School Music Exchange Zhou Yun Exhibition for Youth on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait goes online
China News Service, Fuzhou, August 16th (Ye Qiuyun) On August 16, the 2nd Cross-Strait Youth Campus Music Exchange Zhou Yun Exhibition officially kicked off. This event is one of the series of activities of the 8th Strait Youth Festival. Music experts and enthusiasts from both sides of the Taiwan Strait witnessed the youthful demeanor and musical charm of teenagers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait through the "cloud" show.
Although the players are separated from each other, they can't stop the enthusiasm for participating. Since the registration for this event started on May 30, more than 400 programs and more than 1,000 young students from both sides of the Taiwan Strait have participated in the cloud exhibition competition through online video selection. After more than 70 days of intense planning, young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait competed fiercely, and finally more than 40 programs were selected for the Cloud Show.
As it is currently in a special period for the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, this event is carried out in strict accordance with the requirements of epidemic prevention and control. All players' performance videos are recorded in a safe environment and selected to enter the performance after being reviewed by experts from both sides of the strait.
Pictured: Four contestants performed live puzzles. Photo courtesy of Yang Bin
"Continuing communication is the most important." Huang Xiangyun, president of the Kaohsiung Music and Art Exchange Association in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, said in an interview with reporters. It is a pity that there are fewer offline exchange activities during the Haiqing Festival this year, and many activities are held online. . "On the contrary, online activities can give more people the opportunity to show up on the Internet, which is actually a good thing."
Huang Xiangyun introduced that this event was widely promoted in Taiwan, so that more young students will know about this event, and I believe that more people will participate next year. "This time, we also used live broadcast in Taiwan to let young people across Taiwan know about this exchange event."
With the joint efforts of Fujian Youth Music Education Association and Taiwan Kaohsiung Music and Art Exchange Association, this event has been held for the second year for young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The event includes performances of professional skills such as traditional Chinese music, vocal chorus and piano.
Yang Bin, president of Fujian Youth Music Education Association, pointed out that this is an important educational cooperation and cultural exchange between the two sides of the strait. Children on both sides of the strait can share a musical feast in the cloud, show their youthful demeanor, and reap happiness and growth.
According to his introduction, the outstanding contestants selected for the event can not only receive professional guidance from judges and professors on both sides of the strait, but also have the opportunity to participate in the closing ceremony concert performances, allowing young people on both sides of the strait to achieve their musical dreams through the event platform.
During the trials, the judges spoke highly of the professional skills of the current contestants and chorus. Taiwanese tenor and chorus conductor Wu Hongzhang evaluated the contestants who entered the show as "tomorrow stars"; Taiwan's Tainan University of the Arts piano professor wrote in the book that individual pianists "have the qualities of a performer."
Kang Yudan, a well-known chorus conductor in Fujian Province, said in his evaluation of the chorus performance that cross-strait music exchange activities can promote the continuous improvement of youth school chorus standards. "I hope that this activity can continue and contribute to the promotion of cross-strait cultural exchanges." (End)