cover news reporter Lai Fangjie reports with photography
is famous in the city, playing the flute and the sheng. When the century-old "Voice of Philadelphia" touches the "park city under the snowy mountains", high-quality art also reaches the public and integrates into the city.
On May 19, the press conference of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2024 China Cultural Exchange Tour (Chengdu Station) was held at the Chengdu Art Museum.
html On May 19, the press conference of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2024 China Cultural Exchange Tour (Chengdu Station) was held at the Chengdu Art Museum. The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Chengdu Symphony Orchestra signed a memorandum of cooperation in Chengdu. The two parties will carry out a series of performances in November, including a concert at the Chengdu Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall on November 6, 2024, and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra on November 7. The group will present a solo symphony concert with thousands of people at the Phoenix Mountain Stadium.Two major symphony orchestras collaborated for the first time
Use music to build a bridge of friendship between China and the United States
When it comes to the Philadelphia Orchestra, many music fans are familiar with it. The Philadelphia Orchestra, founded in 1900, is one of the five major symphony orchestras in the United States. With its century-old history and It is renowned in the world of music circles for its superb standards and brilliant "Philadelphia Sound", and ranks among the top ten contemporary world symphony orchestras.
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At the same time, the orchestra also created many firsts in media promotion, so it was called the international super symphony orchestra in the 20th century.
Wu Zhijuan, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Chengdu Municipal People's Government, said that in 1973, at the special request of then-U.S. President Richard Nixon and then-Secretary of State Kissinger, the Philadelphia Orchestra, under the leadership of Director Ormandy, became the first to perform in China. American band. After
, the band visited China in 1993, 1996, 2001, 2008 and 2010. Adhering to the historical origin of long-term friendly exchanges with China, in 2012, the Philadelphia Orchestra once again assumed the important role of "cultural messenger" and jointly launched a series of "Philadelphia Music Week" activities in Beijing with the National Center for the Performing Arts of China.
cover news reporter learned that this time, the cooperation between the Chengdu Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra is an international dialogue in the field of art. The Chengdu Symphony Orchestra will join hands with the Philadelphia Orchestra's chief guest conductor Marin Alsop and the famous Chinese pianist Artist Zhang Haochen, together with more than 100 performers from the two troupes, uses music as a medium to learn from each other's arts through the borderless language of music, providing a more diversified music, culture and art scene for the city's cultural development, highlighting Chengdu The unique charm of the international music capital jointly composes a colorful and wonderful "symphony" movement of the city.
Adhere to art and benefit the people
Strengthen international art exchanges
The exchanges between Chengdu and Philadelphia are not limited to music. In March 2023, the Chengdu delegation went to the United States to participate in the 195th Philadelphia Flower Show, becoming the first Chinese city to participate in the Philadelphia Flower Show. Using horticulture as a medium, it started friendly exchanges with Philadelphia and established a partnership with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. Establish contact with the group. At the same time, Chengdu held a special promotion conference for Chengdu Cultural Tourism New York at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, "Park City under the Snow Mountains and Happy Chengdu in the Fireworks," to further promote exchanges and cooperation between the eastern United States and western China in culture, tourism and other fields.
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In March this year, the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra touring delegation came to Chengdu and conducted on-site inspections of Chengdu Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall, Phoenix Mountain Sports Park, Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, Chengdu Eastern Suburb Memory and other places, and reached relevant cooperation Initial consensus.
Since ancient times, Chengdu has been a famous music city with numerous silk pipes and sequins. Today, thousands of years later, the music industry in Chengdu, a city with profound cultural heritage, is developing rapidly, and the construction of "International Music City" is in full swing. Founded in 1981, "Rongcheng Autumn" has become a business card of Chengdu music culture full of artistic value, industrial value and social value. Behind the wonderful concerts is the professional reform of the Chengdu Symphony Orchestra, a strong demonstration of its progress towards becoming a first-class orchestra in the country, which fully reflects the achievements of Chengdu's construction as an international music city.
