00:00And as a result of an agreement between Lula and Xi Jinping, 2026 was declared the Brazil-China Cultural Year.
00:07Within this framework, young musicians from both countries participated in an exchange program in Beijing.
00:12Bruno Falsi with the details.
00:15In Beijing, in Renmin University, one of the most prestigious universities in the country,
00:22hosted the Copacabana 4th Orchestra from Rio de Janeiro as part of a new activity of the Brazil-China Cultural
00:31Year.
00:32The meeting is part of a broad program of cultural exchange between the two countries.
00:41This year we began with the Spring Festival, the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro,
00:50one of the most important theaters in Brazil.
00:53The event brought together some 2,300 people and tickets sold out in half an hour.
00:58The program included a lion dance, a dragon dance, a Chinese soprano,
01:04and guitarist Armandinho Macedo as a special guest.
01:07We also had a quarrel of approximately 60 people with three thanners.
01:11We started in Brazil and are now heading to China on a tour of several cities.
01:16The university auditorium was filled with students and academics from both countries.
01:22where classics of Brazilian popular music were performed.
01:51Chinese music was also present with its ancient traditional music.
01:56instruments and performance of the famous Beijing Opel.
02:20The Copacabana Fork Orchestra is a social project resulting from Brazilian government public
02:28policies and partnerships with Chinese companies offering free arts education for children
02:35and young people.
02:37The goal is to democratize access to musical training and create opportunities for professional
02:44development.
02:45I hope that more young people from Rio de Janeiro, from a neighborhood in America and from
02:52all over Brazil will have this kind of access.
02:54Young people from the outskirts or anywhere else need to have contact with culture and
02:59with this kind of experiences.
03:01This cannot be limited to a specific group of people, it must be accessible to everyone.
03:06Young people, children, men and women.
03:08This co-existence between cultures is very important.
03:12The presentation closes with a powerful finale, where two robot pianists join the orchestra
03:19in a joint performance that symbolized the union between peoples through technology and
03:25select the same thing.
03:29That stood up as far as never.
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