“The Future of Classical Music Lies in China”
With over 1.3 billion people China is the world’s most populous country. It is a country with a very rich musical culture dating back to the dawn of the Chinese civilization as early as 1122BC - 256BC. The Russo-European classical tradition had a major impact on Chinese music until the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) banned intellectual pursuits including the education and performance of western classical music (though some continued to indulge their enjoyment of the music as performers and listeners at great peril). Today western classical music is en vogue in China, and becoming increasingly popular with the masses as venues clamour to book top western orchestras. This coupled with China’s world class performers such as Lang Lang, Jian Wang, and Yundi Li - make China a major power in the world of classical music.
The Berliner Philharmoniker recently embarked on a concert tour and experienced the phenomenon first hand. There is an excellent, well written article reporting on this tour by Claus Spahn at Die Ziet (in German), The English translation of the article - The long march to Beethoven is also available.
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