First London International Chinese Music Festival 2023
On July 9 2023, Chinanews.com published the following article:
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Chinanews.com, London, July 9th
Reporter: Ouyang Kaiyu
The 2023 London International Chinese Music Festival will be held in the UK from August 20th to 28th. The music festival is committed to spreading and promoting the quintessence of China on the world stage.
According to Cheng Yu, the planner of the music festival, President of the London Youlan Qin Society, and pipa and guqin tutor at the University of London, the music festival is a music event with the theme of Chinese music. It will include a summer school for traditional Chinese musical instruments, a guqin conference, masterclasses, workshops and concerts, etc.
According to reports, the music festival will include the first overseas examination and competition for Chinese music. The organizer of the festival will collaborate with the China National Orchestra Society and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London to judge the results and award the "First London International Chinese Music Festival" certificate and winners' concert.
Cheng Yu said that the music festival will invite musicians and cultural scholars from China, the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Brazil and other countries and regions to conduct special performances and conference presentations. In addition, the summer school will include traditional Chinese cultural activities, such as calligraphy, traditional Chinese painting, instrumental ensemble and Chinese chorus and other ancillary activities, and several Chinese and Western concerts in venues such as London, Cambridge and Birmingham will be held.
The festival is co-hosted by China Arts (UK), the London Youlan Qin Society (LYQS) and the UK Chinese Music Ensemble (UKCM), and the partners are Goldsmiths, University of London, SOAS and China National Orchestra Society.
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