5th Beishan World Music Festival to take the stage this weekend

Baraji (Korea)

The annual Beishan World Music Festival returns this weekend for its fifth edition at the Beishan Theatre in Zhuhai. It will involve a total of 14 bands from 13 countries.
Tomorrow’s show starts with Italian musician Boris Savoldelli (also playing on Sunday), who will experiment with local musicians to re-imagine Zhuhai’s “Xianshui” folk songs. Following this, the Carbe’-Durand Latin guitar duo will showcase their fiery approach to playing the Spanish guitar in a mix of Latin rhythms and romantic melodies, infused with blues and rock energy.
Award-winning Malaysian female singer-songwriter, Bihzhu (also plays on Sunday), will perform her songs about love, beauty
and the precious moments in life, blending a combination of jazz, soul, reggae and pop elements. Chinese band Toy Captain will sing in a folk dialect about Shantou city’s old tales of the islanders and the sea; while Korean group the Baraji (also plays on Sunday) will use traditional instruments to communicate with the modern audience. In addition, two bands from Macau, namely Arie & John and Blademark, will also take to the stage.
As in the Sunday lineup, the Gustu Brahmanta Trio (featuring Dayu Rina) from Indonesia will showcase a combination of the Bali’s traditional folk music with jazz dance music. The evening will also feature Canadian bassist Sylvain Gagnin, who will play as part of his group named the Sylvain Gagnin World Project, and the Juan ‘Pollo’ Raffo Quartet from Argentina and Mexico.
Before the curtain drops, another local group, the Tuna Macaense, will perform with the mandolin, banjo and Portuguese guitar to showcase their interpretation of Cha Cha and Latin music, as well as songs sung in the Macanese dialect Patuá.
The festival will take place in a Chinese courtyard in an old village on the outskirts of Zhuhai. The venue consists of a residential hall that was built during the Qing Dynasty, and a theater that was used during Mao’s Cultural Revolution era. BY