On the afternoon of July 19, local time in Finland, at the world-renowned summer music event of Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland, amidst the warm cheers and long-lasting thunderous applause from local Finnish and European audiences, Liao, President of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Changyong and Hartmut Hall's "China-European Art Song Concert" came to a perfect conclusion.
At the concert, Liao Changyong sang representative art songs by Chinese composers such as Huang Zi, Qing Zhu, Chen Tianhe, Lu Zaiyi, etc., as well as 4 Italian art songs by Tosti in three languages: Chinese, Italian and German. Mahler's vocal suite "Song of the Young Traveler", etc., a total of 16 art songs.
Ville Matvejeff, the current artistic director of the Savonlinna Opera Festival, said: "Listening to Liao Changyong's concert in the wonderful Nordic summer with almost never falling sunshine is an incomparable wonderful experience. Enjoy. He is a world-class baritone singer who is currently active on the international stage. It is the pride of the Savonlinna Opera Festival that such a high-level concert can be performed in Savonlinna."
Savonlinna Opera Festival. Mr. Pentti Olavi Savolainen, one of the founders and former dean of the Savonlina Conservatory of Music, 94 years old, said after listening to the concert: "Liao Changyong's timbre is sometimes mellow, sometimes melodious, and full of richness." The delicate layers and color changes, as well as his superb artistic level, made me and many European audiences deeply moved by Chinese art songs and developed a deep interest in them. This is a rare concert of the highest level. "
It is reported that this is. After participating in the official performance and holding a master class at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in 2023, Liao Changyong participated in this prestigious music festival in Europe for the second time. Compared with the last concert "16 Chinese Art Songs", this concert more fully reflected the exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations and demonstrated the integration and development of music culture. Within a week after the
concert, Liao Changyong and his party were also invited to participate in performances and exchange activities at the 2024 Savonlinna Opera Festival. In the future, the two parties will promote exchanges and cooperation between the Savonlinna Opera Festival and Shangyin Opera House in repertoire production and opera talent training as soon as possible.
Starting from July 20, Liao Changyong will also join hands with the famous piano artist Hartmut Hall to hold a series of Chinese and foreign art song master classes at the Savonlinna Conservatory of Music for students from all over the world. After selection, five students from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music will receive training at the Savonlinna Conservatory of Music and participate in the art song master class report concert on July 25.
Text丨Reporter He Jing
Picture丨Shanghai Conservatory of Music
