The 39th Shanghai Spring International Music Festival will be held from March 22 to April 14, 2024. As the oldest music festival in China and the golden business card of Shanghai culture, the Shanghai Spring International Music Festival not only carries the profound historical heritage of New China's music for more than 60 years, but also is a vivid portrayal of the vigorous development of Shanghai's music and dance arts. It is an important platform for exchanges, reference and discussion among foreign literary and artistic circles.
2024 is the 75th anniversary of the founding of New China, the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Shanghai, and the 10th anniversary of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s hosting of a symposium on literary and artistic work and delivering an important speech. With the theme of "Praise for the New Era", this music festival launches a series of activities such as youth talent training, international cultural exchanges, and outstanding project performances. It responds to the call of the times with high-quality masterpieces, meets people's expectations with distinctive features, and displays vitality with modern fashion. , in the ideas and characteristics of leading by quality, being inclusive, and rewarding newcomers, it deeply conforms to and demonstrates the artistic taste of a modern socialist international metropolis.
This music festival has been carefully planned in terms of theme guidance, international exchanges, new artists and new works, famous groups, and literature and art to benefit the people. During the entire music festival, 66 main performances will be held, including 57 music performances and 9 dance performances. In addition, 10 special theme activities will be held, including 2 festivals within festivals, 3 collection activities, 5 educational achievement displays and colorful performances.
focuses on theme creation and sings the hymn of the times. The
music festival takes major themes as the guide, guides and supports theme creation, and plays the strong voice of the era of national rejuvenation and cultural self-confidence through music and dance works with distinctive themes and unique characteristics. The opening performance of the
Music Festival will be held at the Shanghai Symphony Concert Hall on the evening of March 22, launching the Pujiang Spring Tide·Starting a New Journey - a theme concert celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, performing Lu Qiming's piano and orchestra version "Ode to the Red Flag" and other famous classics, as well as outstanding masterpieces that have stood out in special exhibitions hosted by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Musicians Association in recent years, such as the orchestral music "The Bright Red Sun", the symphony "New Era", etc. Yu Feng, chairman and dean of the Central Conservatory of Music, served as the conductor. With exciting and exciting melodies, he demonstrated Shanghai's high-spirited attitude and spirit of advancing with the times. The
Music Festival will also organize a number of themed performances, such as the "New Era Symphony Overture" concert, the symphony suite "Light of the Liuyang River", the national orchestral suite "Forever Shandandan", and the chime and national orchestral "Millennium Silence" A series of themed performances such as the concert, the "North and South Tianshan" concert, the "Chinese Music and Painting" symphony concert, and the national dance drama "Awakening Lion" use artistic forms to show the beauty of mountains and rivers, the beauty of culture, and express the ambition of struggle and the fruits of development.
Gather global resources to promote international exchanges
This music festival will further enhance its internationalization and is committed to building "Shanghai Spring" into a foreign cultural display platform with more international influence and global reputation, giving full play to artistic exchange and transcendence The advantages of national borders make positive contributions to telling Chinese stories, interpreting the excitement of Shanghai, and promoting cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. The closing performance of the
Music Festival will be held at the Shangyin Opera House on the evening of April 14. The Como Opera House in Italy and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music will jointly perform Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville", bringing the original classic Opera is brought to the stage of "Shanghai Spring" to strengthen artistic exchanges between China and foreign countries and contribute to the construction of Shanghai as the "Asian Performing Arts Capital".
This music festival joins hands with the Shanghai Foreign Cultural Exchange Association and the Consulate General of France in Shanghai to hold the "Sino-French Music Exchange Exhibition Season", with Xu Zhong performing Berlioz's dramatic symphony "Romeo and Juliet" and the French Quintet Musical Comedy "Trout", a concert by the Royal Opera House of Versailles Orchestra, and a concert by the St. Mark's Chamber Children's Choir in France, as well as art lectures, master class forums and other activities, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. Promote cultural and artistic exchanges between China and foreign countries.
In addition, the Austrian Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra's "Rhapsody in Blue", the Russian National Ballet Theater's ballet "Swan Lake", the Dresden String Trio concert in Germany, and the Sound of Enlightenment - Danish Acapella Group concert also will be on the stage of "Shanghai Spring". This music festival has more than 20 international performances coming to Shanghai for exchanges, accounting for more than 30% of the total number of performances. The teams come from more than 10 countries including Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Russia, the United States and Japan.
promotes newcomers and new works, and helps star dreams set sail.
Music Festival continues to increase its efforts to support outstanding original works and artistic talents. The exhibition projects of new artists and new works account for more than 40%, further demonstrating the vitality of originality. The
Music Festival strives to consolidate a professional stage that promotes new artists and new works. The "New Dream on the Sea Sixteenth" Original Folk Music Concerto Concert will feature 8 original works selected from nationwide collections to appear on the stage, playing the strong voice of the era of national rejuvenation. "Art Youth" will gather outstanding young pianists who have won international piano competitions and China Music Golden Bell Awards to perform two-piano versions of "Ode to the Red Flag" and other piano works on the same stage, showing the charm of Chinese music and the style of young musicians. The "New Dance Artists and New Works Exhibition" aims to discover and cultivate dance talents, lead and promote dance creation, and provide a platform for "display, exchange, learning, and creation" for professional dance groups and outstanding works in Shanghai. This year, 45 outstanding new works will be displayed. , showing the increasingly mature artistic level of the younger generation and expressing the creative enthusiasm that resonates with the motherland.
