On the evening of November 21, the China Philharmonic Orchestra led by young conductor Yu Ji successfully performed a concert with the theme of "Youth Storm" at the Zhongshan Music Hall. Affected by the epidemic, the audience of this concert did not have the opportunity to watch it live. In the evening, CCTV Concert Hall broadcast the whole performance live to convey the love, healing and hope brought by music. Among them, the sixth phase of the National Centre for the Performing Arts Young Composers Program performance work - "Instant Scenery" (composer: Sheng Meng) has the honor to be included in the list, which also marks the successful completion of the performance of the twelve works shortlisted for the exhibition in this issue.
In order to cultivate and support the team of young Chinese composers, and to find and promote excellent contemporary and serious music works in China, the National Centre for the Performing Arts has founded the "Young Composers Program" since 2011. In April this year, the sixth phase of the National Centre for the Performing Arts Young Composers Program was officially launched, which was widely concerned by young composers from more than ten countries and regions at home and abroad, and 102 works were collected, reaching a new high in the number of participants in the calendar year. On the evening of May 22, in the Concert Hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, young conductor Qian Junping conducted the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra to brilliantly perform the finalist works of this issue, "Behind the Darkness II" (composer: Meng Huanfeng), and the sixth session of the Young Composers Program exhibition was officially launched.
As of November 21, a total of 11 conductors and 7 orchestras have continued to relay in Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Guiyang, Guangzhou and other five places, overcoming the many difficulties caused by the epidemic to rehearsal and performance organization, weathering the storm with the National Centre for the Performing Arts, concentrating on the "Qingzuo Plan", with the mission of supporting and supporting the strength of Young Chinese composers, and completing 12 new works in the final stage of the exhibition and performance stage in half a year.
Here, we would like to pay special tribute to the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra, Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Guiyang Symphony Orchestra, Central Ballet Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, and China Philharmonic Orchestra for their strong support for the performance of this "plan", and to Qian Junping, Lin Daye, Jiao Yang, Fan Ni, Lai Jiajing, Zhang Jiemin, Zhang Guoyong, Sun Yifan, Zhang Yi, Jing Huan, Yu Ji and other conductors who participated in the performance!
2020-2021 The sixth session of the National Centre for the Performing Arts Young Composers Program performs repertoire
Eric Montalbetti, a composer in France, former artistic director of the French Radio Philharmonic, and technical adviser on foreign affairs of the "Qingzuo Project", could not help but sigh after learning about the exhibition: "In the days when the whole world is deeply troubled by the epidemic, the 'Qingzuo Project' still completed the exhibition of 12 new works, which is a remarkable thing. I don't know if there are other national pro bono art programs that can do that. I have all the more reason to believe why there are so many conductors, composers, artistic directors, etc. from important art institutions from all over the world in the jury who are happy to participate in it, because she (The Youth Works Project) is unique..."
Ten years of intensive cultivation, the National Centre for the Performing Arts Young Composers Program, with the strong support of professional music academies and art institutions at home and abroad, has become an art public welfare plan that has attracted the attention of professional colleges and young composers at home and abroad, as Chen Qigang, composer and chief judge of the "Qingzuo Plan", said in an interview: "The Qingzuo Program relies on the sense of responsibility of all people and the love of young composers to adhere to this day, whether it is the conductor of the performance works, the academy troupe, as well as the managers and artistic directors of various institutions. Deciding to perform a new work by a young composer is not an easy task all over the world! The joint efforts of all people have built this valuable platform for young creators to practice. ”
From now on, ten judges from home and abroad will be put into the next stage of the selection work, and finally 6 works will appear in the final evaluation concert. Affected by the epidemic, the final concert of the Sixth National Centre for the Performing Arts Young Composers Program is postponed to February 25, 2022 at the Concert Hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, and this concert will be performed by the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra conducted by conductor Chen Lin.
The above-mentioned bands and conductors are sorted according to the order of the exhibition and performance
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Editor: Lu Xiao