Music Republic entices Africa with cross-genre art

Chinese artists perform at the concert, Johannesburg, South Africa, Feb 8, 2017. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

2017 Happy Chinese New Year "Music Republic" Entering Africa Chinese New Year Concert successfully made three stops on its tour, including South Africa's largest city of Johannesburg, legislative capital Cape Town and Republic of Botswana's capital Gaborone, from February 8 to 17, 2017.

This concert tour integrated traditional Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Sichuan Opera's face changing, a series of traditional Chinese instruments and Western instrumental musical performances, attracting numerous local and overseas Chinese spectators, and spreading the festive joy of the Chinese Lunar New Year into the hearts of African people.