Culture City of East Asia 2023 with Sori Festival

“Culture City of East Asia” is an annually-held musical exchange project for the practice of “recognizing East Asia, cultural exchange and harmony, and understanding cultures of each other” under the flag of respect toward the cultural diversity among Korea, Japan, and China. Jeonju (Korea), Chengdu and Meizhou (China), and Shizuoka Prefecture (Japan) are chosen as this year’s project-participants. Until the end of the year, these participants will offer each other various opportunities of experiencing different cultures and thereby widening mutual understandings.

This year’s project, in collaboration with Jeonju International Sori Festival, shows the results of cultural and musical exchange among the three countries. New opportunities for understandings of respective cultures through traditional art performances, collaborative concerts, and world music workshops with commentaries will be offered. 

Sept. 24 (Sun) 14:30 | Norimadang | For all ages | Free

“Chengdu Qingkui Youth Folk Orchestra Intangible Folk Music Group” is invited by the festival as a representative folk music group of Chengdu, chosen as a part of “2023 Culture City of East Asia.” The group consists of talented artists leading several professional organizations such as Sichuan Symphony Orchestra, Chengdu Culture Art School, and Sichuan Conservatory of Music. The group consists of erhu, yangqin, zhudi, pipa, ruan, and et cetera. The group will show the fascination of Chinese traditional instrumental music of Han ethnos and several ethnic groups in Sichuan Province.