Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan enthral Shanghai music lovers

Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan, sons of India's Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, enthralled Chinese audience in Shanghai with a two hour-long performance during which they played renditions of poems of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who is well revered in China.
The performance was extremely well received by the 1,200 strong mostly Chinese audience who gave them a standing ovation upon completion of the performance, Consul General of the Indian Consulate Prakash Gupta said.
The performance was organised by the Consulate at Chaiti Music festival, which is an annual musical event organised under the aegis of the Consulate General of India Shanghai. It derives its name from the Chait season in India -- marking the transition from summer to spring.

The event aimed at promote Indian Classical music amongst Chinese audiences was held at the majestic Shanghai Centre Theatre yesterday, Gupta said in statement.
Amaan and Ayaan is scheduled to perform in Beijing on May 27.The two artists also held a workshop for young music students from Shanghai at the Aurora Museum today.
Earlier, the Consulate organised International Day of Yoga on May 20 at the scenic location of foothills of the Tiantai Mountain, located in Taizhou (in Zhejiang Province) in which over 1,000 Yoga lover took part.

A number of Chinese cities are bracing to hold UN Day of International Yoga to be held on June 21.

Tiantai county Eastern China Region alone has over hundred Yoga clubs with a following of hundred thousand people, the statement said.
An Indian Yoga teacher arranged by the consulate conducted the event.Those who attended the events included Vice Mayor of Taizhou, Zhao Yuejin .
Separately, later in the afternoon, another Yoga Workshop was organised at the famous Guoqing Temple in Tiantai, where nearly 250 local people joined in the celebrations.