Talk about collaboration. A first in the history of music, the YouTube Symphony Orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall last April 15 and showed that world that people from all over the globe can overcome cultural differences and create something worthwhile.

What makes the YouTube Symphony Orchestra unique is that the orchestra is composed of YouTube users who entered YouTube’s Symphony Orchestra contest hoping to get the chance to play on-stage at Carnegie Hall in New York with other YouTube users.

The contest was open to both professional and amateur musicians of all ages and was initially screened by one other that the YouTube community. The finalists were then was judged by the world’s most renowned orchestras.

The orchestra played renowned Chinese composer Tan Dun‘s new musical piece composed just for the occasion and was directed by Michael Tilson Thomas.

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