Intangible Cultural Heritage: Concert celebrates traditional music

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A group of artists from China, Mongolia, Japan, Argentina, South Korea and Ghana participated in a World Heritage Traditional Music Showcase Concert recently at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. The event was held as an early celebration of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Day, which falls on June 9th. Reporter Zhang Yue has more.

Otgonhuu from Mongolia has been studying Khoomei, a form of throat singing which created by resonating low sounds for more than 30 years. He performed two of his favorite songs, "Riding Horses" and "Praise of Altay Mountain".

OTGONHUU MONGOLIAN KHOOMEI ARTIST "Khoomei is inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO in 2009. However, the Khoomei has a history of more than 900 years. It is an honor to perform at the top music university in China and showcase our Mongolian traditional art to locals."

Japanese artist Terukina Tomokuni performed Okinawa classic music, which comes from Fujian Province. Audiences also got the chance to listen to some percussion from South Korea, and the bandoneon from Argentina.

GUO SHUHUI, PROFESSOR SHANGHAI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC "The event is to strengthen the protection and to promote the inheritance and dissemination of Chinese and World intangible cultural heritage. We hope to provide an opportunity for world artists to share music, instruments and the cultures of their countries with each other."

Guo says her school's traditional music research center will invite traditional musicians from around the world from time to time to work with their students. Zhang Yue FOR CGTN.SHANGHAI.