Beijing's Gateway to Music festival concludes with series of performances
5 years, 4 months ago

Beijing's Gateway to Music festival concludes with series of performances

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A scene from Swan Lake. The National Ballet of China and the symphony orchestra of the company gave a performance at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing on Aug 31, to mark the end of the Gateway to Music festival, one of Beijing's biggest arts festivals for children, which was staged during the summer vacation. Under the baton of conductor Huang Yi, the symphony orchestra performed pieces including Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 and Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. Dancers from the National Ballet of China performed extracts from Tchaikovski's classic Swan Lake, Crane Whisperer by the National Ballet of China and China's first original ballet production, the Red Detachment of Women also by the National Ballet of China. According to Xu Jian, the general manager of the Forbidden City Concert Hall, the festival also toured four other cities: Baoding; Hengshui; Tangshan in Hebei province, and Tianjin, this year, with the support of the Beijing Poly Theatre Management.

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