The German Ulm Spatz Children's Choir will impress local residents in Qingdao, Eastern China's Shandong province, on April 3, with a sweet sound from afar, the Chinese-language Qingdao Evening Newspaper reported on March 10.

The music concert will be held at the Qingdao Grand Theater. Ticket prices range from 50 yuan ($8) to 280 yuan ($44.7).

The German Ulm Spatz Children's Choir will impress local residents in Qingdao, Shandong province, on April 3. [Photo/ Qingdao Evening Newspaper]

"Spatz" is a German word for "sparrow", the symbol of the city of Ulm, southern Germany. Founded in 1958, Ulm Spatz, as one of well-known choirs in Germany, consists of 225 young musicians, who can sing classical choir music as well jazz and pop.

These children gave scores of concerts in the UK, the US, Russia, Japan, Holland, South Africa and Israel. In 2002, they were awarded the top prize at the Germany International Choir Festival and earned high reputation at the European Music Festival in Belgium in 2004.