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朗朗为留守儿童举行筹款音乐会

Chinese piano virtuoso Lang Lang has given a concert to raise funds for rural left-behind children in Gansu Province.
 
中国钢琴家朗朗在甘肃省为农村留守儿童举行了一场筹款音乐会。
 
 
The internationally-acclaimed pianist played works by Debussy's Ballade and Chopin at the two-hour concert Sunday in the Hui autonomous prefecture of Linxia.
 
Hundreds of local primary school students, many "left-behind" themselves, and entrepreneurs from across the country were in the audience. 
 
The term "left-behind" describes rural children whose parents are away from home, usually working in the cities, left in the care usually of grandparents.