In mid-October, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra takes to the skies for performances in Malaysia, South Korea and China, making its debut at the Beijing Music Festival, and presenting an expanded version of its renowned Galileo Project that includes Mandarin narration, Chinese astronomy and music.

The Asia tour begins in Kuala Lumpur with two performances on October 18 and 19 at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas and an education concert at the National Planetarium, home of the Malaysian National Space Agency (ANGKASA). On October 21 and 22, Tafelmusik makes debut at the Beijing Music Festival, including a concert at the Forbidden City Concert Hall. At the end of the tour, three Tafelmusik musicians will run an intensive five-day residency at Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea. Chinese-Canadian musician Wen Zhao and bilingual American actor Jonathan Kos-Read, a well known film and television personality in China, join Tafelmusik for the performances in Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. tafelmusik.org