
U.S. conductor Lorin Maazel conducts during a rehearsal of the Ring without Words, a synthesis of orchestral music from German composer Richard Wagner's the Ring of the Nibelung, at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing, capital of China, May 2, 2013. The concert will be staged at NCPA on May 4 and May 5. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

U.S. conductor Lorin Maazel conducts during a rehearsal of the Ring without Words, a synthesis of orchestral music from German composer Richard Wagner's the Ring of the Nibelung, at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing, capital of China, May 2, 2013. The concert will be staged at NCPA on May 4 and May 5. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

U.S. conductor Lorin Maazel conducts during a rehearsal of the Ring without Words, a synthesis of orchestral music from German composer Richard Wagner's the Ring of the Nibelung, at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing, capital of China, May 2, 2013. The concert will be staged at NCPA on May 4 and May 5. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

U.S. conductor Lorin Maazel conducts during a rehearsal of the Ring without Words, a synthesis of orchestral music from German composer Richard Wagner's the Ring of the Nibelung, at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing, capital of China, May 2, 2013. The concert will be staged at NCPA on May 4 and May 5. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)