China Net Beijing, September 18th On September 17, the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra and Chorus officially released the 2021/22 season. In the new season called “Heart Has Hao Yao”, the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra will once again gather the world-class “Super Chinese Team” to pay tribute to the orchestra and the 117 symphonies, chamber music and operas. The ten years of extraordinary journey of music director Lu Jia. At the same time, the National Centre for the Performing Arts will not only play the role of opera, but will also present 17 concerts with different backgrounds and eclectic styles.
That night, the two iconic groups of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, together with conductors Li Xincao, Zhang Qiang, Wang Haitao, Zhou Xiaolin, and Zhao Ling, staged Zhao Jiping’s “Red Stars Shining on China” and Sheng Zongliang’s “Nanjing, Nanjing!” “And the majestic “Yellow River Cantata”, expressing the strong feelings of family and country, singing the light of inner bright light, and opening the curtain of the new music season.
The National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra and Chorus officially released the 2021/22 season (Photo: Niu Xiaobei)
Explore the beautiful Haoyao Light
For the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra, last season had challenges and surprises: in the face of the epidemic, the orchestra released the season for the first time in two stages to ensure that the performance information is as accurate as possible. During the 17-month super season, they dynamically adjusted their performances, paralleled online and offline, combined on-site tour, and won the support of music fans in more than 130 performances with their high spirit of “new day”, becoming the world since the epidemic. One of the orchestras with the most performances, the most stable operation, and the most eye-catching performance. The first China tour, the Mini Chamber Music Week, the debut of Davos Cloud, and the 32 online performances embracing hundreds of millions of viewers are all shining footprints of his 10th birthday.
In order to polish hope with music and return to Beijing at the Olympics, the new music season will be named “Heart Hao Yao”, implying the mission of spreading light with music and paying tribute to the Olympic flame that illuminates the soul. “Haoyao” means “bright sunlight, white light”. According to the general manager of the orchestra, Ren Xiaolong, this beam of “light” full of Chinese meaning, “is not only the hope of people in difficult times, but also the moving characteristics of the Olympics,” It is the richest treasure in music.” Music director Lu Jia said emotionally, “Artists and artists are often fortunate to bathe in art, and therefore always want more people to be lucky. With our work and this theme, we hope that more people can see through music. Extraordinary light.”
On the occasion of the debut of the new music season, Mr. Zhu Wei, who served as the orchestra’s guest artist for two consecutive years, also praised the new work. With a huge six-meter-long painting, he captured the harmony of the orchestra, the audience and the music in a brilliant way. The orchestra with light in the heart is frozen into an unforgettable group portrait. The chief of the orchestra, Li Zhe, was inexplicably moved when he saw this painting for the first time. He said: “In this orchestra, there are people with light in their hearts. The immersion, the kind of focus, enjoyment, and enthusiasm that we share with the audience, is our most unique beauty and our glory.”
The National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra and Chorus officially released the 2021/22 season (Photo: Niu Xiaobei)
Super China Alliance regroups
When international artists are absent, the important task of invigorating Chinese music life falls on the shoulders of local musicians. Ren Xiaolong, general manager of the orchestra, believes that “since the epidemic, China has been the most normal place for music life in the world, and the talent and responsibility of Chinese musicians are indispensable.” Lu Jia believes that the international exchange barrier brought about by the epidemic has been counterproductive. In order to test and demonstrate the strength of the Chinese music industry, “Facts have proved that we have strengths comparable to those of the world in many fields, from conducting, to performing, to composing. The essential.”
In the 38 symphony concerts of this season, in addition to Lv Jia, conductors such as Li Xincao, Chen Lin, Yu Feng, Tan Dun, Zhang Guoyong, Xu Zhong, Li Biao, Zhang Yi, Yuan Ding, Huang Yi, Lin Daye will One after another, the two new generation leaders Sun Yifan and Lai Jiajing will also cooperate with the orchestra in depth with extraordinary strength. Pianists Zhang Haochen, Zuo Zhang, Zhang Lu, Luo Wei, Gina Alice, violinists Lv Siqing, Huang Mengla, Xie Nan, Wang Xiaoming, cellists Qin Liwei and Nie Jiapeng, oboe player Liu Mingjia, French horn player Han Xiaoguang, percussion Music player Bai Weiqi, singers Zhang Ningjia, Zhu Huiling, Zhou Xiaolin and Lei Jia will all be on stage. The Chorus of the National Centre for the Performing Arts will be conducted by Wu Lingfen, Li Xincao, Zheng Jian, Jiao Miao, and Meng Huan, performing wonderfully from the red revolutionary classics, to the phonology of ancient Chinese poems, to the world classic operas.
Adhering to the spirit of innovating and promoting Chinese music culture, the orchestra will have a dialogue with guqin player Chen Leiji, pipa player Zhang Qiang and Zhang Hongyan, erhu player Lu Yiwen, pipe player Han Lei and other folk music masters in the series “Music is the hometown of Ming Dynasty”. , Staged well-known handed down classics and new masterpieces by Chen Qigang, Sheng Zongliang, Yu Jingjun, Zhou Wenzhong, Zhou Long, Tan Dun, Chen Xinruo, and Yao Chen. The Orchestra, the Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and the German Eisen Theater jointly commission Huang Ruo’s “Butterfly Change” will also have its world premiere.
