Li Jing of Arts School on European Tour with Orchestra of National Musicians

　　Source: School of Arts      Release time：2017-02-20   Hits：287

During the Spring Festival, Li Jing, a young teacher of Erhu from Xi’an University Art school was invited to join the Traditional Chinese Music Culture Tour along the Belt and Road for the Spring Festival, a celebrating programme of 2017 Happy Chinese New Year, sponsored by China’s Ministry of Culture .This tour entailed a series of traditional Chinese concerts. The orchestra was composed of 80 musicians of traditional Chinese instruments playing from Shaanxi Broadcasting National Music Group, Zhejiang Song & Dance Troupe’s Orchestra. The tour covered 7 countries including Russia, Finland, Estonia the Baltic trio of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Poland and Britain, giving performance in cities like St Petersburg, Helsinki, Tampere, Tallinn, Cesis, Liepaja, Vilnius, Warsaw, London and Moscow.

　　On January 25, the tour made its debut performance at St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre with a guest audience of 1500, among them were Mr. Guo Ming, theconsul-general inSt Petersburg and Mr.Dimirov, deputy mayor of the city. The concert had “The Silk Road” as its theme. In the music halls of Europe’s deluxe theatres, this orchestra feasted the audience with such majestic Chinese national orchestral works asJiangjun Ling,  Capriccio of Dwelling in theFuchun Moutain,Silk Road Reverie,Symphonic Suites: Qiao's Grand Countyand Sand Deere Legend, which are all original works with Chinese characteristics. The performance of the orchestra as well as the music works were highly acclaimed by the audience. To go global, be national ---- this overseas tour of traditional Chinese music culture not only carried New Year ‘s Blessing to overseas Chinese compatriots, but also took along Chinese culture to foreign audience, providing them an opportunity to embraceChinese culture so that one day the world may be suffused with Chinese culture .