Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.94

v2.c11.94

lecture about Indian classical music in the Central Conservatory of Music. In 1984, Rukmini Devi, the pioneer of revival movement of Indian Bharatnatyam led the performers from Kalakshetra Dance Academy to China, with Leela Samson. In October 1986, an Indian instrumentals group performed in Beijing, Jinan, Wuxi and Hangzhou, playing Karnatic and Hindustani classical music. The southern group was led by S Balachander who was the master of Veena, and northern team was led by Ustad Imrat Khan who was the master of Sitar. This might be the first time for the Chinese to listen to classical music of southern India at the scene. The group also held the exhibition of Indian musical instruments in Music Research Institute of Chinese National Academy of Arts in Beijing. And when they learned that professor Chen Ziming had been teaching Indian music in the Central Conservatory of Music, they presented 20 pieces of Indian musical instruments for exhibitions to the Central Conservatory of Music.