More than a hundred years ago, the great musicians Liszt, Chopin, and Berlioz, the great writers Balzac and Hugo, the poets Musset and Heine, and the painter Delacroix met in cafes and salons along the Left Bank. , got to know each other, and while jointly creating a great era, t

More than a hundred years ago, the great musicians Liszt, Chopin, and Berlioz, the great writers Balzac and Hugo, the poets Musset and Heine, and the painter Delacroix were in the cafes and salons on the left bank of the river. Acquaintance and mutual understanding have jointly created a great era, and at the same time, the "Left Bank" has become a cultural symbol that goes far beyond geographical significance.

Shanghai in April will usher in the first "Left Bank Music Festival" (z+ music festival) that adheres to the same cultural spirit. From April 12th to 21st, eight exciting chamber music feasts will be held in ten days at the Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Music Festival. The hall and the tri third space of the Blackstone m+ park across the street from the concert hall are gradually presented.

"Left Bank Music Festival" is founded and artistically directed by pianist Zuo Zhang. The first star performers include violinists Ning Feng, Kang Zhumei, Liu Aisha, pianists Zhang Haochen, Louis Schwitzgebel, and Jin Shanyu, Violists Yura Li and Liz Berto, cellists Julian Stekel and Andrei Yonica, singers Shen Yang and Zhu Huiling, classical guitarist Yang Xuefei and the Diotima Quartet wait. Young conductor Zhang Lu and musicians from the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra will also take the stage.

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Music Director Yu Long expressed congratulations on the holding of the first Left Bank Music Festival, "A brand new music festival has been born. This is not only a new music festival, but also a new cultural attitude. Music will always be We are the leaders of social culture, and our young artists today are the sparks of this era. Thank you for the new life, new hope and new future they have brought to us. We look forward to the Left Bank Music Festival becoming the rising star of our era."

4 On March 12, the "Opening Concert of the Left Bank Music Festival - Night on the Left Bank" will be held at the Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall. Famous violinists Ning Feng and Kang Zhumei lead eight musicians to present Mendelssohn's first masterpiece in his early creative career, "String Octet in E flat major, Opus 20". Ning Feng and pianist Zhang Haochen will perform at Left Bank Music The festival completed its first cooperation. Under the baton of Zhang Lu, assistant conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the musicians who submitted the submission jointly performed Nikolai Kapustin's "Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra, Op. 105" 》.

Another blockbuster premiere work will be performed at tri Third Space on April 14. The internationally renowned bass baritone singer Shen Yang will bring the leading Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov. The Chinese premiere of "Silent Song".

Kang Joo-mi, a German-Korean violin star who has attracted much attention on the international stage in recent years, will not only appear in the opening concert, but will also lead the "Romantic Road" on April 13 and the "Centenary of Fauré's Death" on April 17 "The concert will bring blockbuster works such as "Schumann Piano Quintet", "Fauré String Quartet" and Chausson's "Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet in D major". The pianist at the concert on April 17 was Kim Sun-wook, the first Asian and youngest gold medalist to win the Leeds International Piano Competition.

Louis Schwitzgebel, who grew up in a Swiss art house and is of half-Chinese descent, will appear on stage at the opening concert and the "Piano Trio" concert on April 19, showing his elegant and rich imagination. Power and extraordinary artistic depth.

One of the few soloists in the international music scene who is good at both violin and viola, chamber music performer Yura Lee, and "cello god" Julian Stern, who started his solo career after winning the famous ard international music competition in 2010 Kerr will also join hands with Ning Feng, Zhang Haochen and other celebrities in the concerts on April 12th and 13th to bring an audio-visual feast.

html On April 18, the Diotima Quartet will present their popular repertoire on internationally renowned stages such as the Berlin Philharmonic, "Ligeti and Janáček Quartet" to showcase the "String Quartet" indoor Intimacy and competition in the important presentation form of music.

In addition to the Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall, the Left Bank Music Festival will try crossover and integration in the tri third space.

html On April 19, pianists Zuo Zhang and Louis Schwitzgebel will perform with the famous Korean-American violinist Liu Aisha, who is young but has already become famous in Europe for winning the Cello Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky International Music Competition. Collaborating with the cellist Andrei Yonica, these four musicians, all of whom have been selected for the outstanding "BBC New Generation Artists Program", will perform the Brahms and Dvořák Piano Trios together, also using the latter The author paid tribute to the 120th anniversary of Dvořák's death.

html On April 20, Chinese classical guitar pioneer Yang Xuefei and famous mezzo-soprano singer Zhu Huiling will collaborate for the first time on a carefully planned special performance of Spanish and Latin works. Masterpieces by composers such as Enrique Granados, Joaquín Rodrigo, Manuel de Falla, Luis Bonfa and others will be presented with a special combination of mezzo-soprano and classical guitar.

As the artistic director of the Left Bank Music Festival, pianist Zuo Zhang will also take the stage in the closing performance on April 21, cooperating with many artists on Spohr's "Septet in A Minor". Zuo Zhang said, “Chamber music has the most magnificent colors and soul-stirring melodies of classical music. Every time I explore and touch the chamber music section, it is the happiest and happiest moment for me as a classical music practitioner. , I hope that through the Left Bank Music Festival, I can work with artists to bring the most beautiful music to the Shanghai audience, and share with everyone the touch that chamber music brings to us."

Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Tian Wanting

editor/Qiao Ying