Forest music fest a classical music treat

The 2011 Beijing Forest Music Festival will be held on Aug 6 and 7 in Yanqing county, Beijing.

The festival will feature three of the best-known Chinese tenors Zhang Jianyi, Ding Yi and Wei Song, as well as Peter Buffett, an Oscar-winning American musician and son of investor Warren Buffett.

Beijing Wind Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of China Opera and Dance Drama Company will also perform at the festival.

With the theme of "music, green, fashion, family, love", the festival hopes to attract families to appreciate classical music in a natural environment.

The festival will be held at the Great Wall Tanglewood Art Zone of Yanqing county.