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Hestra announced a four-year partnership with FIS to equip FIS staff and race-management teams worldwide with gloves.
Providence worked with IBM Consulting to redesign hiring and internal-transfer workflows using AI and automation, including the RITA digital worker built on IBM watsonx Orchestrate.
For its 2026 programme, the National Ballet of China initiated and co-commissioned the large-scale original symphony The Earth’s Red Ribbon with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra and Sichuan Philharmonic Orchestra.
San Francisco Ballet announced a season featuring world-premiere commissions from Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber and William Forsythe, plus Mere Mortals touring engagements with Edinburgh International Festival and Sadler’s Wells featuring live collaborations with Floating Points and orchestras.
Royal Opera House Muscat’s Joint Orchestra initiative brings Omani orchestras together with invited international orchestras to rehearse, perform and learn as one ensemble.
Predactiv was named an integration partner within Horizon Media’s HorizonOS Blu platform, connecting Predactiv audience intelligence capabilities to Horizon’s agentic media workflows.
Chipotle collaborated with the London Vegetable Orchestra to record an original track at Abbey Road Studios using only instruments made from vegetables featured in Chipotle restaurants.
SAP is expanding its partnership with ORO Labs through SAP Ariba Procurement Orchestration by ORO Labs, a procurement orchestration solution extension.
The Tianjin Juilliard School, The Juilliard School and the National Centre for the Performing Arts renewed a strategic cooperation MOU covering joint commissions, performances, master classes, internships and music-education outreach. The first collaboration under the renewed framework was Tianjin Juilliard Orchestra's participation in the Ninth China Orchestra Festival.
Singapore Ballet and the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra jointly perform full-length classical works as part of Singapore Ballet’s annual seasons.
In April 2024, Swire renewed its sponsorship of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra as Principal Patron for another three years, supporting community engagement and international reach.
Suntory Hall and the City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra jointly presented a concert celebrating the orchestra's 70th anniversary and Suntory Hall's 40th anniversary, with Nodoka Okisawa conducting.
The official ROHM page describes Turandot as a collaboration with British perfumer Roja Dove and says its 10th-anniversary exhibition was presented in partnership with Oman Post. ROHM’s official Joint Orchestra page separately documents shared projects with the Orchestra of Accademia della Scala and Armenian State Symphony Orchestra.
dunhill partnered with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as its Official Luxury Clothier, with the collaboration marked by dressing Music Director Vasily Petrenko for the orchestra’s new season in October 2025.
Chipotle collaborated with the London Vegetable Orchestra to record an original track at Abbey Road Studios using instruments made from vegetables featured in Chipotle restaurants.
The Dallas Museum of Art will host a Meet Me at the Museum Late Night featuring a Dallas Symphony Orchestra partnership activation.
Adobe and WPP expanded their long-standing global partnership to provide integrated agentic AI workflows, content creation, media activation and customer-experience orchestration. The companies are also establishing a joint go-to-market team and launching a Transformation Practice.
A new Turandot production at Chengdu Grand Theatre was directed by Jackie Chan. The project brought together the China National Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra and performers from leading Italian musical theatres.
Suntory Hall’s 2026-27 programme lists a three-date Weekday Matinee concert series featuring the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and identifies the concerts as co-presented by the orchestra. ([suntory.com](https://www.suntory.com/culture-sports/suntoryhall/feature/2026_27/?utm_source=openai))
The Dallas Museum of Art and Dallasites101 are jointly presenting the third season of Meet Me at the Museum, with additional cultural-partner activations during the scheduled Late Nights and Jazz Nights.
Swire presents the HK Phil’s Symphony Under The Stars concert at Central Harbourfront.
Carnegie Hall’s 2026–2027 season includes artistic partnerships with nine named organizations spanning entertainment, education, orchestral presentation and media.
VML announced an official partnership with Adobe focused on using Adobe Experience Platform AI agents and orchestration capabilities for personalized customer experiences and marketing campaigns.
Weiwuying says it has joined with Taiwan’s National Symphony Orchestra to expand reciprocal arts-membership benefits, including an invitation for Weiwuying members to join NSO之友.
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