Tell "Suzhou Story" with symphony music

The Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, a subsidiary of the new era group, recently released the 2022-2023 music season performance plan. This is the seventh music season of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra. From September this year to August next year, it will bring the audience 58 high -quality performances including the music season concert, indoor music, special planning, etc., covering more than 60 The classic works of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign composers are expected.

The Suzhou Symphony Orchestra is the first professional symphony orchestra in Suzhou. It was established by Suzhou and Suzhou Industrial Park in 2016. There are more than 70 outstanding musicians from 20 countries and regions. Looking back on more than 5 years of growth experience: completed the group building in 8 months, and started international tour after half a year. In less than a year and a half to the National Theater Stage, less than two years will launch a domestic symphony orchestra to organize professional composition competitions ... One The creation and achievements of the series have made Sujiao's fame in the industry, and quickly grew into one of the most influential symphony orchestras in China. It has also become a new business card for Suzhou urban culture.

Since the beginning of this year, in the face of the impact of the epidemic, the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra has actively innovated the form of performances, explored the innovative expression of symphony art in cross -border integration, and told the "Suzhou Story" with the symphony.

Online and offline "Play Turning" Cultural Cross -border

When the symphony meets Kunqu, what kind of "spark" will the collision? Not long ago, at the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra's "Peony Pavilion" Kunqu and the Five -time Concerts of the Harlery, the audience found the answer -the exquisite and timelessness of the indoor music and the elegance of Kunqu opera, the unique form of the five -kind and the contemporary contemporary "Peony Pavilion" The charm is interesting, just like the Soviet -style double -sided embroidery, one side of Western art, a non -heritage culture, scene conversion, and staggered, unspeakable.

This is the first time that Suzhou Symphony Orchestra and one of the "Three Golden Flowers", which are known as the "New Three Golden Flowers" in Suzhou Literature and Art Communities, cooperated for the first time. Combined to explore the "resonance" of traditional Chinese opera and Western indoor music.

Growing up in the international city of Suzhou, the blood of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra flows in the blood that is innovative and diverse tolerance. In recent years, the orchestra has actively explored the integration of symphony art and various art forms, and "re -creation" of classic music works -

With Min Music, in January this year, the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra joined hands with the Central National Orchestra to make a stunning appearance in the "Meeting Beijing" Olympic Culture Festival and the 22nd "Meeting Beijing" International Art Festival. "Jiangnan Weier" adds lottery to the Beijing Winter Olympics; and ballet, in November last year, under the stick of the famous conductor and orchestra music director Chen Yiyang last November, the performance of the Suzhou Ballet "Puppet Love" performance was performed on the spot. Bring the dual wonderful experience of "listening to ballet" and "watching the symphony"; with the picture and image, in November last year, "Tan Dun and Suzhou Symphony Orchestra" Women's Book "&" Picture Exhibition "concert" used multimedia technology to "" " "Women's Book" Symphony Poem and the micro -movie of the 13th "Book of Women", Musolsky's music and Conseci's paintings are synchronized ...

The form of performance is also constantly innovating. Chen Guangxian, head of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, said that at present, the new crown pneumonia's epidemic has a huge impact on the literary and arts clusters around the world. Facing the impact of the epidemic, the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra chose to take the initiative to take the lead in trialing the "5G+4K" "5G+8K" live concert in China to move the performance position to the online. Since 2020, the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra has tried to plan a series of high -quality online concerts, and the response was enthusiastic. In June last year, the large -scale original symphony chorus concert "Shajiabang · Century Po Guang" premiered at the Suzhou Cultural and Art Center. The audience can watch it at the 8K ultra -high -definition theater and the 8K large screen set in Suzhou in many places in Suzhou.

Multiple measures to promote the popularization of art

Today, the popularity and popularity of classical music in Sucheng have continued to increase. In my spare time, I listened to a high -level symphony performance with my family and friends to Jinji Lake, and gradually became a new trend in the cultural life of Suzhou citizens. However, at the beginning of the establishment of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, the performance of the performance was not so considerable.

