Chinese musicians come to New York to compete in competition
NEW YORK—Three full days of rigorous violin competition and extraordinary musicianship came to a successful conclusion as female contestant Tong Yan was crowned the winner of NTDTV’s first Chinese International Violin Competition at the famed Town Hall theater in New York City on Sunday, July 27th.
With an artistically challenging repertoire of violin classics from Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and Paganini, the competition’s goal was to discover unknown talents while promoting classical music and traditional culture to an international audience.
The competition was the first in a series of nine events hosted by NTDTV, a global non-profit Chinese broadcaster based in New York. The full competition series aims to celebrate and discover the finest talents for the piano, traditional Han couture, oil painting, cooking, photography, martial arts, dance, and singing.
Zhong Lee, president of NTDTV, called the fist competition “definitely a success. I was surprised by the skill level the musicians showed.” Happy with the impact of the first event in the nine competition series, he added: “We wanted to promote culture, authentic and traditional culture.” With the competitions as a bridge between West and East, NTDTV wants to make sure “that the best of the world in terms of art comes out.”
