Symphony featuring ancient China's Tang poetry resonates in Beijing

The Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems concert took place at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing on Saturday night, bringing together 14 vocalists from nine countries including China, the United States and Italy to perform a Tang Dynasty (618 to 907) poems set to music in Chinese.

The event was presented by iSing, a vocal arts festival founded by Asian Performing Arts Council, along with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

The concert with both western classical music and oriental poetry gems has previously been staged at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, where it received enthusiastic acclaim.

Symphony featuring ancient China's Tang poetry resonates in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent messages of condolence to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev over the casualties in the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane.

Xi said that he was shocked to learn that a passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines crashed, causing casualties.

On behalf of the Chinese government and people, Xi deeply mourned the victims. Also in the messages, he offered sincere sympathy to the bereaved families and wished the injured a speedy recovery.

Xi extends condolences over Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash

Xi extends condolences over Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash