PHNOM PENH, Jan 17, 2012 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's Tianjin Symphony Orchestra gave a free concert here Tuesday evening to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year and enhance Sino-Cambodian cultural exchanges.
The concert, held at the capital's Chak Tomuk Hall, drew an audience of about 500, including local and international fans.
Cambodia's President of National Assembly Heng Samrin, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, Minister of the Council of Ministers, Deputy Prime Minister Nhik Bunchhay, and Minister of Culture Him Chhem as well as Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Pan Guangxue attended the concert.
Opening the performance, Pan Guangxue noted that Tianjin Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1985, is one of the largest symphony orchestras in China.
"This is the first time the orchestra comes to perform in Cambodia to celebrate Chinese New Year and to promote closer cultural ties between our two countries," he said.
During the one-hour performance, Chinese artists treated the audience with a number of well-known pieces, including Jasmine, The Blue Danube Waltz, The Sun Comes out and Girls of Ali Mountain.
Moreover, the orchestra had performed songs composed by former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk including Phnom Penh, Monica, Miss China and China, My second homeland.
The performances drew hearty rounds of applause.
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