On May 20, the "Complete Tchaikovsky" performance plan for the 2024 Philharmonic Orchestra music season was released in Beijing. At the same time, the Wukesong Philharmonic Art Space was officially opened.
In 2023, the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, with the theme of "Complete Beethoven", will bring a classical music feast of the complete set of Beethoven symphonies to the audience. This year’s Tchaikovsky Music Season will continue the idea of a music marathon, taking the audience from the classical period to the romantic period, creating a more hearty music audio-visual enjoyment.
It is understood that the first performance of the Philharmonic Orchestra's "Complete Tchaikovsky" music season is scheduled for July 21. There will be a series of seven concerts this season, all of which will be conducted by national first-level conductor Fan Tao as the artistic director. Fan Tao, artistic director of the Philharmonic Orchestra, said that Philharmonic Orchestra has been established for 12 years and has its own professional symphony orchestra. “August 2024 is the second birthday of the Philharmonic Orchestra. This season, the ‘Complete Chai Ke’ was launched. "La Traviata" and "The Magic Flute" themed symphony performances are also in progress during the Musikverein's music season. This young orchestra will bring more musical enjoyment to the audience on the stage in the capital. "
This season. A total of seven concerts will systematically present to the audience the complete set of symphonies by Tchaikovsky, the "soul of Russian music". Starting from the first large-scale symphony work "Symphony No. 1 in G minor "Winter Dreams"" in the 1860s, to the "Trilogy of Pathos" spanning more than ten years of destiny awareness and unremitting struggle—— "Fourth", "Fifth" and "Sixth" symphonies. In addition, the music season will also perform masterpieces that everyone is familiar with: three classic ballets - "Swan Lake", "Sleeping Beauty" and "The Nutcracker". Tchaikovsky's piano concertos, variations, violin concertos and other classic works with different themes will also be interspersed.
Wukesong·Ailehui Art Space is the third art space founded by Ailehui in Beijing. It consists of two medium-sized spaces, "Urban Concert Hall" and "Urban Theater". The overall content of the opening of Ailehui Art Space is mainly It is divided into eight major sections: symphony, chamber music & cross-border boutique series, orchestra principal series, famous master selection series, concerts & popular live, dance drama, drama, and family parent-child series. The number of performances is expected to reach 800 per year.
"Ailehui has been established for 12 years and has finally completed a phased dream." Song Jianping, chairman of Ailehui, revealed that Ailehui Art Space currently has three locations in Beijing, which has formed a phased construction. In the next stage, Philharmonic Art Space will go beyond Beijing and go nationwide. It is currently expected to build Philharmonic Art Space in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen and more cities with music dreams. "The goal of Philharmonic is to use art as a link and bridge to become a cultural gathering place for Beijing residents, a living habitat and one of the important bases for high-quality art dissemination. We also hope to inject new artistic vitality into Beijing's literary and artistic undertakings."
It is understood that Philharmonic Orchestra's self-operated orchestras - Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Light Music Ensemble and Qinglan Fu Guo Orchestra will all perform in the art space, fully creating a "hall-troupe-in-one" performing arts New space. In addition to self-operated orchestras, Philharmonic Hall will continue to introduce more high-quality international art projects.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Tian Wanting
Photography/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Li Na
