SEEKING COMPOSURE

The search for new works in contemporary Chinese music culminates in a Shanghai finale. Zhang Kun reports.

Shanghai Chinese Orchestra hosted a Chinese chamber music composition contest for the first time, in a bid to discover new composers and works of contemporary Chinese music.

The final round of the Liu Tianhua Chinese Chamber Music Composition Contest took place at the Shanghai Concert Hall on May 14, which was judged by a panel of nine scholars and industry leaders, 20 members of the media, as well as 445 audience members.