GOOD WILL AND GOOD MUSIC
On a warm spring night in one of Europe's most romantic cities - Barcelona - the Palau de Congressos de Catlunya is filled with well -heeled Spanish executives and officials. As the lights dim, the crowd hushes, and Yang Lan glides across the sta
ge, dressed in a floor-length silver-sequined gown. She joins a glamorous Spanish TV host in welcoming the guests in the auditorium as well as the viewers in China who will be watching the program when it broadcasts across China in late April.
For the next two hours, Yang Lan brings to the stage a parade of some of the best known musicians in both Spain and China, for an evening of goodwill and good music - the promotion of international cooperation and celebration in the run-up to the XXIX Olympiad.
The event, entitled "Barcelona-Beijing Olympic Concert," featured 14 top entertainers from China and Spain performing inspiring performances in celebration of the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympics. Highlights included renowned Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe singing "Barcelona," the stirring theme song to the 1992 Olympic Games held in that city, followed by singers Yang Mei Ju performing "Glorious" and Huang Dou Dou with "Oracle."
The sister-city concert was the brainchild of Yang Lan and her Sun Media Corp, with support from CEIBS Executive President Pedro Nueno. "The purpose of this concert was to bring together two Olympic cities - Barcelona and Beijing - in a spirit of international cooperation and celebration," said Pedro Nueno.
Yang Lan added that the concert was the first in what will be a series of such cooperative concerts produced before the August Opening Ceremonies. Stay tuned!
