A major international art festival opened on April 20 in Kunming, in southwest China's Yunnan province. Artists from Vietnam, Sierra Leone, Japan, the United States, and some European countries, will perform during the one-month festival.
Viennese conductor Peter Guth conducted an Austrian orchestra during a two-hour concert at the opening ceremony. The first international Art Festival was held in Kunming last June. Over 700 overseas artists performed during the festival.