A musician performs with his trumpet as part of 2019 Qingdao Shinan Wind Music Week in Qingdao, Shandong province. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The event also includes forums attended by presidents of music schools, workshops and master classes.

The program, supported by the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, was opened with a concert performed by flutist Han Guoliang, a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, along with his students, on July 20.

Other musicians taking part in the event include New York-based flutist Carol Wincenc, who is on the faculty of the Juilliard School; Ayako Takagi, a Japanese flutist, who teaches at the Tokyo University of the Arts, and Italian flutist Luisa Sello, who is also a professor of the University of Music in Trieste.

On July 24, the China Flute Orchestra will perform at the closing of the event with a concert, under the baton of Han Guoliang.

A musician performs with her flute as part of 2019 Qingdao Shinan Wind Music Week in Qingdao, Shandong province. [Photo provided to China Daily]

A musician performs with her flute as part of 2019 Qingdao Shinan Wind Music Week in Qingdao, Shandong province. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Yu Feng, president of Central Conservatory of Music, delivers a speech at the event. [Photo provided to China Daily]