Beijing News As one of the National Center for the Performing Arts' 2024 International Piano Series, the "Yin Chengzong, Yin Jiongjie and Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra Piano Concerto" was played on February 29, bringing an unforgettable performance to the audience in the capital. national tour. The entire performance lasted for more than 2 hours, and was jointly presented by the national treasure-level piano master Yin Chengzong and the post-2000 emerging conductor Yin Jiongjie, together with the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, known as Xiamen’s “gilded city card”.
Yin Chengzong and Yin Jiongjie perform a piano concerto concert with the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra.
The first half of the concert featured Rachmaninoff's "Vocal Exercises" and "Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor". The 83-year-old Yin Chengzong staggered on the short walk from the side stage to the piano, but when he sat in front of the piano, he immediately became passionate and his fingers started running quickly on the black and white keys. Among them, the "Ra II" Concerto was a piece he performed in the finals of the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition more than 60 years ago.
In the second half, excerpts from the "Peer Gynt" suite and the piano concerto "Yellow River" pushed the concert to a climax. The piano concerto "Yellow River", born in 1970, is the first piano concerto in the history of Chinese music. As the premiere performer and important creator of "Yellow River", Yin Chengzong's superb artistic skills are fully demonstrated in this work. Yang Ming, former head of the Piano Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, commented, "The Yellow River that flows under Yin Chengzong's fingertips always has a deeply touching feeling and a stirring power. At the age of 83, he still maintains this kind of passion for the music profession and the music industry. The spirit of professionalism is admirable." After "Yellow River" was played, the audience applauded and cheered endlessly. Yin Chengzong returned to perform two more songs "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" and "Happy" amidst the cheers of the audience. "The wordiness".
The conductor Yin Jiongjie who conducted this concert is a "post-00s generation". With his artistic talent far beyond his age, he is already the assistant conductor of the China Symphony Orchestra. Yin Chengzong and Yin Jiongjie have collaborated more than ten times before. Although they are nearly 60 years apart, they work well together. Young violinist Li Yuhe said when talking about his feelings after the viewing, "The new and old partners of Yin Chengzong and Yin Jiongjie reflect the inheritance of China's excellent culture."
The Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1998, is a pioneer of professional symphony orchestras in China. The Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra was first established because of Yin Chengzong's initiative. In 2022, Yin Chengzong, the "son of Gulangyu Island", will return to his roots and return to his hometown. He hopes to join the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra in the rest of his life to hold tours in important cities across the country and contribute to the music and culture of his hometown. This time he will tour to the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing. It's an important stop.
It is reported that this tour also received special support from C&D Group. C&D Group stated that for a long time, C&D Group has been actively fulfilling its corporate social responsibilities while striving to develop its own business and development, and assisting the development of urban cultural and sports undertakings. "I hope that by supporting this concert, we can use music to inspire the charm of the city, build a bridge for cooperation and common prosperity between cities, and continue to polish the philharmonic background of Xiamen, a city of 'two highs and two modernizations', and bring high Deliver high-quality culture and art to more music lovers."
Currently, Xiamen is actively building a "cultural center, city of art, and island of music." Fang Yi, director of the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, said that Yin Chengzong and the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra are Xiamen’s two musical business cards. “It is a great honor to work with Mr. Yin Chengzong at the National Center for the Performing Arts, the highest level stage in China, and once again leave the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra.” The footprints of hard work on the road of art show Xiamen's soft power of music culture, and use culture to enhance Xiamen's city visibility and reputation."
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