The 2022 Qingdao International Violin Competition will be held in Qingdao in October next year

Beijing, December 29, 2022 The Central Conservatory of Music introduced to the media on the 29th that the Qingdao International Violin Competition will be held in Qingdao, China from October 8 to 20, 2022, and the competition will be held in the mode of combining Chinese and foreign violin players between the ages of 16 and 36, and will be held in the mode of "online" preliminary competition and offline competition.

On December 29, the press conference of the 2022 Qingdao International Violin Competition was held simultaneously at the Opera Concert Hall of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Rong Media Center in Shinan District, Qingdao. Courtesy of the picture

The 2022 Qingdao International Violin Competition is jointly sponsored by the Central Conservatory of Music, the Propaganda Department of the Qingdao Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, and the People's Government of Qingdao Shinan District, and co-hosted by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Shinan District Committee, the Qingdao Shinan District Culture and Tourism Bureau and Beijing Yangyin Education Technology Co., Ltd.

According to the organizers, the 2022 Qingdao International Violin Competition is an international violin music competition for the whole world, aiming to show the level of Violin art education in China, understand the dynamics of violin education in the world today, tap outstanding Chinese and foreign musical talents, and promote the development of Chinese violin art and international cultural and artistic exchanges. The competition has a special art advisory committee to ensure the fairness of the competition with mature competition rules and excellent judging committees, and to create a top competition environment and a platform for exchange and display for the contestants.

Yu Feng, chairman of the organizing committee of the competition, artistic director and president of the Central Conservatory of Music, said that the China International Violin Competition was previously one of the three major Chinese international music competitions hosted by the Ministry of Culture and hosted by the Qingdao Municipal Government. From 2005 to 2014, it was held every three years. The competition has successfully launched international careers for many young violinists.

"This year, under the complex and severe situation of the global COVID-19 epidemic, the Central Conservatory of Music and the Qingdao Municipal Government, with the mission of discovering musical talents, will restart this important music event in October 2022 with a combination of online preliminaries and offline regular competitions, with mature competition rules and excellent jury members to ensure the fairness of the competition, and work together to create a top competition environment and a platform for musicians to exchange and display." Yu Feng said.

According to reports, the Central Conservatory of Music is the highest level of music college in China, following the law of talent training in performance, and establishing a unique school-running model that integrates primary and secondary schools from the fourth grade of primary school. The school has a strong teaching team and has cultivated many outstanding musical talents in various majors. Violin teaching is one of the school's traditional advantages, the world's outstanding violin educator, professor Lin Yaoji of the Central Conservatory of Music's original teaching method is widely circulated, the competition also set up "Lin Yaoji" excellent performance award and Chinese works award, adding a unique Chinese music culture elements.

Yu Feng said that music is a universal language and a precious artistic wealth for human beings that transcends borders, races and time. In 2021, in the post-epidemic era when the development of world music and art performances is struggling, it is hoped that China's music education will be rock solid. Qingdao is an international city that attaches great importance to music education, and music aesthetic education is an artistic practice that penetrates people's hearts and enriches people's spiritual life. Qingdao deepens cooperation with all sectors of society by holding international top competitions, helping to build the international reputation of the music island, and bringing valuable opportunities and sufficient support to the careers of young musicians. (End)

Source: China News Network