CANBERRA, Australia—The live orchestra was “fantastic,” said country and folk musician Aron McLean, after watching the globally acclaimed New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Canberra Theatre on May 2.
Shen Yun’s classical Chinese, ethnic, and folk dances are accompanied by a unique orchestra that is composed of traditional Western and ancient Chinese instruments.
Mr. McLean recognised the erhu, the traditional Chinese two-stringed violin.
“It’s a beautiful, beautiful solo instrument, and it’s very unique. It’s the sound—you know it straight away,” he said. “And it’s a sound that … is very uniquely Asian.”
Mr. McLean is married to a Taiwanese lady and has lived for some time in Taiwan. The erhu brought back memories, he said….