Chinese music concert in the US

BOSTON - Erhu, guzheng, suona, pipa, and more - Chinese traditional music instruments which appear mysterious to many Americans, caused quite a stir in late August at the Sanders Theater at Harvard University in the United States.

The concert was presented by a group of Chinese and American students, aged between 13 and 22, from the Bard Youth China Orchestra. They staged their maiden show on Aug 25 at Bard College about 150 kilometers north of New York.

The young musicians were on a two-week summer academic trip sponsored by the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, in partnership with China's Central Conservatory of Music.