This coming Sunday marks the San Francisco debut of the internationally renown 81-piece China National Traditional Orchestra at Davies Symphony Hall following their performances at United Nations Millennium Summit, Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center in New York City.
Chinese music has a very rich content.
As a musician, I feel that there is no boundary or obstacle in the music circle. It's a universal language. We want to communicate with the music and to promote the friendship between our two countries. But his racial slurs really bug me. Apart from that, he's a guilty pleasure for someone who otherwise keeps her radio firmly tuned to National Public Radio.