Young US and Chinese musicians are embarking on their own journey across cultures through music, collaborating to build connections that go beyond language and borders.
Musicians from Carnegie Hall's National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, or NYOUSA, the NYO Jazz ensemble, and Chinese pianist Zhang Sencheng performed at the Youth Dialogue for the Future concert held at the Chinese Consulate General in New York on Wednesday.
"People-to-people friendship between China and the US is taking on diverse new forms. Soon, the young musicians of the NYO Jazz will travel to China, and a group of top young Chinese artists will also come to New York," Chen Li, China's consul general in New York, said.
Among the performers was Zhang Sencheng, a 2010-born scholar of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, who has performed twice at Carnegie Hall. He played several pieces at the consulate, bringing elements of Chinese musical expression to an international audience.
"I hope more audiences could hear the Chinese perspective on music and the way we express it, through the blend of Eastern and Western musical elements," he said.
