On the evening of November 27, China's large-scale humanistic epic “Call of the Ancients” was staged at the Centre vénementiel de Courbevoie in the Paris leg of its European tour, and the performance won the warm applause of the French audience.

Performance Scene.

That evening, the Chinese Bamboo Flute Orchestra led by the famous national music master and flute player Zhang Weiliang gave a wonderful performance.

Famous national music master Zhang Weiliang was playing.

Sun Yuming, Science and Technology Counselor and Li Shaoping, Culture Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in France, Michele Alliot-Marie, former French Minister of Defense, Jacques Kossowski, Mayor of Courbevoie, and Stéphane De Paoli, Mayor of Beaubigny, etc., visited the concert.

Former French Defense Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie (1st from left) meets with the cast after the performance.

The Call of the Ancients is divided into six parts: Overture, Dao, Ren, Fa, Yuan, and Dream, performed by the Chinese Bamboo Flute Orchestra. The performance combines music, opera, martial arts, dance and chanting, integrating visual and auditory experiences, presenting the magnificence and grandeur of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. At the beginning of the performance, the sobbing ocarina sound took the audience back to the ancient times. Afterwards, the ensemble of traditional Chinese instruments such as guzheng, guqin, erhu, flute, etc., sometimes delicate and gentle, sometimes loud and clear, sometimes distant and deep, will be the most beautiful and atmospheric performance of Chinese folk music. Vocal singing by the young soprano Huang Lu perfectly complemented the performance, presenting the vastness and grandeur of the spirit of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

Kunqu singing. (Photo by Wang Hui)

The organizers said that the “Call of the Ancients” tour came to Paris, France, the paradise of art with the mission of transmitting the oriental civilization in order to promote the oriental art and the deep heritage of Chinese traditional culture.

It is understood that the performance is supported by the China National Arts Foundation and the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris. Next, the orchestra will go to Rome, the capital of Italy, to perform.

(By Kong Fan, The European Times, Paris)

Editor: Milo

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