多年来,我们常有机会欣赏中外音乐家用西洋乐器独奏贝多芬、莫扎特、肖邦、柴可夫斯基等人的音乐名作;而中国音乐家却很少用自己民族的乐器举行独奏会,至于用少数民族乐器演奏中外音乐作品的独奏会似乎还没有先例。今年五月中旬,在北京民族文化宫礼堂举办的民族管乐家宋保才的独奏音乐会,迈出了可喜的一步。这一别开生面的音乐会,对于促进民族间文化交流、振兴 Over the years, we often have the opportunity to enjoy Chinese and foreign musicians playing Western music instruments with Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Tchaikovsky and others’ masterpieces of music. However, Chinese musicians seldom hold solos in their national musical instruments. There seems to be no precedent for the solo recital of Chinese and foreign musical instruments by ethnic musical instruments. In mid-May of this year, the solo concert of ethnic musician Song Baocai held in Beijing National Palace Culture Hall took a gratifying step. This extraordinary concert, for promoting inter-ethnic cultural exchanges, rejuvenation