China Norway 2003 - 2004

In 2003 BLN participated for the first time in major music collaboration outside China playing with some of Norway’s foremost performers of classic, ethnic and folk music. With support of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Norwegian Embassy in Beijing the project was followed up with three anniversary concerts held consecutively at the Bejing’s Radisson SAS Hotel, The Beijing Sheraton Great Wall Hotel and the Peoples Hall, in Kunming, Yunnan Province. celebrating 50 years for the establishment of diplomatic relations between PR China and Kingdom of Norway.

The special gala concert in Kunming Hall culminated the 50 years celebration to mark the cooperation with the Yunnan National Minorities University with the participation of Speaker of the Norwegian Parliament, Joergen Kosmo and his team, Ambassador Tor Christian Hildan, The Governor of Yunnan and other dignitaries and leaders and 800 students from Yunnan National Minorities University.

So far the cooperation has resulted in two television documentaries. In December 2003 CCTV aired a program produced by Yuan Sheng Gang which included two 25 minute programs documenting BLN's musical journey in Norway meeting Norwegian world musicians along Norway's coast from north to south. This program was aired in December 2004 The 50 years anniversary concerts and cooperation was documented by producer Lene Midling Jensen and aired in a 58 min program on Norwegian Broadcasting Channel, NRK 1, titled Musikk Over Muren (Music over The Wall) the first day of Christmas December 25th, 2004.

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