Young talent set to shine as creativity celebrated
China DailyBi-An 5.0, a piano recital that combines new media presentation, has been specially commissioned by the China Shanghai International Arts Festival. Leading artists from home and abroad, including chairman of the council for the RAW program Tan Dun, director of Cultural and Diplomacy at the Asia Society of America Rachel Cooper, and renowned Kunqu artist Zhang Jun, will hold lectures and dialogues at the special forum for the talent program, during which they will share insights about the opportunities and challenges faced by young creative talent today, and explore new possibilities for providing them sustainable support. An integrated part of the China Shanghai International Arts Festival which will run until Nov 15, the talent program was launched in 2012 with the aim of nurturing young creators, facilitating collaboration and communications, as well as fostering new international exchanges. Since 2013, the festival has been working alongside the Shanghai Theatre Academy to host the Young Talents' Week every year, during which the productions Over the past decade, the festival has commissioned 92 artists from different fields to create 78 productions through the young talent program.