Yesterday evening we went to the
National Theatre where we listened to a concert given by the The Youth
Orchestra ASEAN-Russia to celebrate Myanmar's 2014 Chairmanship of ASEAN. We
also watched some traditional Myanmar dancing and singing. Beautiful traditional
costumes!
The room was not full even if the
entrance was free. It was a good concert with young talented artists who played
Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Bizet, Verdi...
But the
reason I am writing this post is to tell you about the audience and the
atmosphere.
We had
heard that when Myanmar people go to the cinema they bring food, drinks and
enjoy the movie with loud comments or laughter as if they were in their living
room. But we did not know that the same is true for concerts. We would have
thought the locals would be, like us, immersed in music. We took our seats and
listened to the introductory speech when suddenly, behind us, four ladies took
out sunflower seeds and starting eating, making loud and crunchy noises. We
looked behind and could not believe our eyes. We moved seats, luckily the room
was not full. Nevertheless we could notice some other families with children
who where around us and who happily ate and made comments during the
performance.
Next time probably we will take a seat in the first row to
make sure the music is loud enough to cover these sounds. And maybe the people
in the first rows are more interested in the performance than in socialising
and eating in a concert hall.
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