The Shanghai Summer Music Festival will customize a "Waterfront Concert" for the West Bank. Along the Huangpu River, 13 Cello Music Festivals will be Encountered | Shanghai | Cello Music Festival
At 7:30 pm, gusts of river breeze dissipated the heat, and a sound of qin came from the outdoor square of the West Coast Art Museum. 13 cellos, 13 performers from the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, playing Piazzolla, Liszt, Gershwin, and Villa Lobos on the bowstrings. Their music meets young people running at night, elderly and children walking after meals, and young people playing skateboards by chance.
After years of deep cultivation at the Shanghai Urban Lawn Music Square, this year, the Shanghai Summer Music Festival and the Shanghai West Bank of Xuhui Riverside jointly opened up a new outdoor performance area, with 13 cello groups from the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra playing the first sound. Three days ago, they made an appearance at the Shanghai Symphony Hall, and the performance sold out within ten minutes of ticket issuance. Three days later, the original team moved to the West Coast Art Museum and brought the performance to the outdoor stage.
"This year's' Summer Rhapsody of Cello 'is a test of the water. In the future, with the support of Xuhui District, the west bank of Shanghai will be another fixed outdoor performance venue for the Shanghai Summer Music Festival. Next year, we will tailor the' Waterfront Concert 'for the west bank, and may even create a' Waterfront Music Festival ', becoming a' festival in the middle 'of the Shanghai Summer Music Festival." said Zhou Ping, the head of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. The layout of the West Coast Art Community venues is well arranged, and various integrated performances can be designed.
13 cellos, taking turns playing the lead role
As early as 2012, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra's cello department established a cello ensemble group, with Huang Beixing, the chief vocalist, organizing members to practice and perform diligently. For 11 years, this ensemble has been silently accumulating strength.
In April this year, at the first concert after the return of cellist Wang Jian, the Shanghai Cello Ensemble Group made an appearance, which left many fans unsatisfied. In July of this year, Shanghai Band Academy sent off the 100th graduate and also sent fresh blood to the submitted cello ensemble group. Huang Beixing believes that from the performance state to the technical level, the cello ensemble is getting better and better, and it is time to make its debut at the Shanghai Summer Music Festival.
The concert's repertoire is very down-to-earth, including Piazzolla's "Forgotten", Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2", Gershwin's "Blue Rhapsody", as well as six opera arias adapted for the cello ensemble, such as "Drinking Song", "Women are fickle", and "No one sleeps tonight", which are well-known. When the cello plays these dramatic and lyrical opera melodies, it is like singing a "song without words" with bowstrings.
Huang Beixing hopes to bring the audience closer to the cello at the Shanghai Summer Music Festival. He was not surprised to hear that the concert was sold out in 10 minutes and said, "How can I play a dozen cellos? The format is quite innovative, and everyone will be curious."
The composer did not write the melody on one person. A beautiful melody, you, I, and he took turns as the main characters. Without a conductor playing the beat, the performers relied on each other's tacit understanding to play harmonious notes. From the concert hall to the West Bank Art Museum by the Huangpu River, this well-trained cello team quickly adjusted their form. They enjoy serious concerts in concert halls dressed in formal attire, as well as outdoor concerts with a more relaxed atmosphere and close interaction with the audience.
"Whether the concert atmosphere is serious or lively, as soon as I go on stage, I am like a precision computer that needs to execute every command with high precision." Huang Beixing said, "Playing requires a passionate mind and a calm heart.".
Let music flow on the west coast of Shanghai
The west bank of Shanghai is located on the banks of the Huangpu River in Xuhui District, with a shoreline length of 11.4 kilometers. Among them, the West Bank Art Museum Avenue gathers more than 20 various cultural venues, including the West Bank Art Museum, West Bank Art Center, Oil Tank Art Center, etc. It is known as the "highest concentration of art along the Huangpu River" and is also one of the largest art gathering areas in Asia.
Nowadays, the Shanghai Summer Music Festival is linked with the West Coast of Shanghai, adding a layer of flowing auditory art to this art community with a strong visual art scope. In order to prepare for the summer daydream of cello, Zhou Ping led the team to visit the venue twice, and finally chose the outdoor square in front of the West Coast Art Museum, which was open for free and embraced all arriving audiences.
This is not the first time that the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the West Bank of Shanghai have been electrocuted. As early as 2017, the band performed the Waterfront Opera "Don Huang" on the West Coast, providing an opportunity for thousands of viewers to enjoy open-air opera. On the lawn at the scene, not only were multiple plot related scenes arranged, but also a large number of haystacks and haystacks were brought in for the audience sitting on the ground to freely lean on and rest.
In addition to the Shanghai Urban Lawn Music Square and the West Coast of Shanghai, the Shanghai Summer Music Festival also launched the "City wide Classical" event this year. Along two city roaming routes, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra invited three young performers to quickly flash at the six major internet famous landmarks in Shanghai, integrating classical music into different aspects of urban life.
