City can be listened to, encountering the Shanghai Summer Music Festival on the streets and alleys: making buildings readable throughout the city | Music | Music Festival
On the evening of July 15th, the Shanghai Summer Music Festival "All City Classical" brought music to the streets and alleys. In the shadow space of Longhua Pagoda, the violin plays "Guanshan Yue"; At Xujiahui Academy, saxophones play Paul Bono's Waltz Rhapsody. Three young performers invited by the Shanghai Summer Music Festival bring a small surprise in ordinary life to citizens and tourists through their music. They have previously performed at the Hengfu Style Museum, Wukang Road Tourism Consulting Center, and Xiangyang Park.
Meanwhile, a city walk related to music is underway. 30 members of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra followed Hu Yanqiong, a staff member of the orchestra's archives, to embark on a city stroll in the cool summer night breeze. They set off from Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall and walked along Fuxing Middle Road, Fenyang Road, Huaihai Middle Road, Fuxing West Road, Urumqi Middle Road, all the way to Wuyuan Road, passing through landmark buildings such as Clemen Apartments, Blackstone Apartments, Qu Qiubai's Former Residence, Shangyin Music Castle, Nie'er's Former Residence, Xinkang Garden, Maiqi Apartments, Crystal Palace, etc. Architecture is solidified music, and music is flowing architecture. As we walk, we listen to Hu Yanqiong's stories about the past behind architecture and music, interpreting the changes and inheritance of the century old music district.
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The Shanghai Summer Music Festival, founded 14 years ago, is now increasingly stepping out of concert halls and using music to connect urban historical sites, parks, trendy gathering places, and living neighborhoods. Up to now, "Classical Music in the City" has walked through six "internet famous" landmarks, many of which are located in the Hengfu Music Street. This area gathers numerous music institutions and spaces such as orchestras, theaters, piano houses, bookstores, museums, etc. It is not only a place for music fans to linger, but also a good place for ordinary citizens to enjoy art. The performances of young performers bring a new experience of urban culture and tourism. Facing a historic wall in the city, standing next to an elegant and low-key stone step, they play different styles of music in the city oxygen bar surrounded by birds singing, flowers fragrant, and green plants, complementing the urban landscape.
In the classical music atmosphere of the entire city, citizens and tourists explore the city's style from the perspective of music, and explore the city from a different perspective. Visiting the "Music Castle" with cicadas in the summer, listening to a vinyl record in the century old Blackstone apartment, walking through the symphony museum to review history, and going to the "Wonton skin" to listen to a concert are all ways to meet music in this city.
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Zhou Ping, the head of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, said, "The historic Shanghai Symphony Orchestra has nurtured and grown in this city, experiencing storms and sunshine together. The Shanghai Summer Music Festival is a classical party that belongs to this city, and we hope that every citizen and tourist can fully enjoy the joy and emotion brought by music. The relationship between the Shanghai Summer Music Festival and the citizens is not just a simple relationship between the organizer and the audience, but also a joint creation of a music city that belongs to each other. This is the true meaning of 'whole city classical'."