June 21st is the International Day of Musical Instrumentation. In 2022, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of this event, Douyin Live and the Organizing Committee of China International Musical Instrument Performance Day will launch a seven-day series of events. Through topic activities, musical instrument knowledge sharing and live broadcast of master performances, a popular trend of musical instrument performance has been set off in the cloud.

On the evening of June 21st, erhu performer @dengjiandong, yangqin performer @yangqin-liu yuening, pipa performer @jiangyang and other musical instrument performers opened the "6.21 International Musical Instruments" in the live broadcast room of @Dou Come Music Bar in the form of Lun Mai. "Performance Day" live broadcast. In the melodious sound of music, more than 200,000 audiences praised and praised the wonderful performances of the performers, supporting the artistic inheritance with practical actions.

Jinghu virtuoso Liu Zhenghui explained to netizens the origin of the International Musical Instrument Performance Day. This festival, initiated by the then French Minister of Culture, Lang Jack, in 1982, is intended to allow people who like music all over the world to pick up their favorite musical instruments and fully enjoy the joy of music on this day.

Deng Jiandong, a famous erhu performer, explained the historical evolution of the erhu in the live broadcast. "The erhu is a highly expressive folk traditional musical instrument that can play works of various ethnic groups and regions." With his dexterous fingers , a very local melody sounded in the live broadcast room. From the famous Jiangnan song "Walking the Street", to the Henan-style "Music in the Central Plains", and the "One Branch of Flowers" with Shandong characteristics... Deng Jiandong used a pair of erhu to play the characteristic music of different places, and netizens liked and commented, "Deng Jiandong The teacher's erhu can speak".

Liu Yuening, a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, together with two outstanding young performers of the "Jasmine" Dulcimer Ensemble, Zhou Tingting (Central Chinese Orchestra) and Ye Yuzhao (Central Conservatory of Music Chinese Chamber Orchestra), arranged the live room into a small dulcimer performance. They brought to netizens an impromptu piece composed of China's first dulcimer solo "Dangling the Curtain" and the well-known "Dry Sky Thunder". His superb performance skills triggered a small climax of praise and appreciation in the live broadcast room. Liu Yuening said that this is his first live show on Douyin. "With the help of Douyin's new communication method, it is very happy to communicate with old and new friends who love dulcimer."

In addition, the four performers of the Chinese Impression Performer Group played the classical elegance of folk music with Sheng, Ruan and Pipa; pianist Li Xiang played Tchaikovsky's "The June Boat Song" beautifully and movingly; Jiang Yang's famous pipa song "Swan" made netizens feel its novel and unique playing techniques. He said, "Although there are no live audiences, spotlights, or stages in the live broadcast room, it is a different experience from playing with netizens in front of the screen."

During the live broadcast, the six groups of musical instrument masters also connected with six musical instrument anchors who are active on Douyin, including bamboo flute player @Sun Yizhen and suona player @ Talent Gemjie. Young players were able to chat with the musicians and get advice. The performers agreed with the younger generation's behavior of sharing traditional folk music on Douyin in a popular way, and said, "I hope you can drive more people to love folk music and traditional culture on the way of sharing and dissemination."

The topic of #621 International Musical Instrument Performance Day also triggered the active participation of musical instrument players on Douyin. As of June 21, the topic has accumulated over 14 million views. The blind father and son played "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" with the bamboo flute and erhu in @小阳阳不 forget their original intentions, which aroused 80,000 netizens' praises; @fanfan1997, who has superb piano skills, performed the song "Blue Stone Lane" beautifully and movingly, 33,000 likes... The anchors of ethnic musical instruments and Western musical instruments participated in the event through short videos or live broadcasts, and performed online concerts for netizens.

In addition, from June 15th to June 17th, three musical instrument experts from the Central Conservatory of Music @ Cao Hui, Jinghu performer @ Liu Zhenghui and China's first cello doctor @ Zhao Xuyang appeared in the "6.21 Flower Musical Instrument Show" session. Share the professional knowledge of musical instruments with netizens in the live broadcast for three consecutive days, so that more people can learn about musical instruments and fall in love with music.