In time for the Chinese New Year, Shanghai Spring takes you to one of the most bustling and vibrant cities of the world today, for one of the preeminent events in its cultural calendar – the Shanghai Spring International Music Festival. Award-winning broadcaster and music journalist Paolo Pietropaolo will be your guide, leading you along the sun-dappled streets of Shanghai’s French Concession, where music comes streaming out of windows as city life unfolds below in a riot of color and noise. Each two-hour program includes up to 100 minutes of music along with sound-rich mini-documentaries that will make you feel like you yourself are sipping tea on Fuxing Lu or strolling along the Bund, watching the world go by, and seeing Shanghai change and change again in the blink of an eye. As well, you’ll meet the musicians and composers who are revolutionizing Western classical music in China, creating a brand-new sound and ensuring a global future for the Western classical music tradition.
Shanghai Spring, a collaborative production between WFMT Radio Network, and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, airs on DZFE from February 1 (Mon 1200).