Dunhuang Murals Inspire New Music Composition
The Dunhuang murals is one of China’s greatest discovery of the present era. A new musical Flying Apsaras has recently made its concert debut in Shanghai. Inspired directly by the cultural treasures, the concert included fourteen songs that writer Guan Shan and composer San Bao created especially. Chinese musician Li Dun also collaborated with composer San Bao in this project. The musical tells a story about a guardian who watches over the murals and a scholar who travels over a long distance to Dunhuang. In the hands of Li Dun,…
