The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra Singaporeans play the moving movement of the "the Belt and Road"
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the proposal to jointly build the "the Belt and Road" initiative, and the fifth stop of the "the Belt and Road" series of performances of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra came to Singapore. On September 19th and 20th, the orchestra held two special concerts for local audiences at the Nanyang Academy of Arts and the Singapore China Cultural Center, becoming the first professional symphony orchestra in China to return to the Singapore stage after three years of absence.
Cellist Qin Liwei as Solo
The performance is hosted by the China Cultural Center, with honorary support from the Chinese Embassy in Singapore, and special support from the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. This is the premiere of cultural and music exchanges between Shanghai and Singapore, which was officially established as a "forward-looking partnership with high quality in all aspects" in March this year and signed 15 cooperation agreements in April.
On the evening of September 19th, the 25th anniversary concert of China Construction Bank Singapore Branch's "Walking Classic" was held at the Nanyang Academy of Arts in Singapore. Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Wang Ruijie and the Acting Charg é d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Singapore, Zhu Jing, attended the concert.
Violin player Qian Zhou as soloist
The performance was fully booked, with Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Zhao Xiaoou, along with three musicians from the Yang Xiutao School of Music at the National University of Singapore - cellist Qin Liwei, violinist Qian Zhou, and pianist An Ning - presenting together.
Pianist Anning serves as the soloist
12 students from the Yang Xiutao School of Music at the National University of Singapore also joined the band of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, working together to complete the performance. There are both Western classic pieces such as Saint Sa ë n's "Swan", Mozart's "Serenade in G Major", and Shostakovich's "Second Waltz", as well as Chinese pieces such as "Yao Dance", violin concerto "Liang Zhu", and piano concerto "Yellow River" excerpts. The concert not only brings exciting songs to the audience, but also builds a practical platform for young people in Shanghai and Singapore to exchange and learn.
Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra resident composer Gong Tianpeng
On September 20th, the second Mid Autumn Festival concert "Together at the End of the World" was held at the Chinese Cultural Center in Singapore. When Chinese melodies such as "Butterfly Lovers", "Yellow River", and "Homesickness Song" are played, the music creates a wonderful moment of "bright moon on the sea, shared by the ends of the earth at this moment". In addition, the orchestra also brought a new work of Chinese original symphony - "Six World Folk Songs" created by Gong Tianpeng, the resident composer of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, and the third one - the Singaporean folk song "In Tanjung Kadong".
On September 20th, at the concert venue of "Together in the End of the World"
"Six World Folk Songs" is re created through a symphonic vocabulary that embraces all rivers and colorful orchestration effects, expressing the beautiful vision of peace and harmony among ethnic groups around the world. The Singaporean folk song "In Tanjung Kadong" is rich in color, sweet and elegant, and the familiar and moving melody makes the local audience feel very familiar.
