On September 7, the Xinghai Concert Hall 2024/2025 Performance Season and Guangzhou Jazz Season media meeting was held on Ersha Island, Guangzhou. As a highly praised and influential concert hall at home and abroad, this time, Xinghai Concert Hall officially announced the Guangzh

2024-09-08 12:16:04 entertainment 3951℃

html On September 7, the Xinghai Concert Hall 2024/2025 Performance Season and Guangzhou Jazz Season media meeting was held on Ersha Island, Guangzhou.

As a highly praised and influential concert hall at home and abroad, this time, Xinghai Concert Hall officially announced the Guangzhou Jazz Season; two resident orchestras - Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra New Music Season and Guangdong Chinese Orchestra New Music Season; high-end music brand "Annual Music Awards"; a series of performance and creation plans including three major residency plans. With the arrival of the golden autumn, a number of famous artists, famous groups, and masterpieces will shine on the stage of Xinghai Concert Hall. Guangzhou citizens can enjoy the world-class music awards at their doorstep!

Jazz Season 10th Anniversary Magnificently Upgraded

"Grammy Index" reaches new high

Founded in 2015, the Guangzhou Jazz Festival is China's first jazz festival named after a city. This year, on the occasion of its tenth anniversary, the Guangzhou Jazz Festival has transformed into the "Guangzhou Jazz Season" with a longer duration and a more brilliant lineup.

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, an all-star lineup of musicians, who have received 86 Grammy nominations and won 30 Grammy Awards, will perform at the Xinghai Concert Hall in six exciting concerts. . Among them are the 84-year-old immortal jazz legend Herbie Hancock; "the world's number one trumpeter" Wynton Marsalis and the "flagship jazz band" Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra; the "guitar" in today's music scene Mike Stern, who represents the highest level of contemporary fusion jazz; the 76-year-old Japanese jazz piano master Takeshi Yamamoto; the Canadian national treasure saxophone master; the "great jazz poet" Yannick Rio; 74-year-old The world's number one jazz accordion master, Richard Galliano... The gathering of many world-class jazz giants has not only made this jazz season's "Grammy Index" the highest in history, but it can also be called a "lifetime series"! Xinghai Concert Hall revealed that the jazz season has been a hit at the box office since its launch. Currently, tickets for jazz master Herbie Hancock’s concert are almost sold out.

In addition to six concerts that bring together top international lineups, this year’s carefully planned outdoor jazz season concerts will invite the unique French contemporary jazz band, the Remy Parnoisin French Jazz Trio, in conjunction with Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao University Bay Area jazz power, rocking with the audience in the sunshine with the Hong Kong-based Cheung Chun Ho Band.

In addition, during the 2024 Guangzhou Jazz Music Season, the all-day "Jazz Open Day" will continue to be held, creating a series of pre-performance talks, workshops, master classes and other popular public welfare activities to invite the public to explore the mysteries of jazz. The mysterious jazz pop-up event will be linked with the Ersha Island outdoor music season, turning Ersha Island into a "music island" in an instant.

The "Music Awards" have repeatedly set new records in the industry in the past ten years

Welcome to the "Top Orchestra" of symphony and chamber music

Xinghai Concert Hall is a high-end music brand founded in 2014. The "Annual Music Awards" focuses on famous groups and is committed to Let citizens enjoy world-class high-quality performances at their doorsteps. Over the past ten years, the "Annual Music Awards" has invited famous artists and groups from all over the world, repeatedly leading the trend of the domestic classical music market and growing into a classical music brand well-known among music fans. Following the two star groups of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic in the first half of the year, the "Annual Music Awards" will also welcome two major projects in the second half of the year!

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

One of the best chamber orchestras in the world - 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, and it is also the chamber orchestra with the largest number of recordings in the world. orchestra. On November 30, the orchestra will come to Guangzhou for the first time. With a small staff of nearly 40 people and exquisite tradition, it will bring the most classical music works to music fans in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Two resident orchestras launch a new concert season

Join hands with Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra to present "The Eternal Beethoven"

2025 is the 255th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. In the new season of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven's complete set of nine symphonies, five piano concertos, violin concertos, triple concertos, four overtures and choral fantasy are presented.

In addition to the "Eternal Beethoven" series of concerts conducted by orchestra director Huang Yi, the orchestra's lifetime honorary director Yu Long, Charles Dutoit, van Zweden, Daniel Harding and other conductors, as well as violinists Frank-Peter Zimmerman, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Augustin Hardlich, cellist Gautier Capuçon, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Chen Sa , erhu player Lu Yiwen and other famous performers will bring exciting seasonal concerts. Currently, the ten concerts of the Guangzhou New Music Season from September to December are on sale. This year's newly launched "Classical New Voices" concert series not only has a flat price of 200 yuan, but also offers a 50% discount with student cards to benefit the people.

The 2024/2025 new music season of the Guangdong Chinese Orchestra will also kick off with the opening concert "Southern Wind Blows" on September 21. In the opening concert, in addition to presenting to music fans original commissions, selected works supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's 2024-2025 "Symphony of the Times", and exciting clips of "Shouting the Mountain" with rich artistic charm of Hakka folk songs, the orchestra will once again join hands with today's The Hungarian Sharik Peter Trio Jazz Band, the most popular in the international music scene, has newly created and world premiered a new Guangdong music work with multiple artistic perspectives and a fusion of Eastern and Western musical concepts.

In this music season, composer Zou Hang, an old friend of the orchestra, will give 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 by the event.

In addition, next year the Guangdong Chinese Orchestra will usher in the 20th anniversary concert of "Lingnan Variations", the chief special concert of "Dou Le", the Dragon Boat Festival Health Concert and the closing ceremony of the season.

Cross-border integration, inspiring inspiration

Three major residency programs to deeply cultivate local art

Last year, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, Xinghai Concert Hall innovatively launched a "residency program" in conjunction with famous musicians, actively promoting the development of music culture. Carry out useful exploration in many aspects such as cultivation and inheritance, in-depth integration of culture and tourism, and innovative development.

In the new performance season of 2024/2025, Xinghai Concert Hall continues to develop its "residency plan". Pianist Chen Sa, an old friend of Xinghai Concert Hall, will launch 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, will join the Xinghai Concert Hall's "Stringing Chinese and Western" cross-border residency Plan; Wu Man and Wu Wei, both well-known performers on the international stage, will join the "Unbounded Silk Road - Wu Man × Wu Wei Pipa and Sheng" residency program.

Three major residency programs, seven concert series, "Music Improvisation Camp", famous artist's "Dream Workshop", Art Life·Musician Talks, master classes, "Music Accompanying Program" charity activities and other nearly 10 residency activities Coming one after another, the audience can listen, immerse and explore the infinite charm of music together with famous masters.