Creating a Chinese musical message for a global audience

Chinese tenor Fan Jingma stops mid-sentence because something is bothering him. "It's too loud. I cannot concentrate and think," he says of the background music being played in the lobby of a high-rise building located in downtown Beijing.

"We have so much distraction in our daily lives," Fan says after moving to a quieter place. "We receive many messages every day, but how many of them are healthy and useful for our ears and eyes?"

Fan is in the building, where he is to give a concert along with other performers on Sunday, including China Philharmonic's musicians, cellist Guan Zhengyue, pianist Chen Min and violinist Chen Yun.