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A concert celebrating German composer Beethoven will be staged on July 26 at Wuzhen Grand Theatre in Jiaxing, East China's Zhejiang province, coinciding with the ongoing exhibition Beethoven: The Hero, The Man at the Mu Xin Art Museum, which ends on Aug 3.

An exterior view of the Mu Xin Art Museum. [Photo/Tide News]

The concert, led by conductor Yu Lu and performed by the Ningbo Symphony Orchestra, will feature two well-known Beethoven overtures and his celebrated Symphony No 5.

The concert marks a tribute to a significant chapter in China's musical history. It has also been staged in Italy, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and South Korea, receiving high praise.

The Ningbo Symphony Orchestra performs at the Slovenian Philharmonic Hall in Ljubljana. [Photo provided by Ningbo Symphony Orchestra]

In 1959, Beethoven's Symphony No 9 was performed for the first time by the China National Symphony Orchestra under conductor Yan Liangkun. In 1977, the orchestra debuted Symphony No 5 — known as the Fate Symphony — under conductor Li Delun.

Now, nearly five decades later, audiences can gather in comfort at the 1,000-seat Wuzhen Grand Theatre to hear the same music that once captivated a generation.

An exterior view of the Wuzhen Grand Theatre. [Photo/Tide News]