Song Zuying, the Grammy-nominated Chinese folk singer who has performed at the Sydney Opera House, Kennedy Center in Washington DC and Golden Hall of Vienna, is making his next stop the Bird's Nest.
For the first time, however, Song will have three musical giants with him on stage: Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, Chinese pianist Lang Lang and Jay Chou, the Taiwan pop singer hailed as the "king of Chinese-language pop".
The concert, Glamour China, will be held on June 30 and will be the first of the National Stadium Summer Concert series, to be held on that day every year from now on.
"I have always tried to promote Chinese music and I hope it attracts more attention from the world through this concert," says Song.
Chou, who has collaborated with Song at this year's CCTV Spring Festival Variety Show, is also a lover of Chinese folk songs and often sings them on tour around the country.
"I'm honored to be invited to join this concert," he says. "I'm sure Song and I will make some excellent music together, although I can't say yet how we are going to collaborate. We will do something that you can't imagine."
Domingo and Song jointly sang "The Flame of Love," the Olympics Closing Ceremony theme song, so this will be their Bird's Nest reunion.
It will also be a collaboration of three major Chinese orchestras: the China Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra.
The National Stadium Summer Concert series is organized by the Chinese Musicians' Association, CITIC Group consortium and China Arts and Entertainment Group.
(China Daily May 20, 2009)
