22 August: China National Orchestra @ Central Hall of Westminster, London
The history of Chinese folk music is one of the longest unbroken musical lineages in the world, representing over three thousand years of tradition. In this Chinese folk music show, several traditional instruments will be played, such as Bangdi, Liuqin and Zheng.
The show is unique because it introduces audience to all those instruments at the beginning with a piece called Instrumental Guide to the Chinese Traditional Orchestra, followed by another nine traditional Chinese pieces. Playing traditional folk music at such scale outside China is very unprecedented.
The concert will be performed at the Central Hall of Westminster in London on 22 August. Tickets are £18, £28 and £38. Get 10% off tickets with code CIICUK here
This 2-hour performance will be conducted by composer Kuan Nai-Chung, whose career has spanned across China Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Canada, and has seen him take the prestigious post of director of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.
Accompanying Kuan are some of China's best classically trained musicians, including Song Fei, Queen of the Chinese erhu; Zhang Weiliang, King of the Chinese Flute; and forty other award winning musicians playing a whole array of traditional instruments.
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