Source: CCTV.com

07-27-2007 09:11

For Chinese people, the number ten symbolizes perfect completion. 10 years ago, frustrated Chinese musicians began the Beijing Music Festival so they didn't have to travel so far to perform. The festival won international recognition. Now at its 10th anniversary, the festival is ready to close its opening cycle. It will do so, with complete perfection: a melodic effusion such as China has never seen.

The list of celebrated performers in long. Chinese audiences already know Lang Lang, Wang Jian and Tan Dun. There will be international artists like Mischa Maisky; Daniel Barenboim, and Chistoph Eschenbach. The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra will play, and the Orchestre de Paris and also the China Philharmonic: Maestros, conductors and musical ensembles will bring to Beijing music lovers an unprecedented experience.