Chinese arts take center stage at summer festival By CHEN NAN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-06-30 09:38 Share CLOSE Pianist Huang Yameng and her 9-year-old daughter, Liao Mengjia, perform at the Forbidden City Concert Hall on June 18. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Having established itself as one of Beijing s biggest arts festivals for children during the summer vacation since 1995, the annual Gateway to Arts 2021 Summer Festival will take place at the Forbidden City Concert Hall starting from Sunday, and will run through Aug 31.
With 10 mini summer camps teaching children Western classical music, traditional Chinese operas and traditional Chinese musical instruments, as well as 69 live performances and 10 public lectures, the festival will run for 59 days during the summer vacation.
Musicians mark Beethoven s birthday with marathon concert
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Over 180 Chinese musicians performed in a 12-hour music concert, titled
Beethoven Marathon, at the Forbidden City Concert Hall on Dec 12, celebrating the German composer s 250th birthday. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Over 180 Chinese musicians performed in a 12-hour music concert, titled
Beethoven Marathon, at the Forbidden City Concert Hall on Dec 12, celebrating the German composer s 250th birthday.
From 10 am to 10pm, four concerts were staged featuring soloists, such as Xu Hong, Huang Yameng, Sheng Yuan and Zou Xiang, performing Piano Sonata No 6, Op 10 No 2; Turkish March Op 76; Fantasia for Piano, Op 77; Six Bagatelles, Op 126; and Piano Sonata No 32, Op 111, and chamber music concerts with repertoires such as sonata for violin and piano No 8 in G major, Op 30, No 3; sonata for cello and piano No 4 in C major, Op 102 No 1; and sonata for violin and piano No 5 in F major, op 24, also kno