Qingdao set to make waves with new international music festival

Qingdao, a popular coastal destination in East China's Shandong province, is due to welcome its first ocean-themed music festival, the Tsingtao International Music Festival, this summer.

The festival will run from Aug 2 to 11 at the Qingdao Yuedu Music Valley that lies in the city's Jimo district.

Centered around the theme of the ocean, the festival will consist of 10 concerts that showcase representative Chinese classical and folk music compositions, works by Western classical masters and other original compositions created by artists especially for Qingdao.