Chinese musicians enthrall on tour

BUCHAREST - Applause and loud cheering greeted the finale of a third encore as the audience in Bucharest's Athenaeum Hall showed their appreciation for the April 23 performance by the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra.

As part of its tour across southeastern Europe that includes Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania, the Hangzhou Philharmonic mesmerized the Romanian audience with The Flying Dutchman Overture, The Butterfly Lovers violin concerto and Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances Op 45.

So enraptured by the music and the performance, the audience urged the recital of three more pieces from the east China orchestra: one by Paganini and two Chinese classical compositions.