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| Chinese music in Kashmir leaves audience speelbound | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR July 1
A unique performance of Chinese Traditional Music followed an interaction with Internationally renowned Artist Prof. (Dr.) Liu Yuening from China was held here at Academy Cultural Complex this afternoon.
The 90 minutes long marathon performance on traditional instrument of China called ‘Yangqin’ was fallowed by a discussion on changing scenario of traditional Indo-Chinese Music was concluded here today. The said performance was organized by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Language.
Prof. LIU Yuening who is Presently on Indian cultural tour has been associated with a number of organizations in China working for the promotion of traditional music .She is teaching in the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) in Beijing, and is the youngest professor of Yangqin and educating traditional music in the Department of Traditional Instruments. Prof. Liu is also an Asia Fellows for Research Programme in Music Department of Delhi University. During her interaction she said, “Yangqin”, which also known as “Santoor” in India, Cymbalom, in Central European countries, is also a part of traditional Chinese musical instrument since centuries. There is a strong believes that this instrument was instrument may have been introduced by land, through the famous Silk Rout, she said. She also said some of the folk tunes of Kashmiri Music surprisingly resembles with the traditional Music of China.
While interacting with the musicians of Kashmir Valley, Prof liu Yuening said it is duty of Cultural institutions to dismantle the walls of hatred so that the people belonging to this region are able to share their experiences. She further added that our Languages Literature, Art , Music and Culture are one and we have carry along this legacy.
Zaffar Iqbal Manhas, Secretary Academy in his welcome address stated that Academy has devised a number of such events to be held in Valley in near future and we have already announced this year as a year of Cultural dialogue. He said that main objective of these programmes would be to bringing together the Artists, Writers, Musicians, Theatre Activists from India and other countries of the world nearer. Earlier Mr. Haroon Rashid Senior Academy Officer ,Mrs. Shamima Gul Additional Secretary Academy presented a Kashmiri Shawal and a memento to Prof Liu Yuening.
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