Zhuhai orchestra showcases Guangdong culture

The Zhuhai Traditional Chinese Orchestra, one of the youngest orchestras of the country, is performing in Beijing to showcase the beauty of Guangdong folk music.

According to Chen Weian, general manager of event organizer Zhuhai Performing Arts Group,  the performances celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the return of Macao to the motherland as well as show the dynamic culture of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The series of shows kicked off with a concert, titled The Music of the Greater Bay, performed under the baton of conductor Li Fubin, also a professor at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou. The concert, held on Oct 20 at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing, offered audiences songs adapted from the folk music of Guangdong province as well as original songs with distinctive Lingnan (Southern China) regional culture, such as Cantonese opera, composed by Li.