JINDONG CAI is director of the US-China Music Institute, professor of music and arts at Bard College, and associate conductor of The Orchestra Now. Over his 30-year career in the United States, Cai has established himself as an active and dynamic conductor, scholar of Western classical music in China, and leading advocate of music from across Asia. He is the co-author, with Sheila Melvin, of the book Beethoven in China and was a consultant and producer of the documentary.