On September 7, amidst the resounding horns of the German Brass Ensemble, the "King's Voice" of the world's brass music, the 2024/2025 new performance season of Xinghai Concert Hall was unveiled! Artists, partners and media friends from all over the world gathered in Guangzhou to

Wynton Marsalis

Herbie Hancock

As one of the most influential jazz music events in China, the Guangzhou Jazz Festival has been upgraded magnificently as it enters its tenth anniversary. The "Guangzhou Jazz Music Season", which spans two months and has a more brilliant lineup, will be held from September to November. The performance is hot; the two resident orchestras of Xinghai Concert Hall, the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and the Guangdong Chinese Orchestra, will kick off a exciting new music season with famous artists in September; classical music has signed a "five-year agreement" with Xinghai Concert Hall The legendary Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will also make a grand return in November, playing the world-famous "Golden Sound" for the fourth time.

has launched a series of carefully planned shows throughout the new performance season, integrating inheritance and innovation, guided by high-quality art projects, bringing together Chinese and foreign art classics, allowing famous artists, famous groups, and masterpieces to shine on the stage of Xinghai Concert Hall. Let the general public appreciate the style of world-class artists at their doorsteps. This year, in the "Guangdong Performance Rankings 2023" issued by the Guangdong Performance Industry Association, Xinghai Concert Hall won the "Influential Theater of the Year", "Innovation Award of the Year", "Top Performance of the Year", "Best Original Play", There are five awards in total for "Best Charity Performance".

Jazz Season 10th Anniversary Gorgeous Upgrade, " Grammy Index " Hits New Highs

Guangzhou Jazz Festival was founded in 2015. It is China's first jazz festival named after a city. It allows the city of Guangzhou to discover It embodies the rare jazz temperament in the hustle and bustle of life - tolerance, openness, and never stopping exploring and moving forward. On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the Guangzhou Jazz Festival has undergone a magnificent transformation - the "Guangzhou Jazz Season", which lasts longer and has a more brilliant lineup, will meet the music fans as scheduled in the golden autumn!

This jazz season is hosted by Xinghai Concert Hall, with the Propaganda Department of Guangzhou Yuexiu District Committee and the Jazz Society of the Chinese Musicians Association as supporting units. From September 8th to November 8th, spanning two months, an all-star lineup with 86 Grammy nominations and 30 Grammy Award winners will perform in six exciting concerts one by one. The 84-year-old Herbie Hancock, the immortal jazz legend, and the "world's number one trumpeter" Wynton Marsalis lead the "flagship jazz group" Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the "King of Guitars" in today's music scene , Mike Stern, who represents the highest level of contemporary fusion jazz, the 76-year-old jazz piano master Takeshi Yamamoto, the Canadian national treasure saxophone master and "great jazz poet" Yannick Riyo, the 74-year-old world No. 1 Jazz accordion master Richard Galliano... Not only did the "Grammy Index" reach the highest level in history, but many world-class jazz giants gathered together, which can be called a "lifetime series"! Since the launch, the concerts have been a hit, including a concert by jazz master Herbie Hancock that was almost sold out.

Wynton Marsalis

Herbie Hancock

Huang Yong, executive vice president of the Jazz Society of the Chinese Musicians Association and famous bass player, commented: “This year’s lineup is extremely strong, and this is a rare feast. .Guangzhou Jazz Festival has truly become China's most successful, most important, highest quality, and most professional jazz performance event in China. Its production level has fully reached the level of a first-class international jazz festival. "

Famous jazz pianist Luo Ning recommended: "On the occasion of the 10th anniversary, Xinghai Concert Hall invited an all-star team in the field of jazz. They are all high-level concerts that must be watched. As a shining benchmark and shining business card in the industry, Guangzhou Jazz Festival is not only a feast of music, but also a stage for dreams. ”

In addition to six concerts featuring top international lineups, this year’s carefully planned outdoor concert will invite the unique French contemporary jazz band-Remi Parnosin French Jazz Trio, and will join forces with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area The power of jazz, with the Zhang Junhao Band from Hong Kong, swaying with the audience in the sun.

During the 2024 Guangzhou Jazz Music Season, the all-day "Jazz Open Day" will continue to be presented, with a series of pre-performance talks, workshops, master classes and other popular activities. Charity activities invite you to explore the mysteries of jazz; the mysterious jazz pop-up event will be linked to Ersha Island’s outdoor music season, and Ersha Island will become a “Music Island” in an instant. The concert hall will also work with Tencent Art, an exclusive strategic cooperation all-media platform. It brings live broadcasts and playbacks of many exciting concerts, and high-definition audio playback on qq music, integrating online and offline to show music fans the diverse styles of jazz. Once a year, in this land of inspiration and surprise. Jazz Land will continue "Boundless" to the end, presenting a star-studded jazz carnival to the general public!

