The FIC will receive the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

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With folk pieces that celebrate the varied landscape, flora and fauna, the customs of various ethnic and ancient crafts of China, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra will delight audiences of the 40th edition of the International Cervantes Festival (FIC) on 18 October in Teatro Juarez in Guanajuato.

His director, Fujian Wang said the group founded in 1952, provide a sample of Chinese music including both modern adaptations of folk rhythms, and contemporary compositions inspired by Latin American music.

Happy for his debut in the FIC, Fujian said in an interview from Beijing, which will perform works by Chinese composers and pieces inspired by Latin America, especially Brazil, Chile and Mexico.

The orchestra, which has performed in over 80 cities in the PRC and has toured in over 30 countries, will perform "A Moonlit Night on the Spring River" (A moonlit night on the Spring River) version of Wang Fujian, oldest traditional melody that has been adapted for modern Chinese instruments.

Also, "The Stream" for guqin instrument, which created thousands of years ago and tells an ancient legend that tells the story of a musician and a woodcutter.

Other parts of the concert are "The Silk Road" (The Silk Road), inspired by the trade route that linked the East and West during the dynasty Xihan, and "Herdsmen's New Song" (The new song of the shepherd), Jian Guangyi, folk song that paints the Mongolian prairie landscape.

The Latin part of the concert will include four parts, one of which, "The Sun", which is based on the last poem of Rabindranath Tagore Indian and whose music is warm, bright and passionate.

"Carmen", the solo for erhu (violin-like instrument with two strings), an arrangement of the "Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen", the Spanish Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908).

Conclude with the work "Tucilia seeks the soul of Mexico", arranged in the style of Mexican folklore with jazz tones.

According to Fujian, the ensemble will perform with traditional instruments like suona, pipa (lute), dizi (flute), guqin, guzheng and percussion old (zither).

Founded in 1952, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra was the first large-scale musical group in his country.

Besides having a strong commitment to the development of contemporary music of China, the group has a repertoire spanning different periods and styles.

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