Music Festival actively develops a more professional talent introduction and education platform. "Shining Star" provides professional music students from across the country with exchange opportunities in Shanghai, inviting outstanding students from the Central Conservatory of Music, Harbin Conservatory of Music, Xi'an Conservatory of Music, and Shanghai Conservatory of Music to hold four special performances at the Shangyin Opera House. The "Music Rookie Series Performance" will hold special concerts for young musicians Cai Ying, Chen Yang and others to strengthen the promotion and support of young talents. "Star Dream Set Sail" will convene Shanghai student art groups to hold a series of performances to provide a platform for more music-loving non-major school students to showcase their talents, support music aesthetic education, and create a full-stage music covering hobbies, majors, and top-notch music Talent cultivation echelon.
Invites a wide range of famous artists and groups to highlight the Shanghai style.
Music Festival is committed to building a national excellent program release and display platform, organizing and inviting outstanding artists and art groups from all over the country to participate in exhibitions, allowing excellent music and culture from all over China to complement each other and lead the way.
This music festival has received positive responses from major music and dance troupes in Shanghai: the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra performed "Symphony Fantasy", the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra performed "Iberian Musical Style", and the Shanghai Opera House performed Berlioz's Drama Symphony "Romeo and Juliet", the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra performs the "Zero One | Chinese Color" concert, the Shanghai Ballet performs the original ballet "Light of the Earth", the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe performs the "Sounds of the Sea" themed concert, and the Shanghai Light Music Troupe Perform "Listen to Jiangnan" concert, etc. At the same time, nearly 20 performances from art groups from neighboring provinces and cities such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi and Xinjiang gathered in Shanghai. Cao Peng, Liao Changyong, Yu Long, Zhang Guoyong, Xu Zhong, Lin Daye, Wang Jian, Dai Xiaolian, Peng Jiapeng, Deng Dongyuan, Han Peng, Wu Husheng and other well-known artists appeared on the stage. "Two novelties in literature and art" that are loved by the public and have great social influence, such as the new national trend Zide Qin Club, folk music performer Fang Jinlong and "Internet celebrity" street singer Luo Xiaoluo, etc., will also perform on the stage, allowing master classics to be combined with popular hits. bloom.
This music festival invites Wuxi, Jiangsu and Taizhou, Zhejiang for the first time to co-organize the Yangtze River Delta "Splendid Jiangnan" two-way linkage series of activities. Through four outstanding performances with unique characteristics across the three places, it further polishes the "Yangtze River Delta Integration" cultural brand , strengthen regional linkage, and continuously enhance the radiation and influence of the music festival.
Inherit the classics of famous artists and reflect the warmth of the city
This music festival will plan and organize a number of performances that promote the artistic styles and ethics of old artists and showcase the warmth of Shanghai's city.
2024 is the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the ballet "The White-Haired Girl".This music festival will commemorate this classic dance drama through various forms such as re-enactment of the classic, review of discussions, and photo displays. "Ode to the Red Flag" composed by the famous composer Lu Qiming in 1965 was a great success after its public premiere at the opening ceremony of the 6th "Shanghai Spring". This year, we will actively promote the recording and publishing of vinyl records of the "Ode to the Red Flag" series, and perform famous performances in many important performances to spread the classic masterpieces. The famous erhu performer Min Huifen won the championship in the 4th "Shanghai Spring" National Erhu Competition, thus going nationwide. In order to commemorate Min Huifen's artistic achievements and artistic style and ethics, the "Eternal Fragrance" Erhu Concert to commemorate Min Huifen and related activities will be held.
This music festival will stage the "Love in Spring" symphony concert by Grandpa Cao Peng and his children (some of the performers are autistic children), stirring everyone's heartstrings with the music of love and showing the warmth of Shanghai city.
Adhering to the people's supremacy and improving the efficiency of benefiting the people
Arts benefiting the people is the eternal tone of "Shanghai Spring". "Shanghai Spring" actively implements the concept of people's city and fully serves major missions such as Shanghai's economic and social development and the integrated development strategy of the Yangtze River Delta. In addition to the main performance venues in the city, this music festival will hold a variety of performances in suburban art venues such as Songjiang Yunjian Theater, Fengxian Nine Trees Art Center, and Lingang Performing Arts Center, and through festivals within festivals, open weeks, etc. Carry out exhibitions and performances to benefit the people, promote "Shanghai Spring" to the grassroots, radiate the Yangtze River Delta, and serve the people. The
Music Festival will actively guide various professional groups to carry out a variety of activities to benefit the people. "The Sound of Zheng on the Sea - Guzheng Works Concert" by the Guzheng Special Committee of the Shanghai Music Association, "Youth Music Special" by the Children's Music Committee, "The 6th International Accordion Art Festival" by the Accordion Committee, Guitar Special Committee The committee's "Guitar Concerto Night Concert" and other events will bring a variety of people-benefiting performances and literary and artistic volunteer services to the Shanghai audience and music lovers. The
Music Festival will cooperate with the Citizen Cultural Festival and other areas to carry out various public-friendly exhibitions, reviews, performances, lectures and salons and other people-benefiting activities in the "Five New Cities" and other areas. Organize artists and volunteers to carry out "music flash mob" activities with different themes to showcase the charm of China's excellent traditional culture.
In addition, in order to allow the majority of music and dance lovers to enjoy more exciting performances, exhibitions, etc., the music festival continues to promote charity ticket activities, and some sessions will launch charity tickets, discount tickets, etc. At the same time, representatives such as meritorious figures, the most beautiful volunteers, fire officers and soldiers will be organized to observe, feel and experience the performances and activities of the music festival, so that more citizens and audiences can enjoy the spring of art together.
Author: Jiang Fang
Text: Jiang Fang Picture: Organizer Editor: Wang Yan Editor: Xing Xiaofang
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