People's Daily Online, Nanning, January 18 (Lei Qijun) Elegant art shines with splendor, and music event celebrates the New Year. On January 17, the 2024 Nanning New Year Concert was held at the Guangxi Culture and Art Center Concert Hall. Concert scene. Photo by People.com Lei Q

People's Daily Online, Nanning, January 18 (Lei Qijun) Elegant art shines with splendor, and a music event celebrates the New Year. On January 17, the 2024 Nanning New Year Concert was held at the Guangxi Culture and Art Center Concert Hall.

concert scene. Photo by Lei Qijun of People's Daily Online

This concert was conducted by Li Xincao, President of the China Conservatory of Music. Photographed by Lei Qijun of People's Daily Online

The concert was hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Nanning Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau. It was themed "Stars and Sea", with the China Symphony Orchestra as the main performance team, and was led by the famous conductor and the China Conservatory of Music. Dean Li Xincao was the conductor, and well-known singers such as Sun Li, Chang Sisi, Xiong Lei, musician Zhao Yu, Vietnamese young singer Do Thi Thanh Hua, and the Nanning Yue Chorus performed a number of Chinese and foreign famous song excerpts and excellent works. .

concert scene. Photographed by Lei Qijun of People's Daily Online

concert scene. Photo by People.com Lei Qijun

The concert kicked off with the lively orchestral music "Dance of the Golden Snake". "Waltz of Spring" is full of energy and conveys the vitality of the New Year. The violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers" (selected excerpt) is as song-like as it is told, recreating the graceful and touching ancient Chinese love story. The songs "Sentimental Land", "Sea, Hometown" and "Ode to the Red Flag" express the deep love for the motherland. "Ballet of Spring" and "A Hundred Thousand Miles of Spring Breeze" continue classics and innovations, singing about the rapid changes in the rural landscape with new scenes of spring. "Happy Loulangluo" vividly depicts the happy life of national unity. The melodious song "True Love Flying Together" sang a new chapter in the friendship between China and Vietnam. The chorus "Youth Encounter" evokes the beautiful memories of youth and high spirits in the first National Student (Youth) Games. Classic pieces such as "Bat Overture" and "Porowitz Dance" allowed the audience to fully appreciate the infinite charm of music. The orchestral music "Stars and Sea" expresses the beautiful vision of adhering to people's supremacy, jointly forging ahead, and heading towards a happy life. The concert came to a successful conclusion with the chorus of "Singing the Motherland".

concert scene. Photographed by Lei Qijun of People's Daily Online

concert scene. People's Daily Online Photo by Lei Qijun

2024 is the 75th anniversary of the founding of New China and a critical year for achieving the goals and tasks of the "14th Five-Year Plan". This concert has a clear theme and far-reaching intentions. It sings the high-spirited melody of Nanning's emancipation of the mind, innovation and change, ambition to strengthen the sea, and open development. In order to accelerate the construction of an international metropolis open to ASEAN and cooperate, it strives to write a Chinese-style modern Nanning. Chapter creates a good atmosphere of unity and progress.