Opportunities to understand China, Chinese culture and Chinatown

Music of Our Young Foundation Concert

 In a fully booked performance at China Exchange, the Music of Our Young foundation orchestra performed a repertoire of Chinese and Western music to a packed room. The fifty young musicians, aged between primary school and university level, travelled from Hong Kong to London to show off their skills at three major venues: China Exchange, Saint […]

丝竹报春 – Silk and Bamboo: Music for the arrival of Spring

The Silk and Bamboo concert we co-hosted with the UK Chinese Music Ensemble attracted 100 enthusiastic audience on 9th February.  Two renowned musicians, Dr Cheng Yu and Liu Menglin performed a well-selected list of classical Chinese music. Dr Cheng Yu is specialised in guqin 古琴 (seven-stringed zither) and the pipa 琵琶 (four-stringed lute) and talented Liu Menglin played the hulusi 葫芦丝 (a gourd flute);  and the […]