Classical Music in China
FIBRW ImportantAway from the rumble of Shanghai's highways and the cacophony of the shopping districts, stroll down side streets filled with rows of tall brick . In the early evening or on a weekend morning, you'll hear the of classical music drifting from a piano, played by a 10-year old or a grandmother in her seventies. Wander down another alley toward concrete and you'll hear Beethoven or Mozart flowing from a violin, or perhaps a cello, accordion or flute. In China, classical music is as mightily as the 1812 Overture.