Pioneer notes Share CLOSE Opera singers from home and abroad present a concert in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, featuring winning works commissioned by the iSING! International Young Artists Festival. Tang Dynasty poems are set to the original music by composers from around the world.[Photo provided to China Daily]
A contest sees musicians compose original pieces to accompany Tang poetry, Chen Nan reports.
In 2010, internationally renowned bass opera singer Tian Haojiang launched program I Sing Beijing to promote an understanding of the contemporary operatic scene in China, as well as give foreign opera singers a chance to sing in Chinese.
In its 10th year, the program, now named iSING! International Young Artists Festival, has launched a competition for young composers from around the world to compose original music to accompany Tang Dynasty (618-907) poems.