Nearly 30 young musicians from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) turned harmony into diplomacy during the Xin Tsing Friends' Summer Music Camp, wrapping up this week with an epic conductorless orchestra performance. 🎵
Held simultaneously at Tsinghua University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the program paired violin drills with late-night bubble tea hangouts 🧋—proving that Mozart’s melodies and Cantopop references can coexist. 🌏
The grand finale concert, led by Grammy-nominated violinist Lyu Siqing, features boundary-defying collaborations like the Butterfly Lovers Concerto—a piece symbolizing China’s cultural heritage—alongside Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. 🦋🎼
\"Music doesn’t need passports or translation apps,\" Lyu told participants during rehearsal. \"When these students play together, they’re not ‘Beijing’ or ‘Hong Kong’—they’re one orchestra.\" 🎻💫