Zhao Jiping’s “Focus Composer” series will continue this season, and will stage works such as “Guanzi Concerto”, “Second Pipa Concerto”, “Red Stars Shining on China” and “Qingyun Music”. At the same time, Zhao Jiping, commissioned by the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra, will perform the world premiere of the symphonic chorus “The Story of Flowers” based on the dance drama music of the same name, and will undoubtedly become another important part of the 76-year-old composer. Pound works.
The National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra and Chorus officially released the 2021/22 season (Photo: Niu Xiaobei)
Neoclassical and “Unbounded” Chamber Music
The wonderful theme section of the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra season has long been a feature of “eggs” that music fans talk about, and this season is no exception. Taking advantage of the 50 years of Stravinsky’s death in 2022, the orchestra has planned the “Echoes of Neoclassicism” series, bringing this modernist pioneer together with Respicy, Ravel, Bartok and others. The audience relived the heated controversy in the literary and artistic circles at the beginning of the last century, and reviewed how the two forces of Zhixin and Renovation pushed the era forward by different routes. Among them, Stravinsky’s “Card Game”, “Three Movements Symphony”, “Dumbarton Oaks”, “D Major Violin Concerto”, Respicy’s “Ancient Tune and Dance”, Bartok’s ” “Band Concerto” and so on, have far-reaching influence in history, and are rare to hear in China, which will surely fill the ears of music fans.
Over the years, many chamber music groups built by orchestra players have become more stable and appear frequently, and chamber music has gradually become a new highlight of the shining music season. After the first launch of “Mini Chamber Music Week”, they will continue to work closely with three art consultants Li Weigang, Liu Mingjia, Han Xiaoguang, violinist Wang Xiaoming, and Shanghai Quartet, and cross-border with guitarist Yang Xuefei, guqin player Chen Leiji and Erhu Performer Lu Yiwen and other soloists have launched an all-star lineup of “Unbounded” chamber music series. Through 13 resident concerts and 6 touring concerts, the performances of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schoenberg, and Piazzolla are presented. String works, explore the wind works of Richard Strauss and Beethoven, as well as the rare orchestral adaptations of Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet” and Mussorgsky’s “Picture Exhibition”.
In addition to the above sections, many blockbuster masterpieces are also highly anticipated, including Mahler’s “Sixth Symphony” performed with Zhang Yi, Schubert’s “Rosamond” performed with Yu Feng, and Li Xincao performed with Li Xincao Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”, Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 5” by Tong Huang Yi, and “Don Quixote” by Richard Strauss by Tong Lin Daye Wait. With the improvement of the epidemic prevention and control situation, the signature operas of the National Centre for the Performing Arts will also return strongly: from “Jani Skiki”, “The Troubadour”, “Turandot”, “La Traviata”, and “The Sweetness of Love” “” and other world classics, to “Long March”, “Daughter of the Party”, “Song of Youth”, “Summer Rainbow” and other wonderful originals, will surely make audiences addicted to opera.
The National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra and Chorus officially released the 2021/22 season (Photo: Niu Xiaobei)
“Ten Years of Jiayin” knowing each other
This season, the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra will usher in the 10th anniversary of working with Lu Jia: In February 2012, Lu Jia took the stage for the first time as the chief conductor and was awarded the music director in 2015. Over the past ten years, the orchestra led by Lu Jia has become a well-deserved spokesperson for the new generation of top orchestras. It has not only established and consolidated its lofty artistic prestige, but has also become a leader in the new style of management and operation, and has contributed to the music life of Beijing and the whole country. Made outstanding contributions to the development of the company.
General Manager Ren Xiaolong said when looking back ten years, “The National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra was born in a new era. Of course, we must explore new standards, new styles, and new cultures for the Chinese Orchestra. On this journey, Lv Jia is our art. The most powerful backing, the most shining soul, and the most lovable, amiable, respectable, and reliable director in everyone’s hearts.” Chief Li Zhe believes, “We have worked together for ten years, and Director Lu Jia is in the golden age. Age will surely bring more big leaps and surprises in the future.”
At this ten-year commemorative moment, the Lv Jiahe Orchestra’s love and exploration of German and Austrian works will bear fruit again: starting from “Paris”, “Haffner”, “Linz” and “Prague”, the late Mozart The performance and recording plan of the symphony will start soon, and the “Bruckner Code” series that set sail last season will also continue to advance, and next year will stage the heart-warming ninth symphony.
In April this year, the orchestra received rave reviews for its first China tour. This season, although the long-planned and magnificent European tour may be delayed due to the epidemic, the plan for another tour in China is still progressing in an orderly manner, and it is possible that the magnificent Bruckner Symphony Ninth will bring more to the country Music fans shared the joy and fruit of the Orchestra and Lu Jiale’s ten-year journey.
For more season details, please visit the official website of the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra (www.chncpa.org/ncpao) to download the electronic version of the season book. The music season information is simultaneously posted on the WeChat official account and Weibo of the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra. In addition, the music season video has been released on the video account of the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra and the official Bilibili account, you can click to watch it. For information about Le Season in English, please visit the English official website (www.chncpa.org/ncpao/en).
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