Xinghai Concert Hall is one of the most influential cultural brands in China. She was placed No.3 in the country’s Performing Venue Vitality Rankings by the “2013 Annual Report on China’s Performing Industry”, among the peers are National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and Shanghai Oriental Art Center. Since establishment, many famous orchestras and musicians had made their Guangzhou debut in Xinghai. Among them there was London Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Russian Nationa Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Borodin String Quartet, Lincoln Center Jazz Band, Lorin Maazel, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Long Yu, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Sophie Mutter, Sabine Meyer, Gidon Kremer, Misha Maisky, Lang Lang, and Kun-Woo Paik, to name a few. With their success Xinghai has been proven to be among the bests of the concert halls, for its high-quality service and the impeccable acoustics. In July 2014, Xinghai Concert Hall and Vienna Konzerthaus formed a SisterConcert-Hall relationship. In September of the same year, a Performing Venue Alliance of Key Cities includes major theaters and concert halls in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Xi’an was established in Xinghai Concert Hall. Concert Hall defines a city’s character and nurtures arts. As the first professional ground for esteemed music performing and a prestigious cultural exchange terminal in South China, Xinghai Concert Hall has inspired the city for seventeen years.