“It was very colorful. The costumes were great—the layers of color were gorgeous.”

“The [erhu] soloist’s performance was very moving. I was touched. It was great.”

“Most Japanese have grown up with a certain degree of familiarly or fondness about China’s [traditional] culture or music. ... So I had this feeling of fondness about [what I saw on the stage].”

“They [the vocal soloists] were great—they made my hairs stand on end. They had such a powerful voice.”