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October 5, 2024

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Review: Classic Chinese Opera Gets New Look

Before you think of this as a dull old show on a stage, get a new perspective! Classic Chinese opera is developing current trends in the best interest of today’s needs. GuoGuang Opera Company revitalizes and keeps alive a 200-year-old theatre performance originating from China. Recently, I get to sit in a comfortable auditorium in Sentul West’s Kuala Lumpur Performing…

Hangzhou Asian Games Released Theme Song

Official theme song Hangzhou Asian Games official theme song “The Love We Share” was released recently with a Mandarin and English version. The song is composed by John Zhang Yijiang…

Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 release theme song by Han Bing. Music Press Asia

18th Changchun Film Festival Commences

The 18th China Changchun Film Festival (CCFF) kicked off on the evening of August 28 with a lot of Chinese filmmakers and stars attending the opening ceremony. Ten awards, including…

18th Changchun Film Fest. Music Press Asia

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Qixi Festival Love Song Playlist. Music Press Asia
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China

Qixi Festival: Chinese Love Songs Of All Times

This year, the festival falls on the 4 August, which is on the 7th day of the 7th Chinese lunar month. With around 1,5 billion Chinese on the planet Earth, it can be quite a mushy day. Lovers and sweethearts benefit today no matter how creative their loved ones get. But chocolates and flowers would do. The Qixi Festival (Double…

China To See Pianist Tour Rachmaninoff

Wei Luo – signed to Decca Gold – is recognised as a significant pianist of her generation. Having already performed on many of the world’s leading stages in her young…

Wei Luo confirms 10 tour dates in China 2022. Music Press Asia
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art & history

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…

An ongoing exhibition at the National Museum of China features a selection of reproductions of Dunhuang murals by the late Zhang Daqian. Music Press Asia
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Business & Trade

Culture & Music To Play A Big Role On Belt And Road

While many more songwriters believe that there may be commercial sense to how things are being run in the digitalized world, the purpose of music making remains best performed in…

Music & Culture to play a big role on the Silk Road. Music Press Asia
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Business & Trade

Culture & Music To Play A Big Role On Belt And Road

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is the most ambitious infrastructure plan in world history. Connecting the Chinese city of Guangzhou to Venice by sea and Beijing to Brussels by…

Music & Culture to play a big role on the Silk Road. Music Press Asia
culture & tourism

China Released New Five-Year Culture & Tourism Plan

Earlier this month (June), China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism released its 14th five-year plan to develop the various areas for the 2021-2025 period. The plan sets out the major…

Peking Opera has been China's greatest traditional art export. What are China's new plans to boost culture and tourism? Music Press Asia
education

Xu Zhong Appointed by Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) has recently appointed Xu Zhong, a Maestro, conductor, opera producer and educator as its first International Chair of Opera — representing Asia. Xu Zhong, already a world-renowned pianist and conductor, holds an exceptional resume as Dean of…

Xu Zhong appointed by Royal College of Music and Drama Wales. Music Press Asia