativity of this special encounter to the stage: 

Astor Piazzolla
Ave Maria

Johann Sebastian Bach
Vivace / from: Concerto for Two Violins, Strings, and Basso Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043

Philipp Matthias Kaufmann
Maxi and the Monster Organ (Excerpts) / A Musical Story About a Homeless Organ

Alan Menken
Film music from “Beauty and the Beast”

Ju Wang
San Zi Jing

Michael Jackson
We Are the World / In collaboration with Lionel Richie

Gabriel Kahane
Being Alive

Ensembles from Shanghai and Hamburg:

Ensembles from the Shanghai Youth Activity Center 

Shanghai Jincai Primary School Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Shanghai Yunduo Theatre Musical Ensemble Ensemble

Chinese Choir of the Modern School Hamburg 

Juni Chinese Children’s Choir 

St. Michaelis Children’s and Youth Singing School

Cool ElbStrings

Hamburg Youth Music Academy

Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Hamburg Youth Music Academy Orchestra

Heidberg Gymnasium Orchestra Orchestra

School Choir of the Am Johannisland All-Day Elementary School 

Tickets: 10 euros – available through the Elbphilharmonie or at info@gdcv.de

The festival is sponsored by the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media.