The 23rd Beijing Music Festival (BMF), held annually each October, promises to be the most special and unusual one yet. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, cultural activities in China's ...

Where Does Bangladesh’s Once Dominant Awami League Stand Today? Beijing’s “uniquely intellectual” indie music scene has entered a new era, shaped by new restrictions (pandemic and otherwise) but still ...

The celebrated Chinese composer and conductor Tan Dun will conduct the China Symphony Orchestra together with suona performer Liu Wenwen, violin player Lu Wei and celloist Wang Jian to kick off the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I've been a jazz musician in Beijing for nearly four years now, and it's hard for me to see the scene as "dying" here. In fact, ...

With a population of 22 million people, Beijing possesses an extraordinarily diverse music scene. Rather than a "scene," it is perhaps better described as a collection of numerous different groups and ...

Nestle (China) Ltd. and the Beijing Music Festival signed an agreement on August 5 to extend by three years Nestle's sponsorship of this international music festival. Nestle has been a extended ...

Spanning 24 days, the festival will showcase 25 diverse and musically rich performances, including opera, premieres of newly commissioned works, visual symphonic concerts, and recitals and chamber ...

Reporting from Beijing — Not long ago, Beijing was considered home to one of the world’s most exciting underground music scenes. Venues and record labels proliferated. The music — new wave, post-rock, ...

Music will help to form a bond between China and the West at a time when the country is attaching greater importance to art education and the cultivation of new talent, said a senior executive of ...

Works by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (center) will be played extensively at the Beijing Music Festival, under the baton of Chinese and international conductors including (clockwise from top left) ...

A thrilling, ambitious and diverse edition of the Beijing Music Festival underlines its position on the global music scene Audiences are used to standout performances at the Beijing Music Festival – ...