On October 18, the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe's original dance drama "Li Qingzhao" will kick off the 23rd China Shanghai International Arts Festival at the Cultural Square. Reporters learned from a press conference held on August 26 that the current China Shanghai Internation

On October 18, the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe’s original dance drama "Li Qingzhao" will kick off the 23rd China Shanghai International Arts Festival at the Cultural Square.

reporters learned from a press conference held on August 26 that the current China Shanghai International Arts Festival, hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and undertaken by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, is expected to hold about 250 and more than 700 events of various types. Nearly 5,000 artists from 36 countries and regions participated in 168 main board performances on 57 channels. The proportion of Shanghai premieres exceeded 90%, and the "gold content of famous groups" and "proportion of premieres" reached new highs. Among the 20 solo exhibitions and expo projects, 85% were first exhibitions.

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Continue to activate the "powerful engine" of cultural tourism consumption

Art Festival brings together high-quality resources to "drain traffic" to the city. Among the nearly 110,000 tickets for 97 performances on 25 channels that have been issued so far, performances by famous troupes such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Bolshoi Ballet, and Sarah Zhang in Shanghai are the only stops in China. The festival has attracted more domestic and overseas tourists to Shanghai with nearly 200,000 performance tickets, and is expected to attract more than 10% of overseas audiences, continuing to activate the "strong engine" of cultural tourism consumption. On November 17, a concert by Tugan Sochiev, Zhang Haochen and the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra will conclude the festival at the Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall.

Following the Berlin Philharmonic’s residency in Shanghai in the first half of the year, world-class orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, and Munich Philharmonic Orchestra will gather in Shanghai during the festival. The two top pianists in their prime, Alexander Kantolov, the "Chess Champion" who shined at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and Rafael Brecharz, the "Show Champion" are both in the arts. The first trip to China was completed. The Bolshoi Ballet and the Mariinsky Theater Ballet each presented classic charms such as "Spartacus" and "La Bayadere" with a luxurious lineup of nearly 300 people.

Art Festival resonates with the global stage. The theme planning focuses on important time points such as the 460th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, the 100th anniversary of Puccini's death, and the 200th anniversary of Bruckner's birth, and carefully designed multiple versions of "Hamlet" and an all-star version of Puccini's opera "Tosca" night concerts, etc. . On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, French violin master Reno Capuçon and other famous artists, as well as the National Dance Theater of the Palais de Chaillot in France, produced "The Body Against Gravity", and the highly imaginative French Brain Talk Theater "A Taste of Napoleon" and other various Unique performances will appear at the festival.

Art Festival launches new products that deeply integrate culture and tourism. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the birth of the "Art Sky" brand, conductor Xu Zhong and the China Shanghai International Arts Festival Festival Orchestra performed a complete concert of Beethoven's symphonies at the outdoor fountain square of the Shanghai Exhibition Center during the National Day. The arts festival also integrates performing arts and exhibition resources, and launches joint tickets for arts festival performances and exhibitions for the first time. The

Art Festival continues to create new scenes of cultural consumption. "Art Sky" has staged nearly 60 shows and 90 performances in streets, towns, communities, parks and lawns, and urban public spaces across the city, connecting high art to the "last mile" of urban life. Through linkage with commercial real estate, it has opened in Shanghai Xintiandi and Hongkou in Huangpu District. Commercial landmarks such as District Ruihong Tiandi, Putuo District Hongshoufang, and Minhang District Hongqiao Tiandi have held more than 20 concerts and immersive performances to promote the gathering of people and continuously meet the people's diverse spiritual and cultural needs and new expectations for a better life. .

Uncover the "source of vitality" of original masterpieces

The Art Festival builds a platform for cultural dialogue between the North and the South. After a lapse of 12 years, the Beijing People's Art Theater came to Shanghai to perform for a month with five major plays: "Teahouse", "Mutiny", "Sunrise", "Du Fu" and "Under the Red Flag". Shanghai’s “productions” are wonderful. Dialect stages such as the Shanghai Dramatic Art Center stage play "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", Shanghai Media Group's stage play "Flowers", the musical "The Myth of Love", and the dialect stage play "Pretty Woman" showcase the unique charm of Shanghai-style culture.

Literary and artistic creation shows the main theme and positive energy. The musical "Chasing Dreams" by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions Art Troupe tells the entrepreneurial history of Chinese railway workers from the steam age to the high-speed rail era. Beijing Song and Dance Theater's dance drama "Breaking Ice" is the first anti-drug-themed dance drama in China.The Beijing Peking Opera Company's new modern Peking opera "Shi Ping Mei" tells the story of Shi Ping Mei with a new Cheng accent. As the fourth realistic work in the Shaanxi People's Art "Mao Dun Literature Award" series, "Book of Life" will be a five-hour drama showing the great changes in urban and rural areas in the past 50 years.

Traditional Chinese culture has gained new vitality. With the theme of "Poetry Banquet·Humanity", Jiangsu Provincial Performing Arts Group Kunqu Opera Theater's Kunqu Opera "Poetry Banquet·Tang Talents", Chongqing Peking Opera Theater and Chengdu Peking Opera Research Institute's Impression Peking Opera "Xue Tao" and other works reproduce the style of historical celebrities from an innovative perspective . Works such as the physical drama "Thousand Years of Warriors" by the China Coal Mine Art Troupe and the dance drama "Return from Dunhuang" commissioned by this arts festival echo the rise of the "national trend" and make cultural relics "come alive" on the stage.

"Supporting Young Artists Program" provides a "source of living water" for cultural innovation. This year's "Youth Support Program" attracted artists from 9 countries and regions to apply for more than 290 works, and 9 stage art works and 2 visual art projects stood out. Actor Jin Shijia and the Youguli Theater Company pay tribute to literary classics with "Trial Collection 2.0". Ao Dingwen's "The Story of the Hosta" and Zheng Xiaofan's "Personality Gallery 3.0" reflect on the inner world and tell Chinese stories. Song Yang and the French Strasbourg Percussion Orchestra jointly created "The Musical Journey of Hugo and the Oriental Elves". This was also the first time the troupe performed in China. The average age of the three selected candidates for the visual art project is less than 23 years old. "Imaginary Trade", the first joint exhibition curated by Chen Lingli and Lu Dongkun, and "Skin Fun Unbounded", Zhang Chaoran's first solo exhibition, both present interdisciplinary and multi-media art forms.

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