China pushes folk music
NZPA-AP Peking China plans a national song contest next year to promote folk music and make pop music more healthy, State-backed cultural organisations have announced on Thursday. The event coincides with a conservative political shift in which Western bourgeois influences are being criticised and writers have been urged to stick to socialist realism. Concerts by the British
pop group, Wham!, last April met a cool response and possible appearances by other Western pop stars now seem unlikely. “We hope the contest will contribute to promoting folk music, and guide pop songs in a more healthy and artistic direction,” Cheng Siyuan, vice-chairman of the China’s International Cultural Exchange Centre, told the official Xinhua news agency. The contest is open to anyone aged 15 to 35, with
the 90 best performers to take part in the finals. Ten first-prize winners will receive pianos.
The sponsors include the China Musicians’ Association, two song and dance ensembles and the China Advertisement Corporation. Most Chinese pop music has an Asian, middle-of-the-road sound, connected with the ballads of Hong Kong and Taiwan, but some recent issues have Western rock influence.
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