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South Korean Champion Thrills Beijing Audience
Dec 18, 2015Cho Seong-jin won the 17th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in October.[Photo provided to China Daily] It's a cold Saturday afternoon and the Beijing Concert Hall is packed. Cho Seong-jin has arrived for his ...
Tags: Cho Seong-jin, Piano, Champion
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Cicada Draws Inspiration From The Sea
Dec 11, 2015The neoclassical chamber group from Taiwan, Cicada, creates music to bring attention to the protection of nature. [Provided to China Daily] When Jesy Chiang went to an industrial area in Taiwan, she had a preconceived notion - the place ...
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The Yellow River Film Aims to Touch a Chord
Oct 29, 2015"Wind is raging. Horses are whinnying. The Yellow River is roaring." The lyrics of The Yellow River Cantata boosted the fighting spirit of the Chinese when facing the Japanese during wartime and influenced later generations, too. Now, a ...
Tags: The Yellow River, Film
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Spanish Singer Tells His Decades-Long Love for China
Oct 29, 2015Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, who was touring Mexico to promote his latest album entitled "Mexico," talked about his passion for China since his visit to the country in 1980s, and praised its culture in a recent interview. "I want to ...
Tags: Singer, Julio Iglesias, Love for China
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And Lyrical Flow The Classical Notes
Oct 29, 2015No matter what soothes your soul, the classic or beyond the mainstream, come and be spoiled for choice at the Beijing Music Festival, says Chen Jie. For music lovers, Beijing has too many choices, from high-brow classical to underground ...
Tags: Beijing Music Festival, concert
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'Chinese Chopin' Li Yundi Advices Young Musicians
Oct 28, 2015Li Yundi, a famous Chinese pianist, became the youngest juror in the history of the International Chopin Piano Competition, often referred to as the Piano Olympics. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua, Li recalled how being invited to ...
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Yo-Yo Ma Talks New Music and Turning 60
Oct 28, 2015Yo-Yo Ma's state of mind when performing is, he says, to have simultaneous access to both the conscious and unconscious mind. It is an act of artistic alchemy encapsulated in his new album Songs From the Arc of Life. For Ma, music has ...
Tags: Yo-Yo Ma, New Music, Arc of Life
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The 18th BMF Opens with 'when East Meets West' Concert
Oct 28, 2015Opening night of the 18th Beijing Music Festival (BMF) took place at Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing on Thursday with a concert under the baton of noted Chinese conductor Yu Long who stands as the founder and art director of BMF. ...
Tags: The 18th BMF, Yu Long, West'Concert
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Lang Lang to Perform with Valdes
Oct 28, 2015Chinese pianist Lang Lang is to perform in a concert with "Chucho" Valdes for Havana's 500th anniversary celebration in Cuba tomorrow. The concert will be held at Havana's Cathedral Plaza, one of a series of events held throughout the ...
Tags: Lang Lang, Havana's 500th anniversary celebration, pianists
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French Summer
Oct 28, 2015Chinese pianist Lang Lang records his new album at the Palace of Versailles, Chen Nan reports. Chinese pianist Lang Lang is seeking to highlight a connection between Russian composer Tchaikovsky and Polish composer Frederic Chopin, both ...
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Pianist Zhu Xiaomei: Communicating Lao Tze Through Bach
Oct 28, 2015"I was told to be prepared for the audience to leave, but no one left - no one ever made a sound." Zhu Xiaomei, the pianist who left China in disappointment more than 30 years ago, said she gained a lot of confidence in the country after ...
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Bank Sees Value in Arts Sponsorship
Oct 28, 2015Famed pianist Zhu Xiaomei gives a recital during the Beijing Music Festival and she plays one of Bach's major works, Goldberg Variations. An annual musical event not to be missed took place at Wangfujing Church on Oct 13. Since 2006, the ...
Tags: Bank, Arts Sponsorship, music activities
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UK Chinese Culture Season to Start in August
Jul 24, 2015A press briefing on the upcoming Chinese culture season in UK was held on Friday morning at National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA). Officials from the Chinese Ministry of Culture as well as the British Embassy in China attended the ...
Tags: Chinese culture, UK culture season
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Clean Energy by LED Pioneer Jerry Woodall
Dec 13, 2013You might not know what "lattice-matched heterojunctions" are, but if you stopped at a new stoplight, played a DVD or used a laser pointer, you've made use of technology pioneered by Jerry Woodall, distinguished professor of electrical and ...
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Ahmad Jamal Insisted on a Bose RoomMatch System Being Installed Especially for The Concert
Feb 22, 2013UK - When the celebrated American jazz pianist-composer Ahmad Jamal played to a sell-out audience at the Barbican Centre in London on Friday 8 February, he insisted on a full Bose RoomMatch system being installed especially for the concert, ...
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