Ten singers have made the cut for the final round of the NTD Television 9th International Chinese Vocal Competition, taking place at Merkin Hall of Kaufman Music Center in New York City on Sept. 21. The final round will also be streamed live on Epoch TV and NTD TV, sister media to The Epoch Times.
The competition is part of a series of cultural events hosted by NTD to promote truth, beauty, and goodness, and advance its mission of reviving traditional culture. NTD stands for New Tang Dynasty, a reference to the cultural golden age of China.
Finalists of NTD’s 9th International Chinese Vocal Competition at Kaufman Music Center in New York on Sept. 20, 2024. (NTD)
The NTD competition is meant to promote traditional bel canto vocal arts, and is unique in that it requires all singers to perform a song in the Chinese language. To this end, the judges of the competition are all experts in bel canto who have performed Chinese language songs in that style extensively….