Midi riffs exposed to the masses

Last year, a daily audience of some 10,000 people attended the festival, and it is estimated that the turnout will be even bigger this year. Zhang Fan, headmaster of the Beijing Midi School of Music and founder of the Midi festival, said he hopes that within 10 years, the event will become one of the biggest in Asia.

However, he disagrees with the term "Chinese Woodstock" that has been coined by some in the media.