Nandu News Reporter Wu Fengsi On the evening of July 30th and 31st, cheerful Lingnan tunes rang out in the Ulanqiate Grand Theater in Inner Mongolia. The Guangdong National Orchestra joined hands with the Inner Mongolia Art Theater National Orchestra to perform a wonderful joint concert - "Grassland and Sea". From the soft Guangdong Erxian, Touxian, Bangdi, and Qinqin to the passionate Morin fiddle, Sihu, Bixigur, and Niujiao, the characteristic instrumental music from different ethnic groups is arranged in an orderly manner, presenting a complementary artistic effect. The local audience listened to the unrestrained songs from the grassland while appreciating the sounds of Lingnan spanning nearly 3,000 kilometers.
One in the south and one in the north, how two orchestras with completely different styles can go in both directions through music, the conductor's baton is particularly important. This concert was jointly conducted by Liu Shun, music director and chief conductor of the Guangdong Chinese Orchestra, and Yelda, artistic director of the Inner Mongolia Art Theater. The two-night performance at the Ulanqat Grand Theater in Inner Mongolia was not the first collaboration between the two artists. From July 12 to 14, the Guangdong Chinese Orchestra and the Inner Mongolia Art Theater Chinese Orchestra jointly performed in Guangzhou, Foshan, Shenzhen and other places in Guangdong. The two artists worked in perfect harmony, blending the different styles of music from the two orchestras together, and jointly performed a moving picture of the ethnic customs of the north and south, which received an enthusiastic response from the local audience.
"This kind of cross-regional music and cultural exchange can allow the audience to more intuitively feel the diversity and inclusiveness of Chinese national culture." Representatives of the orchestra said that the "Grassland and Sea" joint concert took two years of preparation and gathered the hard work and sweat of artists from Guangdong and Mongolia. The original intention of the cooperation was to jointly find the most beautiful and beautiful harmony of the Chinese nation. The Guangdong National Orchestra and the Inner Mongolia Art Theater National Orchestra respectively represent the delicacy of the southern water towns and the ruggedness of the northern grasslands. Through the performances of the artists of the two groups, the different artistic styles and profound cultural heritage of their respective regions were demonstrated on the same stage. This kind of alliance is of great significance as an exploratory cooperation in music culture across the north and south regions in the history of contemporary Chinese ethnic orchestras.
Written by: Nandu reporter Wu Fengsi Correspondent He Leer
