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New 'Porgy and Bess' closes Beijing Music Festival

Some 40 artists from the Cape Town Opera Chorus of South Africa, iridescently attired, turned the Poly Theatre stage into Catfish Row, a fictional impoverished African American community in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, on Saturday and Sunday in Beijing, captivating the Chinese audience with their powerful singing and performances.

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Exhibition examines French impressionist artist's rendezvous with Asian palette

While audiences may be familiar with Mary Cassatt's tender depictions of mothers and children, a new exhibition in San Francisco aims to unveil the "radical" approach of this American impressionist and her embrace of Asian art as inspiration.

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African choral music enchants Beijing's audience

The award-winning Cape Town Opera Chorus from South Africa staged Horizons, a concert of African choral music on Thursday at the more than 600-year-old Divine Music Administration inside the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, as part of the ongoing 27thBeijing Music Festival.

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Malta's China Cultural Center expands with new classes

The China Cultural Center in Malta launched its 2024-2025 term on Tuesday, introducing a fresh lineup of classes in Chinese language, traditional Chinese painting, and calligraphy, offering locals new ways to immerse themselves in Chinese culture.

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Kunqu Opera tunes into modern times

Kunshan is the birthplace of Kunqu, which blends poetry, music, intricate costumes and graceful performances.

 

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Ever since its establishment in 1928, the China Academy of Art, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has been on the forefront of the reform of Chinese painting