Home>News Center>China
       
 

Folk music makes it into the classroom
By Zou Huilin (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-19 06:43

SHANGHAI: The first ever folk music master class given by world-renowned musicians like Tan Dun and Ma Xiaohui to school children was held yesterday at the Shanghai World Foreign Language Middle School.

The class, organized by the Shanghai Grand Theatre, inaugurates a series of high-calibre folk music concerts, which begin on April 21 at the theatre.

The concert series will have a regular run every Friday afternoon to the end of 2005 and feature major folk music instruments each month like the er'hu (a two-stringed instrument), pipa (a short-necked, pear-shapedlute), guzheng (a traditional Chinese zither), guqin (another traditional zither), xiao (a wind instrument), dizi (flute), gu (drum) and other percussion instruments.

Le Shengli, general manager of the Shanghai Grand Theatre, said the ticket price for the concerts, targeted at local middle school pupils have been kept very low, 20 yuan (US$2.41) - a fraction of the 180 yuan of normal theatre tickets - to encourage more youngsters.

Such projects to promote Chinese folk music are to balance the over-emphasis of Western art forms in education.

An incomplete survey by the Shanghai World Foreign Language Middle School, revealed over 80 per cent of the students in one class had learned to play one or two Western musical instruments. But, the percentage who had learnt a Chinese musical instrument was below 5 per cent.

Hu Chengyang, a 12-year-old who has been learning the yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer) since she was three, is the only student in her 46-member class who has picked up a folk music instrument. Conversely, "at least 85 per cent of our classmates have taken up a Western instrument or two," said Hu.

Tan Dun says it is not only celebrated Chinese artists, but leading diplomats like Li Zhaoxing, who possess a profound knowledge of Chinese traditional and folk music.

The class was interactive and involved the folk musicians playing instruments together with youngsters in school.

(China Daily 04/19/2005 page2)



 
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Tang: Japan failed trust of the Chinese people

 

   
 

Invitation for second Taiwan party chief

 

   
 

Agreements pave way for China-Australia FTA

 

   
 

NPC to discuss Basic Law interpretation

 

   
 

Spotting Great Wall from space IS possible

 

   
 

'Bandung spirit' lives on after 50 years

 

   
  Japan urged to take "concrete actions" to face history
   
  More proof of Japan's aggression discovered
   
  Nation, Austria likely to sign 3 deals
   
  Zhejiang farmers elect village head
   
  Blast off for southeastern space base
   
  Bus seats given up for cash
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  It is time to prepare for Beijing - 2008  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产精品入口麻豆完整版| 扒开内裤直接进| 亚洲综合视频在线观看| 色噜噜狠狠狠综合曰曰曰| 国产精品亚洲а∨无码播放麻豆| 一本大道加勒比久久| 日韩欧美国产另类| 亚洲欧美日韩一区二区三区在线| 美国一级毛片完整高清| 国产成人免费高清激情视频| 91华人在线视频| 嫩草视频在线看| 久久久久AV综合网成人| 校服白袜男生被捆绑微博新闻| 亚洲综合色区中文字幕| 精品视频一区二区三区| 国产区精品在线| 亚洲视频456| 国内露脸中年夫妇交换视频| 一级毛片黄色片| 日韩午夜在线视频不卡片| 亚洲成a人v欧美综合天堂| 男朋友想吻我腿中间的部位| 国产一区二区三区不卡在线看| 人人澡人人澡人人澡| 国内一级毛片成人七仙女| 一二三四视频免费视频| 无码一区二区三区亚洲人妻| 国产一区二区三区久久精品| 男女一进一出无遮挡黄| 夜夜嘿视频免费看| 一级一级一级毛片免费毛片| 日本乱子伦xxxx| 亚欧洲乱码专区视频| 毛片女人毛片一级毛片毛片| 免费无码又爽又刺激高潮| 老司机午夜精品视频播放| 国产区精品一区二区不卡中文| 69av免费视频| 国产美女视频一区| a毛片a毛片a视频|