The newly formed National Youth Orchestra of China made its debut at the Carnegie Hall in New York on July 22.

Under the baton of French conductor Ludovic Morlot, the orchestra performed Chinese-American composer Zhou Long's The Rhyme of Taigu and Dvorak's Symphony No 9 (From the New World).

"If Saturday's performance was a test run for this new venture, these Chinese musicians scored big," music critic Anthony Tommasini wrote in the New York Times on the orchestra's Carnegie show that featured Chinese pianist Wang Yuja.