traditional music concert

I went to a traditional music concert with my parents on 24^th April 2009. The concert was held in Nanjing People’s Assembly Hall. It started at 19:30p.m and finished at around 21:30. There were tatal 22 melodies that night.

China took the charge of the concert. Actually this was my first time to listen to a concert in front of the performers. So, I felt some curious at the beginning. When I got into the Nanjing People’s Assembly Hall, all the musical instruments were all ready on the stage. There were Erhu, dulcimer, Pipa, bamboo flute, and many other traditional Chinese instruments. The conductor was an old man who was full of intense emotion, his performance won a lot of clapping.

I like the Pipa solo “Shimianmaifu” the best in the whole concert. The song described a war between Han Dynasty and Chu dynasty in 2000 years ago. The female exponent showed the audience an excellent performance.

I did not like the western music played by the Traditional Music Team. Using Chinese traditional musical instruments to play western opera sounded too strange for me. It did not make me feel comfortable.