China National Traditional Orchestra to perform for Lantern Festival

BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The China National Traditional Orchestra, a national-level orchestra directed by the Ministry of Culture, will perform at the National Centre for the Performing Arts on Feb. 8 to mark China's tradition Lantern Festival.

Conducted by Yuan Bei, the music ensemble will bring a series of Chinese folk music, such as "Spring Festival Overture" by Li Huanzhi, as well as "Girls in Daban Town" and "Alamuhan," to celebrate the festival.

Established in 1960, the orchestra is considered as the standard-setter, model and benchmark of Chinese folk music performance. It not only performs typical traditional music in various forms but dabbles in contemporary Chinese music, Western classical music and other genres.