The Sino-French youth choir concert "Song and Smile" was recently held at the China Cultural Center in Paris. More than 100 people attended the event, including teenagers and teachers from Poly WeDo Children's Choir, Paris Polysons Choir, the choir of North University of China in Shanxi, the children’s choir of China Cultural Center in Paris, along with the fans of the center.
Children from Poly WeDo Children's Choir performed the theme song Look to Your Path from Les Choristes, a famous French movie released in 2004. The song once won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Paris Polysons Choir performed the classic Chinese folk song Jasmine Flower, and The Moon Represents My Heart for the audience.
The Sino-French children's choirs and the children's choir of the China Cultural Center in Paris jointly sang If I Go to China as well as Singing and Smiling, bringing the event to a climax.
The audience also joined in, singing the famous Chinese song Let the World Be Filled with Love, which expresses the youth's longing for a better future.
The choir concert, hosted by the China Cultural Center in Paris , was held to facilitate the Sino-French youth communication in art, to welcome the upcoming Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games, as well as to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-France diplomatic ties and the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism.
