Pakistani Musicians Invited To Participate In Belt And Road Music Festival In China

The Municipal Government of Shenzhen has invited top musicians from Pakistan to participate in the third Belt and Road International Music Festival to be held at South China's city next year, an official said on Thursday.

SHENZHEN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Mar, 2018 ) :The Municipal Government of Shenzhen has invited top musicians from Pakistan to participate in the third Belt and Road International Music Festival to be held at South China's city next year, an official said on Thursday.

"We wish to invite some of the best musicians from Pakistan to come and perform at next music festival along with the renowned musicians from other Belt and Road countries", Han Wangxi, Director of Information Office, Shenzhen Municipal Government told APP.

Giving details of this year's festival being held in the modern city located in the Guangdong province, he said it will last five weeks and over 700 world-renowned musicians from 40 countries and regions are participating and performing in festival and said the concerned officials from Pakistan government should recommend their top artists to participate in this mega music event.

He said the local administration hopes to connect Shenzhen, the fast developing city in China, to the world through music. "With the first international music festival successfully held last year, we are now expecting an even more inclusive, global and high-end music festival this year," he added.

"Economically, we are very confident to be a global city between the years 2020 to 2035 but culturally, we are also aiming to become a global cultural city," he remarked.

In an effort to make the city an international hub of cultural music, he said as many as 31 major cultural events including, design, fashion show, music festival and exhibition of Chinese culture in the city this year.

Han Wangxi said the city administration has a plan to build a world class design college, design museum and opera house and an arts college. The festival, continuing last year's theme, 'Connect China and the World', is co-organized by the Shenzhen Municipal Government and Chinese Musicians Associations.

It is an answer to China's Belt and Road Initiative in the sector of culture and music. Lasting for over a month from March 23 to April 29, a total of 17 concerts will be held at major theatres in the city, while the tickets to the concerts will be priced much lower than market-driven concerts.

Director General, Musicians Association, Ye Xiaogan said the festival has drawn great attraction among the people and expressed the confidence that people of this city, as well as tourists, will pay more attention and make this mega event a success by attending it in a very large number.

The music festival will also host a series of extensive and related activities, such as the music seminar and master classes in order to create a good cultural environment for the cooperation and development among the countries along the Belt and Road.