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  • Guo Jiaman, 9, gets ready for a violin class
  • Liu Yuanyuan helps pupils adjust their instruments
  • Zhao Qi gives advice to Tian Mu (right)
  • Zhi Qiang playing the French horn together with Ma Yuxuan
  • Yang Changying guides Liu Zixiang
  • Liu Zixiang practicing Bach’s Minuet No.2
  • Yang Changying helps Liu Zixiang better understand the sheet music for Minuet No.2
  • Wang Yue help percussion class better understand beats through games
  • Drummer Yang Boxiang, 12, is the shining star of the orchestra. "I learnt about accents from Mr. Wang," Yang said proudly.
  • Clarinetist Li Hanqi (left) hands out Basic Music Knowledge to pupils
  • Flutist Cao Lei plays together with Yang Zezhao
  • Flutist Zhang Zejing (left) demonstrates breath control
  • Flutist Cao Lei demonstrates proper posture
  • Li Feng, founder of Beijing Hefeng Art Foundation, addresses the music class. Li named the event Tian Xia Ai Yue, which translates literally as "Loving Music Worldwide"
  • More than 200 local pupils and their parents listen to the class
  • The music that flutist Cao Lei played is the theme song of a popular cartoon Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. Pupils sing it together after they identified the music
  • Wang Yue invites all pupils from the percussion class to play together. Wang prepared several teaching plans. "I am very happy to see their passions. Their instruments are even better than mine. This means the art education here is serious," Wang noted.
  • Drummer Yang Boxiang's mother Feng Yuehong (left), 42, expresses gratitude to Wang Yue. "I know music through my son. I am excited to watch their wonderful performance on the scene," Feng said.

Photos by Chen Ran

At 2:30 p.m. on December 18, a special music class was held at Duancun School in north China's Hebei Province.

Some 20 performers from the Beijing-based China Philharmonic Orchestra performed for more than 200 local pupils and their parents. Earlier that day, students learning music received face-to-face guidance from the professionals.

This is the first time that the China Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the country's most prominent art institutions, offered education to rural pupils. "We are deeply moved by their passion and interest in the arts. Today is just the beginning. It is our responsibility to contribute to arts education in China," said Liu Jun, head of the orchestra.

Since March this year, Beijing Hefeng Art Foundation has offered free weekend arts classes focusing on ballet, musical instruments, drama, choir singing and painting as a complement to the school curriculum in Duancun.

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