Worth harping on about Share CLOSE Students, from ages 5 to 15, from the harp summer camp perform at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing on July 22. [Photo provided to China Daily]
In 2011, when harpist Wang Guan launched a training program at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, during the Gateway to Arts Summer Festival, there were only about 30 students and none of them knew anything about the musical instrument.
For Wang, who teaches at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, this was not a surprise. The musical instrument is less well-known in China, compared to other Western musical instruments, such as the piano and violin. I can still recall that along with my colleagues, we started from zero to introduce the harp. It was a challenging process but very rewarding, says Wang.
Keying into summer Share CLOSE Ju Xiaofu has worked his way to become one of the most promising pianists in the country since his stage debut at the age of 14. [Photo provided to China Daily]
When Ju Xiaofu was 4 years old, his parents bought him a piano as a birthday gift. It was a choice Ju made himself because, as he recalls, a piano is very big, beautiful and produces different sounds by tapping the keys . For me, it was a fun toy, says Ju.
Now, the 21-year-old is one of the most promising pianists in China. This summer, he has a hectic schedule performing in cities across the country.
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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.
Creating synergy Share Laurent Bili, French ambassador to China.[Photo provided to China Daily]
French cultural festival in China resumes with an eclectic repertoire of events in 14 cities, Cheng Yuezhu reports.
Festival Croisements returns this year with an eclectic repertoire of events from the fields of music, drama, visual arts, cinema, dance, books and fashion.
Organized by the French embassy in China and Institut Francais, the festival, after a year of suspension due to the COVID-19 outbreak, began on April 21. It runs through July 31, with some 78 events being hosted in 14 cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu in Sichuan province and Wuhan in Hubei province.