Bedecked with traditional Chinese lanterns and knots, Malta's
National Theatre embraced the spirit of the Lunar New Year festival
with a special folk concert featuring some of China's best-loved
musical instruments.
Wednesday's event, which forms part of "The 2008 Chinese Spring
Festival in Valletta", Malta's capital, was attended by Maltese
President Edward Fenech Adami, former president Ugo Mifsud Bonnici,
Chinese Ambassador to Malta Chai Xi and diplomatic envoys to Malta
from other countries.
Chinese artists put on a mesmerizing performance of traditional
Chinese music to a Maltese audience playing classical instruments
like the Erhu, also known as the Chinese violin, and the Chinese
dulcimer.
The musicians also played a classical Maltese folk suite, which
was warmly received by the audience.
"The 2008 Chinese Spring Festival in Valletta", the second of
its kind following similar activities in 2007, is being jointly
organized by the China Cultural Center in Malta, and the Valletta
municipal government.
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(Xinhua News Agency February 1, 2008)
