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2011 Coupe Mondiale Series Concert – Night of Parrot Accordion Ltd - Chinaby Harley Jones |
A concert titled ‘Night of Parrot Accordion Ltd’, hosted by the Chinese Accordion Association, supported by Beijing Accordion Association and Tianjin Parrot Musical Instrument Co Ltd was held in the prestigious Capital Music Hall of the People’s Liberation Army on April 16th. Additional photos and information: 2011 Parrot Concert This concert is one of a series of activities building interest for the 2011 Coupe Mondiale, to be held in Shanghai, October 1st to 6th. This concert, also in honor of World Accordion Day, aroused broad interest from the accordion lovers, conservatories and universities across China. Additional photos: 2011 Parrot Concert This concert was designed to demonstrate the diversity of the accordion today, showing a perfect fusion of classical and popular music and different performing forms that featured accordion with other instruments such as the Chinese fiddle, saxophone, piano, etc. Apart from the 100-person player accordion team, famous accordion performers including Ziqiang Zhang and Wang Biyun (photo above) and Shirong Ren, were invited to perform. The concert concluded with the song ‘I Love You China’ with the audience, who couldn’t help singing together with great passion to the excellent accordion music. Additional photos and information: 2011 Parrot Concert |