Silk Road symphony to debut to capital audience

On Friday evening, the symphony Silk Road Across Hanhai (Endless Desert) will make its debut at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

The symphony was created by brothers Zheng Junsheng and Zheng Junli and commissioned by the government of Hami city in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Led by famous young conductor Li Haoran and performed by the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, "the symphony aims to use the language of music to tell the story of Xinjiang within the grand context of the Belt and Road Initiative", Hu Dongming, vice-mayor of Hami city, said at a news conference on Wednesday in Beijing.