“Midsummer Concert for China and Japan Friendship”, jointly sponsored by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(CPAFFC), China-Japan Friendship Association(CJFA), KAWAI Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co.,Ltd. (KAWAI), was held in CPAFFC on the evening of 28th, July. More than 170 representatives including Mr. Song Jingwu, Vice President of the CPAFFC, Mme. Wang Xiuyun, Director-General of the Department of Japanese Affairs of the CPAFFC, Mr. Kawai, General Manager of KAWAI, Mr. ITO KOICHI, Chief-Minister of the Embassy of Japan in China, Mr. TAKASHIMA RYUSUKE, Minister of the Economic Department of the Embassy of Japan in China, and other representatives from National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC), Ministry of  Commerce, China Musical Instrument Association, Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Beijing, the Japanese organizations and enterprises in China, and staff of the CPAFFC, attended the concert.

In his speech, vice president Song  Jingwu said that CPAFFC and KAWAI had held the events such as New Year Concert of China and Japan Friendship, Commemoration Concert for Establishment of China and Japan Friendship Exchange Foundation, series of lectures of musical salon in China and Japan in succession, since KAWAI Foundation for Musical Education and China-Japan Friendly Exchange was established in August last year. The two countries expressed their wishes of friendship for generations in the form of music. He said that listening to the piano music at night as if listening to a beautiful music which made the ears cleared suddenly and hoped that guests could forget the hot and tired when listening to the beautiful piano music and could acquire new inspiration and enthusiasm for making a remarkable achievement in the new period for China and Japan friendship

Mr. Kawai expressed that KAWAI had been always engaged in the cause of musical education and development of China-Japan friendship. He hoped that KAWAI Foundation for Musical Education and China-Japan Friendly Exchange would play an effective role in future to make contribution to promoting the culture exchange and the development of the relationship between the two countries.

During the concert, the famous Japanese young pianists, Numasawa Yoshito and Nogami Mariko, performed several classic pieces of Chopin and Liszt respectively. The two Chinese teenage piano amateurs, Wang Quanlin and Tao Ziye, also performed piano music of high difficulty level. The audience from China and Japan together enjoyed a romantic, warm and friendly midsummer evening in the beautiful melody.