Chinese Folk Music to Be Performed in UN Hall

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, January 08, 2002

Chinese Folk Music to Be Performed in UN Hall

Chinese folk music is becoming one of the focal arts in international cultural exchanges. A concert is going to be given by China Radio Nationalities Orchestra at the United Nations Hall in Geneva in mid-January as one of the activities of "UN Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations". Peng Jiapeng, famous young Chinese conductor, will lead the orchestra in the performance.

China Radio Nationalities Orchestra made meticulous selection and preparation for their coming performance. The concert will be graceful and pleasing, impassioned and ebullient, while full of sedateness and elegance. It will show the profound cultural traditions of the Chinese nation.

The orchestra will give a full play to its general performing style and the performance of Chinese traditional musical instruments such as erhu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle), jinghu, suona horn, lute (pipa), etc.

At the concert musicians will present a series of Chinese folk music pieces of different styles, including classical Chinese folk music "Flowers and Moonlit Night over Spring River" and "Moon Reflection in No 2 Spring", primitive and bold music from northwest China "Love to the loess", songs from the south of Yangtze River "Harvest Song", music of minority nationalities "Dance music of Yao Nationality" and "Happy news from Beijing reach outlying village", and music larded with Chinese characteristics "Night Thoughts", "Celebration Overture" and "Festival Night".

Peng Jiapeng, chief conductor of China Radio Nationalities Orchestra and famous young Chinese conductor, will lead the orchestra in the performance. He has led the orchestra to the stage in the Golden Hall of Vienna twice. His ebullient conducting style received appreciation from audiences Chinese and foreign alike.

Traditional Chinese Music Entertained Austrian Audience

Traditional Chinese music performed at the Vienna Golden Hall following a successful presentation during the Chinese lunar new year festival of 2000.

The China Radio Nationalities Orchestra, headed by famous conductor Peng Jiapeng, left Beijing for Vienna Thursday afternoon with a well-prepared repertoire including both Chinese music and western pieces mixed with Chinese characteristics. Also bound for Vienna Thursday was a group of over 400 music fans.

China's leading television station, CCTV, provided full coverage of the concert scheduled on January 7, and more than 100 countries had access to the performance via a live broadcast.

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By PD Online staff member Du Minghua

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