Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) On July 26, accompanied by the fiery and majestic melody of "The Sun Comes Out" by Chinese composer Bao Yuankai's "Yanhuang Style", the Beijing Youth Symphony Orchestra wore a performance costume that looked like "a touch of red morning glow" , performed passionately on the stage of the National Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall, and under the baton of artistic director Lu Jia, together with pipa player Wu Man, made their highly anticipated debut.
Artistic Director Lu Jia conducted the Beijing Youth Symphony Orchestra in its first performance. Photography Niu Xiaobei
The Beijing Youth Symphony Orchestra, jointly created by the National Center for the Performing Arts and the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, was officially established on June 23, 2024. Nearly 130 people from the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing 101 Middle School, and the Middle School Affiliated to Renmin University of China Young musicians full of musical passion and outstanding talents form this group that represents the vitality, vision and talents of Chinese young people in the new era. In just one month since
was established, the young musicians have "become one" and have experienced amazing leaps in the orchestra's ensemble perception and performance, showing youthful vitality and energy. From the life-filled folk song "Dui Hua" in "Yanhuang Style", to composer Zhao Jiping's ingenious use and narrative development of Suzhou Pingtan rhythms in "Second Pipa Concerto", to the music master Tchaikovsky's "e Symphony No. 5 in a Minor, the four movements of "Symphony No. 5 in a Minor" were full of ups and downs and integrated with profound expressions. Their full devotion and excellent understanding in three masterpieces of Chinese and foreign music won the audience's long and warm cheers and applause.
Beijing Youth Symphony Orchestra Artistic Director Lu Jia is very satisfied with the orchestra's debut performance. "I am delighted with the great progress they have made in the past month. They have shown their love for music, art and life." Lu Jia believes that the orchestra's understanding and control of the current repertoire "contains many shining and touching moments, no less than many well-trained Chinese professional orchestras." As the premiere performer of Zhao Jiping's "Pipa Concerto No. 2", Pipa player Wu Man also spoke highly of this orchestra: "The Beijing Youth Symphony Orchestra has excellent integrity and is truly immersed in the rhythm and breathing of music. The beauty of the music works completely flows out from their hearts." Li Zhe, artistic consultant and mentor of the orchestra and principal of the National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra, believes: "Although this year's 'Beijing Youth Festival' is the first one, and although there is only less than ten days of training, the orchestra's performance today is already outstanding among similar orchestras. It can be called a 'proofing' level, and it undoubtedly presents the highest level of youth symphony performance in the capital."
In August 2024, the "wow! World Youth Orchestra Week" was held at Carnegie Hall. It will kick off in New York, USA. As the world's first international music festival with the theme of youth symphony orchestras, "Wow! World Youth Orchestra Week" will bring together seven youth orchestras from five continents to perform at Carnegie Hall, sharing the stage with the top artists in the field of classical music Cooperation allows outstanding young people from all over the world to make friends through fun and learn from each other’s civilizations.
The Beijing Youth Symphony Orchestra, which will make its debut at the National Grand Theater Concert Hall and the Beijing Art Center on July 26 and 27, will be invited to participate in this dialogue of global young musical talents and will perform on the stage at Carnegie Music in New York on August 4 Hall, showing the style of Chinese youth and Beijing youth in the new era to audiences around the world.
The Beijing Youth Symphony Orchestra will go to the United States for exchange performances. Photography Niu Xiaobei
After watching the Beijing Youth Symphony Orchestra’s premiere concert, Wang Ning, director of the National Center for the Performing Arts, spoke highly of the orchestra’s artistic standards and spiritual outlook. He was also confident that the orchestra would go to the United States for exchange performances in a week. Dean Wang Ning hopes that the artists of the "Beijing Youth Friendship Association" will keep in mind the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping that "music crosses national borders and culture builds bridges", become ambassadors of Chinese culture, demonstrate the magnanimity and demeanor of a cultural power, and represent the vitality of Asian youth. , and take this opportunity to improve your level, broaden your horizons, make friends, use the thoughts, learnings and gains from this trip to water the fertile soil of Chinese culture, and contribute to the national cultural construction.
During the "Wow! World Youth Orchestra Week", the Beijing Youth Symphony Orchestra will also participate in a variety of multilateral exchange activities, including the "Thousand-person Ensemble Gala" conducted by Dudamel and conducted by multiple youth symphony orchestras. The "Wish the World" youth exchange event prepared by the Key Concert Hall will perform a joint chamber music performance with the National Youth Symphony Orchestra of the United States, "Victorious Friends Like Music and Carry Away", and will observe Dudamel's performance with the Venezuelan Children's Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop. Performances by the National Youth Orchestra of the United States, Ivan Fisher and the European Youth Symphony Orchestra and other partner orchestras of this music week.
editor, Huang Jialing
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