"An excellent urban symphony orchestra must be an orchestra deep into the masses." Said Chen Long, secretary of the party committee, chairman and chairman of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra in the new era. Therefore, since the establishment of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, it has always adhered to the concept of "art for the people and the people to benefit the people". While improving the planning of the music season, it has closely focused on the needs of citizens and continued to carry out the artistic popularity of art with clear themes and rich content. , Create a series of special brands such as "Le · Living Room", "Le · Classroom" and music stairs, and build a full chain covering the art popularization of schools, communities, and enterprises.

Since the establishment of the delegation, the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra has held a total of more than 320 artistic popularization activities. The audience participated in more than 100,000 people on the spot. The number of online concerts and the popularity of art and education has exceeded 80 million. In Chen Long's view, in Suzhou, the symphony that was once considered "Yangchun Baixue" is gradually bidding farewell to the height and widow, and "fly" into the home of ordinary people.

In order to attract more young people to pay attention to the symphony, in July this year, the Suzhou Education Bureau signed a contract with the Suzhou New Age Group to build a joint Suzhou Youth Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra is the director of music, recruiting students within Suzhou City, and will conduct free and comprehensive symphony performance technical training for all selected young musicians to strive to create Suzhou Aesthetic and Urban Culture "New Business Cards".

After the establishment of the Suzhou Youth Symphony Orchestra, the symphony concert performance will be carried out every year, and the opportunity to participate in the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra performance. Chen Yiyang said that many mature orchestras at home and abroad have their own youth orchestras, which can allow the orchestra to exercise in teaching and management, and further improve the overall management and performance level of the orchestra; it can also cultivate young music talents for urban urban and enhance the overall culture of the city. Artistic atmosphere.

Innovative interpretation of the sound of Suzhou

What does the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra mean to Suzhou? Xu Zhiqiang, vice chairman of the Suzhou Literary and Art Critics Association and director of the Dancer Association, analyzed that the formation of Su Da is a new attempt and effort for the last "broughtism" in the new era of Suzhou. With such a professional symphony orchestra, Suzhou broke through the limits of traditional and old brands such as Kunqu, Bouncing, Calligraphy, Calligraphy, Su Xiu, and Garden in the style and content of art exchanges. It is important to provide new directions and possibilities for the innovation and development and promotion of the traditional and contemporary culture and art in Suzhou.

As Xu Zhiqiang said, in the development of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra for more than five years, it has always carried out a theme: with the help of the western art form and carrier of the Symphony, in the interactive integration of Chinese and Western culture, Jiangnan culture and Suzhou image were displayed.

Since 2018, the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra has launched the first Jinji Lake composition competition. Many of the works of the works such as the Jiangnan style of Jiangnan -style such as bouncing, Kunqu, and folk songs reflect the cultural landscape of the Jiangnan region. In 2021, the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra launched the first "Huaxia Music Festival", which is the first domestic music festival initiated by the professional symphony orchestra to interpret Chinese works. It aims to promote Chinese symphony works and spread the cultural character of Jiangnan.

As one of the second Suzhou Jinji Lake Composition Competition, the "Suzhou Impression · Evaluation" was authorized by the famous composer and the composition department of the Chinese Academy of Music in February 2021. Quan Jihao said that this song was constructed by three independent movements. The theme of each movement was taken from Suzhou evaluation, and it was extended based on this, so that the art evaluation art was reproduced through the hands of the Western Symphony Orchestra.

Through the window of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, many people in Suzhou learned about Western music, and many foreigners liked to go to the city of Suzhou from here. "I decided to leave London at the beginning, I just wanted to experience a fresh life. I did not expect that it was 5 years in Suzhou and settled down." In 2016, Daniel, who graduated from the Royal College of London, participated in the Sujiao interview under the recommendation of the teacher. Become a round number of Sujiao. A few weeks later, his girlfriend followed closely and became a member of Su Da. Today, they all become new Suzhou people.

"On the basis of interpreting classic music works, incorporate multiple styles, reflect the elements of Jiangnan, explore pioneer experimental performances, and meet the multi -dimensional viewing needs." Chen Guangxian said that this is not only the direction of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra's efforts, but also the next path.

Author: Meng Xu

Source: "Xinhua Daily"

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