" Music Awards " has repeatedly set records in the industry, and welcomes symphony and chamber music " Tiantuan "

Xinghai Concert Hall's high-end music brand "Annual Music Awards" founded in 2014 focuses on famous groups, allowing citizens to enjoy world-class high-quality performances at their doorsteps. Over the past ten years, the "Annual Music Awards" has invited many The world-famous orchestra has repeatedly led the trend in the domestic classical music market and has grown into the most popular classical music brand among music fans. Following the launch of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic in the first half of this year. After the star group, the "Annual Music Awards" will also usher in two major projects in the second half of the year.

The world's top classical "troupe" Vienna Philharmonic will return to the sea of ​​​​Xinghai on November 4-5. Concert Hall. Andres Nelsons, a new generation conductor who led a delegation to Guangzhou for the first time in 2017, will once again conduct the conductor and present two major performances together with Yefim Bronfman, a popular pianist in the international music scene. Pound music feast. The first concert on November 4 will present two major symphonic works, "Xiao Jiu" and "De Seven" to the audience. In the second concert, Yefim Bronfman will perform with Vienna The Philharmonic Orchestra will collaborate with Beethoven's "Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor", and the orchestra will also present Richard Strauss's classic "The Heroic Life".

One of the best chamber orchestras in the world - St. Martin's in the UK. The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (Academy of St Martin in the Fields) is a veritable "Heavenly Orchestra" of chamber music in the eyes of classical music fans. It is also the chamber orchestra with the largest number of recordings in the world. On November 30, the orchestra will come to Guangzhou for the first time. With a small staff of nearly 40 people and an exquisite tradition, it will bring the most classical music works to music fans in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The two resident orchestras have launched a new music season, and has joined hands with Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra to present " Eternal Beethoven"

2025 is the 255th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. Holy” tribute. In this year, starting from the "Beijing Nine" performed at the 2024 Guangzhou New Year Concert, Beethoven's complete set of nine symphonies, five piano concertos, violin concertos, triple concertos, four overtures and choral fantasy will be presented. This is a musical feast presented to the audience by the Xinghai Concert Hall and the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, which have worked hand in hand and cooperated sincerely for more than a quarter of a century.

In addition to the "Eternal Beethoven" series of concerts conducted by Director Huang Yi, the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra's 2024/2025 music season has gathered celebrities, including lifelong honorary music directors Yu Long, Charles Dutoit, Jaap van Zweden, Conductors such as Daniel Harding, as well as violinists Frank-Peter Zimmerman, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Augustin Hardlich, cellist Gautier Capuçon, pianist Famous performers such as Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Chen Sa, and erhu player Lu Yiwen will present exciting season concerts. Currently, the ten concerts of the new music season from September to December are on sale. This year, the "New Classical Voices" concert series is newly launched, with a flat price of 200 yuan, and a 50% discount for students with student cards, presenting high-quality concerts that benefit the people.

The 2024/2025 new music season of the Guangdong Chinese Orchestra will kick off with the opening concert "Southern Wind Blows" on September 21. In this concert, which is now on sale, the orchestra not only presents to music fans original commissions, selected works supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's 2024-2025 "Symphony of the Times", and highlights of "Shouting the Mountain" with rich artistic charm of Hakka folk songs. In addition, it will once again join hands with the Hungarian Sharik Peter Trio Jazz Band, the most popular in the international music scene today, to create and world premiere new Guangdong music works with diverse artistic perspectives and a fusion of Eastern and Western musical concepts.

In this concert season, Zou Hang, an old friend of the Guangdong Chinese Orchestra and the famous composer who has frequently produced excellent works in concerts such as "Lingnan Variations" and "Wandering Waves", will hold a solo concert. In the chamber music section, the "Southern Guangdong New Voices iv" Guangdong Music New Classics themed chamber music concert will present ten chamber music works with diverse styles, all of which are part of the third "Southern Guangdong New Voices Guangdong Music New Classics" collection hosted by the orchestra. Excellent works selected from the event. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the annual "Chinese Music Festival" New Year Concert and the Guangzhou New Year Concert have become popular check-in programs for music fans. In addition, next year, the orchestra will usher in the 20th anniversary concert of "Lingnan Variations", the "Dou Yue" principal concert, the Dragon Boat Festival Wellness Concert, and the closing ceremony of the season as a platform for world music exchange and display.

Last year, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, Xinghai Concert Hall launched an innovative “residency program” in conjunction with famous musicians, launching useful explorations in the cultivation and inheritance of music culture, in-depth integration of culture and tourism, and innovative development. , triggering enthusiastic response.

In the new performance season of 2024/2025, Xinghai Concert Hall continues its “residency program”, working with artists to deepen their understanding of local culture and inherit their music dreams. "Piano Goddess" Chen Sa launches the "Piano Masters" residency program; Shanghai Quartet and Guqin master Chen Leiji, who have known each other for many years but have never collaborated on the same stage, join the Xinghai Concert Hall's "Stringing Chinese and Western" cross-border residency program; quite famous on the international stage Renowned performers Wu Man and Wu Wei have joined the "Unbounded Silk Road - Wu Man × Wu Wei Pipa and Sheng" residency program. There are nearly 10 residency activities including three major residency programs, seven concert series, "Music Improvisation Camp", "Dream Workshop" by famous artists, Art Life·Musician Talks, master classes, and "Music Accompanying Program" charity activities. Let the audience listen, immerse and explore together with famous masters.

