German composer Richard Strauss.[Photo/CCTV.com]

Now in its 16th year, the annual Beijing Music Festival brings leading artists in classical music to the Beijing stage, while also hosting master classes, community outreach concerts and community and education activities. And it's drawn many fans who are serious about classical music.

"Richard Strauss's music is not widely performed in China, so I really wanted to see it in concert," says a woman.

"I used to be an opera singer, so for me this is not my repertoire to sing, but it's my repertoire to love," says a man.

While the Chinese audience has seen hundreds of performances of Beethoven, Mozart and Wagner, few are familiar with the works of Richard Strauss. The Beijing Music Festival hopes that this closing concert dedicate to Richard Strauss will not only please the audience but educate and inspire them as well.

Beijing Music Festival closed on Friday with a tribute to the late German Romantic composer..[Photo/CCTV.com]

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