Orchestra playing in a venue with great acoustic is the ultimate euphony for ears. Over the years I’ve heard some of the finest orchestras around the world. Here is an incomplete list of orchestras and concert halls I’ve heard live.

Asian Youth Orchestra, since 2011
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, 2024
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oct 2006
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Aug, Oct 2010
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra  May 2025
China National Symphony Orchestra, 2025
China Philharmonic Orchestra, Feb 2006, Dec 2012 2023
China Film Symphony Orchestra Dec 2002
Cleveland Orchestra, Aug 2010
Czech Philharmonic, Oct 2019
Deutsche Symphony Orchestra Berlin, 2009
Dresden Philharmonic, Oct 2016
Dresden Staatskapelle, May 2009,
French National Symphony Orchestra, May 2006
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, 2011
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, 2014
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, 2017, 2024
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 2016
Korean Symphony Orchestra, 2013
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Aug 2010, Nov 2023
London Symphony Orchestra, 2007, 2014
Los Angeles Opera, Sep 2012
Los Angeles Philharmonic, since 2008
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, 2016
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Mar 2010 Sept 2018
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, 2011
Mariinsky Orchestra, 2011
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Oct 2009
Orchestra dell’accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia 2025
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, 2017
Orchestra of Music Makers, Singapore
Philharmonia Orchestra (London), May 2010 Xi’an
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, May 2006
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Aug 2010, Jan 2017
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 2008
Russian National Orchestra, Oct 2007
Singapore Chinese Orchestra, since 2005
Singapore Symphony Orchestra, since 2004
Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, June 2018
Taipei Symphony Orchestra, 2017 2019
Taiwan Philharmonic (National Symphony Orchestra), since 2015
The Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, 2009
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra 2014
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 2015
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, 2007
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, August 2013
Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, April 2013
Xi’an Symphony Orchestra, May 2013, 2018

Concert halls/Opera Houses I listened in

Arts House, Singapore
Beijing Concert Hall, Beijing, China
Theater de Champs Elysee, Paris, France
Capitol Theatre, Singapore
Culture Center Concert Hall, Hong Kong, China
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, USA
DR concert hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
Drama Center Theater, Singapore
Esplanade Theater & Concert Hall, Singapore
Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, China
Kultur und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Lee Foundation Theater, Singapore
Marina Bay Sands Grand Theater, Singapore
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
National Concert Hall, Taipei, ROC
National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing
National Taichung Theater, ROC
Perth Concert Hall, Perth, Australia
Petronas Philharmonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Poly Theater, Beijing, China
Radio France hall, Paris
School of the Art Concert Hall, Singapore
Segerstrom Concert Hall, Orange County, USA
Victoria Concert Hall & Theater, Singapore
Xi’an Concert Hall, Xi’an, China
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA
Weiwuying Concert hall, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Taiwan, ROC
Yong Sew Toh Conservotary Concert Hall, Singapore
Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, ROC