Monday, sharing website YouTube announced they were planning to roll out a new feature, called YouTube Symphony Orchestra, aimed at offering wanna-be musicians the opportunity to collaborate with Carnegie Hall, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and composer Tan Dun, among others.

Until January 28, musicians craving for stardom can upload videos displaying their skills and talent, along with renditions of an original work by Tan Dun, which will afterwards be reviewed by experts. The latter, coming from some of the world's leading orchestras, will short-list the entries submitted and then leave it up to YouTube users to vote for the winners.

The musicians chosen by the site’s users will be revealed on March 2, while a month later, they will be heading off to New York City to attend a three-day workshop with Michael Tilson Thomas. On April 15, the winners are scheduled to give a Carnegie Hall performance of “Internet Symphony No. 1 — Eroica,” as it has been dubbed by composer Tan Dun.

After the competition ends, videos featuring interpretations of Tan’s work will be meshed into a YouTube symphony.

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, 63, who is currently music director of the San Francisco Symphony, has hailed YouTube’s initiative and has also revealed his plans to use the sharing website in order to tell the history of classical music.

As for Tan Dun, who won an Academy Award for 2000's „Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” he will be joined in his efforts to make classical music a part of people’s lives by pianist Lang Lang, along with some of the most prestigious orchestras including the London Symphony.