Pacific Symphony in Orange County, Calif., would usually make more than $8 million in ticket sales for the year, but it’s expecting to make only about $120,000 this year, president John Forsyte told The Epoch Times.  While musicians and other staff have taken pay cuts and been furloughed, the symphony has been determined to continue its free virtual programming to uplift spirits in difficult times, he said. And it’s scheduled to kick off live performances again July 4.   Of great help has been a recent donation of $6.16 million from Charlie Zhang and Ling Zhang, a local couple known for their philanthropy to the arts.   “I can’t express the importance and impact that philanthropic giving,” Forsyte said. The symphony is about 90 percent funded by donations, he said.  Philanthropists’ Journey from Poverty to Prosperity  The Zhangs have seen their share of hardship and have given freely since achieving hard-earned prosperity. Charlie Zhang—now chief executive of Zion Enterprises LLC real estate company—is a clarinetist who fled China’s Cultural Revolution. He had …