Chongqing- There is a glasshouse on the Jialing River. At night, the river is flooded with starlight, and the sound of music drifts to you faintly, along the river, floating to you through time and space.

This is Chongqing International Exchange Center for Culture and Tourism (The Former Site of The North Station of Jialing River Cableway). The platform boasts Chongqing's unique scenery of rivers, mountains, and night view, as well as the cultural connotation of the cableway museum. Here, "The Window of Music" has been opened, and musicians play heavenly music to send warmth into your heart.

From mid-September, The Window of Music will resume the piano salon and other series of activities that have been suspended since July. Just in time for the 2021 Mid-Autumn Festival, the famous Belgian pianist Mr. Peter Ritzen presented the "Listen to the Moon on the River - Peter Ritzen Piano Recital Commonweal Salon" on September 20, brought us a private moonlight appreciation piano session for public benefit, reuniting people from worldwide with music in both online and offline methods.

Master Peter Ritzen is playing the piano. (iChongqing/ Yue Xingchen)

Liu Qi, Director-General of Chongqing Municipal Commission of Culture and Tourism Development, attended the salon and expressed his anticipation for the performance. Fan Jingma, the world-renowned tenor singer, hosted the salon.

Liu Qi, Director-General of Chongqing Municipal Commission of Culture and Tourism Development, attended the salon. (iChongqing/ Yue Xingchen)

"The Window of Music" is the latest music platform jointly created by Chongqing Municipal Commission of Culture and Tourism Development, Chongqing Performing Co. LTD, and Feng Ya Yun Ge Culture Communication Co. It aims to share the most beautiful music and launch a series of elegant music and art salon.

The river view Chongqing International Exchange Center for Culture and Tourism (The Former Site of The North Station of Jialing River Cableway). (iChongqing/ Yue Xingchen)

Peter Ritzen loves China and has been nurtured by Chinese culture, and has composed a series of music works with Chinese culture that has penetrated the hearts of people. In 2021, as a special talent introduced by Chongqing Municipal Government, he signed a contract with Chongqing Performing Arts Group and joined the list of artists of the Chinoiserie Yage project.

Program

1. J.S.Bach Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring BWV 147
   (1650-1785) Choral-Prelude
   (arr. For piano by P. Ritzen)
2. L. van Beethoven Sonate "Moonlight"
   op.27 no. 2(1770-1827)
   I. Adagio sostenuto
   Ⅱ. Allegretto
   III. Presto agitato
   
   
3. Peter Ritzen From Chinese Folk Songs Transcriptions
   -Under the Silver Moonlight
   -In a Faraway Place
   -Jasmin Song (Mo-lin-hua)
   -Rainbow girl
   
   
4. Theodor Leschetizky Andante Finale op. 13 for the Left Hand
   (1830-1915) Paraphrase on the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" by Gaetano Donizetti(1797-1848）