Smooth Sound in the Bay Area, Hong Kong's two famous groups meet up

Xinghai Concert Hall carefully planned and launched the "Sound Smooth Sound in the Bay Area" series, aiming to build a culturally open and inclusive communication and mutual learning platform through rich and diverse music forms, and create a unique An influential art brand in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. As the strategic partner of Xinghai Concert Hall and the leading symphony orchestra in Asia, the Hong Kong Philharmonic will return on December 14 this year to present a wonderful concert for the "New Year Performance Season" of Xinghai Concert Hall and present extraordinary music that will inspire the soul. At the same time, on December 28, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, known as the "Cultural Ambassador of Hong Kong" and highly artistic and creative, will also appear at the Xinghai Concert Hall. The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, two well-known first-class orchestras in the Bay Area, gathered in the sea of ​​​​stars in the same month, and the twin stars shone brightly to light up the "New Year Performance Season".

As the core engine city of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou’s cultural and artistic resources are second to none in the Greater Bay Area. " model has achieved impressive results and many "firsts" in the Chinese music industry. In the "Smooth Sound Bay Area" section, the agencies and groups will continue to work together to launch dazzling creations. "Music and Dance" jointly launched by Xinghai Concert Hall and the Cantonese Chamber Music Ensemble will premiere the "Hong Kong Chapter" jointly with the Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department and serve as a creation of the 4th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival programme.

Four original parent-child dramas have been launched one after another, the new " Little Star Theater " is more eye-catching

In recent years, Xinghai Concert Hall has set up a program production center. After independent exploration and efforts, it has adapted and created the first self-made play "Music and Dance for Parents" Theater Nutcracker" and successfully launched it on the market, starting the transformation into a "creative venue". This year, with the upcoming launch of the new parent-child dramas "Dragon Super" and "Little Dandelion's Wonderful Journey - Chinese Style Edition", Xinghai Concert Hall has created the "Little Star Theater" to grow together with audiences of all sizes and embark on a shining journey. A wonderful journey of music and art. In addition, "Little Dandelion's Wonderful Journey Classical Music Edition" will also start a tour of the Greater Bay Area on September 28.

" Pipe Organ Art Season " Check-in, Ersha Island Outdoor Music Season popularized and benefited the people

The pipe organ that was put into use simultaneously with the main building of Xinghai Concert Hall in 1998 is the only giant pipe organ in Guangzhou and is known as the "township organ". The treasure of the museum." In 2023, Xinghai Concert Hall will launch China's first organ art season planned by a landmark performing arts venue based on the music season, bringing together international famous organ performers and the dynamic new generation, integrating listening, study, exploration and popularization. In the 2024 Organ Art Season, in addition to the "Masters Unit" that gathers talents, the "Special Production" that integrates music and interdisciplinary knowledge, and the "Experience Unit" that learns while playing and enjoys both refined and popular tastes, a new "Afternoon Music" is launched to benefit the people. Club", as well as exclusive cultural creations such as the label's album "Journey through Time and Space: Shen Yuan's Organ Solo" and organ postcards, which are deeply loved by the audience.

In addition, the annual Ersha Island Outdoor Music Season is sponsored by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the Guangzhou Yuexiu District People's Government, and is sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Guangzhou Yuexiu District Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Guangzhou Yuexiu District Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, Organized by the Xinghai Concert Hall of Guangdong Province and co-organized by the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, the event will be held on the lawn of No. 1 Haishan Street adjacent to the Xinghai Concert Hall for eight weekends from October to December. The 2024 Ersha Island Outdoor Music Season continues the theme of "Ersha Music Island, Rhythm of Wuyang City", and will invite musicians from home and abroad and the Greater Bay Area, as well as many outstanding local professional art troupes, to bring a colorful and elegant and popular experience. People-benefiting performances provide the general public with a wonderful cross-border outdoor party.

"Aesthetic Education Classroom", "Afternoon Concert", "Into the Symphony Meeting Concert Hall", "Sunday Music Afternoon Tea", "Weekend Folk Music Workshop", "Wednesday Music" and other popular music brands that benefit the people have cultivated many popular music brands over the years. Audience groups praised by domestic and foreign artists; "Annual Music Awards", "Guangzhou New Year Concert", "Chinese Music Ceremony", "Guangzhou Jazz Festival", "Organ Art Season", "Chamber Music·Listening", "Happy Lingnan", etc. are constantly emerging. The concert brand leads the way in music appreciation and builds the city's cultural and artistic highland.

Nandu reporter Zhu Rongting