Concert marks third China Youth Music Competition

Young musicians from China and Germany gathered at the museum of FC Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on September 11 to give a concert as part of the third China Youth Music Competition, which kicked off on September 1.

The concert featured repertories included the Grand Duo Concertant Op.85, for Flute or Violin and Guitar by Mauro Giuliani; Carl Maria von Weber's Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F-minor, Op.73; the Chinese folk song Jasmine Flower; and the club anthem Star of the South.

The China Youth Music Competition, launched in 2015, is based on the German Music Council's renowned Jugend Musiziert, the most well-known music competition for young performers in Germany, which started in 1963. In 2016, the first edition of the contest ran in Beijing and Shanghai, and attracted more than 600 applicants from across China.

According to Zhang Yong, the founder of the competition, the eight winners at the 2017 China Youth Music Competition went on a tour of Germany in September of last year.

After giving shows in Germany, the third China Youth Music Competition will return to China this October with two concerts in Beijing and Shanghai.