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Chinese, Arab musicians perform in front of the Great PyramidsOn April 3, artists from China National Traditional Orchestra and Egypt staged a music concert in front of the Great Pyramids and Sphinx in Giza, Egypt.The concert was opened by a popular Arabic song titledDarling You Are the Glow in My Eyes, performed by China National Traditional Orchestra....
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Concert in celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year staged in U.S.Concert goers pose for photos with papers written with Chinese New Year blessings at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California, the United States, Feb. 5, 2023. A concert in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year was staged here by San Francisco Symphony on Sunday....
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Timeless RhapsodyIn 1977, when NASA sent its Voyager 2 spacecraft on an exploration of outer space, it carried an unusual item. There were two phonograph records on board as mementos of Earth. One of the longest tracks the records included wasLiu Shui (Flowing Streams),a classic composition on theg...
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Hitting a High NoteFu Yu, a music teacher in Beijing, is glad that he is a contemporary and beneficiary of reform and opening up. "It gave me access to music from all around the world and the opportunity to run a piano school for children," the 44-year-old said.When Fu was 10, his father gave him a tape reco...
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Across China: Xinjiang folk orchestra makes its name through musical fusionOn hearing the duet of the Kazakh folk song "A Lovely Rose" and Italian opera "Nessun Dorma" (None Shall Sleep), Xu Dandan was a bit surprised, then soon enchanted by the chemistry generated from the unfrequent combination, especially the accompaniment of the gijak, a traditional...
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Singing to the HeartDawa Dorji has multiple jobs: singer, barkeeper and English tourist guide, but it is his role as the lead singer of the first folk pop band in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region that makes him most proud. In 2003, Dawa Dorji met two other big fans of Tibetan music in a musical instrument...
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