Limited edition Steinway pianos with a Shanghai twist to be released in 2020

Renowned pianist Martha Argerich played at SSO earlier this year using the third Steinway piano the orchestra bought in 2010. Twenty Steinway and Sons grand pianos specially to commemorate the celebration of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra's 140th anniversary will be released from 2020 to 2021. The unprecedented collaboration is "a tribute to the long and brilliant history of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, as well as a celebration of a partnership dedicated to a new centennial of good work", said Wei Wei, the Asian Pacific Head of Steinway and Sons. SSO acquired its first Steinway piano in 1921 when conductor Mario Paci traveled to Europe to buy musical instruments for the Shanghai Public Band, the predecessor of SSO.