NORTHERN HIGHLIGHTS

The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra kicks off its new performance season with a showcase of traditional musical works from Northwest China. Zhang Kun reports.

The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra celebrated the opening of its new performance season with a concert of music from Northwest China at the Shanghai Grand Theatre on May 5.

A series of new compositions premiered at the concert, which showcased local and traditional musical elements from Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi provinces, Ningxia Hui autonomous region and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Vocalists and instrumentalists from these northwestern provinces and regions took the lead alongside musicians from the SHCO.