Classic Music Has Fans in Chinese Capital

Musical works of Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, are still warmly welcomed in the Chinese capital, recent statistics showed, .

Almost one quarter of the 426 performances in the Beijing Odeum were on foreign classic music, including symphony, ballet, and opera, and the works by two Chinese well-known musicians Lu Siqing, and Fu Cong, a celebrated pianist, were among the most impressive ones last year.

Li Jia, a college student and a classic music fan, said that such music has the power to touch the deep inside of the audience, and she just felt greatly moved whenever she enjoyed Beethoven's symphonies.

Zhou Li with the Beijing Odeum said that classic music will bring those best memories and more knowledge to the audience.

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