Traditional music festival makes capital return

The Beijing Traditional Music Festival will be held in the capital from September to November, according to a recent announcement by the China Conservatory of Music, the event's organizer.

It features 10 categories of Chinese instruments, including the erhu (two-stringed fiddle), the pipa (four-stringed lute), the zhongruan (a plucked-string instrument), the bamboo flute and percussion, and is open to all music academies, arts schools, and universities in the country.

According to the organizers, musicians of both Chinese and international backgrounds have been invited to participate, and the festival also welcomes young students for exchange and practice. Participants will be invited to perform at the festival's closing concert.

Under Li Xincao, president of the Central Conservatory of Music and artistic adviser to the festival, musicians including the internationally renowned conductor Ye Cong, and Wang Zhongshan, professor of the Central Conservatory of Music, have been invited to participate.