Hong Kong, China - Peoples Republic of
A CONDUCTOR LEADS ONE THOUSAND ERHU PLAYERS IN A PERFORMANCE IN HONG KONG.
A conductor leads one thousand musicians with "erhus", a Chinese bowed-string instrument, in a performance called "Music from a Thousand Strings" outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre February 11, 2001. The event, which organisers hope to be a successful Guinness Book of World Record attempt, marks the opening of a musical festival to promote traditional Chinese music.
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