21 Strings Plus perform at this year’s Sound of Dragon Festival.

Local and national artists mix it up with guests from Taiwan and China in the 3rd Sound of Dragon Music Festival.

Featuring innovative music collaborations, the biennial festival celebrates diverse music with Chinese roots or influences. It is Vancouver’s first festival devoted to Chinese music, and showcases diverse musical styles, from ancient folk to contemporary compositions, as well as jazz, world, fusion, and avant-garde improvisation in solo, chamber, and orchestral performances.

This year’s edition features four evening concerts at the Annex Theatre (823 Seymour St.) and the Roundhouse Community Centre ((181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver), as well as free workshops at SFU Harbour Centre and the Roundhouse.

Find out more about the performers below.

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Musicians from all over the world explore Chinese music at Sound of Dragon Festival