On April 18, the 2024 Taihu Jazz Festival was announced in Beijing and will be held at the National Grand Theater Taihu Stage Art Center from May 22 to 26. By then, there will be more than 200 jazz musicians from home and abroad, and more than 50 jazz performances will be staged.
The National Center for the Performing Arts Taihu Jazz Festival was founded in 2021. After three years, it has become one of the highest quality and largest jazz festivals in China. A number of jazz music festivals with Chinese national characteristics and rich in traditional Chinese culture have emerged. Original Chinese jazz works. The upcoming 2024 Taihu Jazz Festival will continue to operate at full capacity to meet the cultural life needs of the audience with diversified jazz music and a music festival plan that integrates culture and tourism.
In terms of performance scale, in addition to the Taihu Amphitheater, this music festival also opened the Taihu Theater, Snowflake Stage, Stage Art Workshop Stage and Instrumental Music Interactive Stage for the first time. During the festival, starting every afternoon, the park is open and multiple jazz concerts are performed on different stages. It is worth mentioning that, in addition to performances held at Taihu Amphitheater and Taihu Theater, which require audiences to purchase performance tickets, for performances held at the Snowflake Stage, Stage Art Workshop Stage and Instrumental Interactive Stage from afternoon to evening, audiences only need to purchase tickets. Reservations are required to watch live jazz performances.
In addition to the expansion of the scale of performances, this Taihu Jazz Festival has planned a charity performance section for the first time. Jazz musicians will go to universities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the capital to share high-quality artistic resources with more audiences and young students in the three places. . In addition, the National Center for the Performing Arts' online performances will continue to bring excitement to the "cloud", providing a jazz audio-visual feast to the majority of netizens.
In terms of performance lineup, Li Xiaochuan Jazz Band, Feng Mantian, Jia Yinan, Luo Ning, Anyu and Xiao Jun Jazz Band, Cheng Fangyuan Jazz Band, CMA All-Star Jazz Big Band, Rongchenchu Quintet and other top domestic musicians and jazz The band will perform on the two main stages of Taihu Amphitheater and Taihu Theater. In this year's Taihu Music Festival, they will debut new works to bring a new jazz music experience to the audience. At the same time, nearly 30 youth jazz bands appeared in afternoon and evening performances at the Taihu Theater, Snowflake Stage, Dance Workshop Stage and Instrumental Interactive Stage, allowing more audiences to experience the charm of the jazz scene.
Since its inception, the Taihu Jazz Festival has focused on the integration of traditional Chinese culture, traditional Chinese music and jazz. At each music festival, a batch of Chinese folk jazz works leave an unforgettable impression on the audience. This year's Taihu Jazz Festival will continue to be rooted in traditional Chinese culture, inviting famous musicians Feng Mantian, Li Xiaochuan, and the CMA All-Star Jazz Big Band to bring "Chinese national music" to the audience through new jazz arrangements of classic folk songs, folk music, and operas. "Wind" jazz sensory new experience.
While inheriting traditional culture and playing the sound of Chinese jazz, this Taihu Jazz Festival also invites all participating jazz musicians to premiere new jazz works. At that time, participating Chinese jazz musicians will bring their original new works to set off a new trend of Chinese jazz music.
At the same time, this Taihu Jazz Festival continues to invite famous overseas jazz musicians to join the festival. It is worth mentioning that these overseas jazz musicians all have connections with China. Laurent More from France is the world's top harmonica player. He has traveled to China twice and was attracted by Chinese culture and created a number of musical works on the theme of Sino-French friendship. Rodrigo Souza, a Cuban player and composer of the Quena, is known as the "Master of the Quena" and is praised for his "reinterpretations" of Latin American folk music. For this Jazz Festival, Sousa specially composed a song "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix" for the Chinese audience, showing the integration of different music cultures. Balash Bagey from Hungary is the most respected composer and jazz drummer in the Hungarian jazz scene today. At this music festival, the Balash Bagyi Quartet will present "Jazz Suite: China" to express their fond memories and emotions about China.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Tian Wanting
editor/Gong Lifang
