Exterior view of the Qunyi Museum in Pudong New Area Photo by Zheng Feng
It is 6 times the size of the old museum, offers cultural training for young people, provides rehearsals and resident performances for "grassroots" orchestras... On February 15, the new museum of the Shanghai Pudong New Area Mass Culture and Art Museum was opened. This is a "hard indicator" to lead the cultural construction of the district, and it will also become a new landmark of "self-hi" for the old, middle-aged and young.
The surging news (www.thepaper.cn) reporter saw that the entire group art museum was laid out along both sides of the river and connected by a corridor. On the left bank of the river, there are 2 theaters with a total of 1330 seats. On the right bank, there are art classrooms, rehearsal halls, handicraft workshops, etc. characterized by large spaces, which will provide citizens with cultural services that integrate rehearsal, training and experience in the future.
Orchestra rehearsal
Pudong Qunyi Museum is located in pudong jinxiu cultural park plate, close to Pudong Library (large bookcase), Pudong New Area Youth Activity Center, Pudong Urban Planning and Public Art Center, cultural facilities are concentrated, and the location advantage is outstanding. The total area of the new building is 27,000 square meters, which is more than six times the size of the old building that was demolished five years ago.
Wang Xichang, director of the Pudong New Area Culture and Art Guidance Center (Pudong Qunyi Museum), introduced that the new museum surpasses the "small space" and "small classroom" limitations of the traditional Qunwen venue, and replaces it with a large-scale, highly flexible and multi-functional space layout, and the functions of the new museum will also be upgraded.
For example, the new museum will create a university hall for the popularization of art for all. Relying on the new museum art classrooms, rehearsal halls, handicraft workshops and other spaces, with the help of new mechanisms such as the Civic Art University and delayed services, a number of various art training courses that are widely welcomed by the masses are opened to the public at night, winter and summer vacations, etc., to create a national art popularization main front integrating rehearsal, training, experience and performance. Business hours are also extended to 10 p.m. for young white-collar workers.
Visiting children, lying by the window to watch the rehearsal
Pudong Philharmonic Orchestra is a professional symphony orchestra established under the initiative of the Pudong New Area Culture and Art Guidance Center, with more than 50 musicians, all of whom are university graduates from domestic professional colleges and universities, with an average age of 25 years old.
Orchestra staff Member Liu Lijun introduced that since the establishment of the orchestra in 2019, there has been no fixed performance and rehearsal venue. The small partners are a group of "dreamers" who have just come out of school, hoping to "start a business" and develop together, so they have overcome various difficulties and have maintained it to this day.
After the completion of the Pudong Qunyi Museum in 2022, the Pudong Philharmonic Orchestra became the resident orchestra. Not only has a professional rehearsal hall, but also a long-term performance venue. "This is essential for an orchestra growing up. Next, we will definitely make good use of these hard-won resources to realize our dreams and values, and also bring a high-quality music experience to a wider range of public listeners. Liu Said.
Opening ceremony
The opening site
In addition, QunyiGuan will build a large base for the meta-universe interactive community, cooperate with digital enterprises in Zhangjiang, Jinqiao and other regions, introduce the latest product equipment, and build an intelligent venue application experience area, whether it is the latest and most fashionable VR equipment, or immersive virtual reality technology products, the public is expected to get the experience in the new museum for the first time.
Track practice