On February 23, the press conference of the "Weekly Radio Concert 40th Anniversary Season" was held at the Shanghai Broadcasting Arts Center. As a "time-honored" music brand under the classic 947 of Shanghai People's Radio, the "Weekly Radio Concert", founded in 1982, is the longest-lasting and most widely disseminated popular series of concerts in China, and has always adhered to the positioning of "high quality, low ticket price, popularization and service" for 40 years. The interpretation of excellent orchestras and musicians, and the in-depth and simple explanation of the host, lead the audience to easily enter the door of classical music.
The companionship and growth of generations of philharmonic listeners, the dreams and dedication of generations of musicians, and the sweat and youth of generations of broadcasters have jointly created the enduring vitality and influence of the Weekly Radio Concert. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary, star broadcasters will launch a new late edition master class series, talented teenager series, youth support program and 12-hour special edition weekly radio concerts and other performances and activities, the popularity of classical music will be further improved, opening up a new model of "classic popularization" for the future.
From left to right: Wang Yong, Dean and Professor of the School of Music of Shanghai University, Shi Yuting, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Oriental Broadcasting Center of Shanghai Radio and Television Station, Shen Shuqiang, Director of the Art Management Department of shanghai Conservatory of Music and Artistic Consultant of the Public Welfare Department of the Oriental Broadcasting Center, and Zhang Runwei, Young Teacher of the Orchestra Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Guest Principal of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, kicked off the 40th anniversary of the Weekly Radio Concert
Star Canton Association "Master Class Series"
Create a new benchmark for the popularity of classical music
Over the years, the slogan of "entering the classical music, starting from the weekly radio concert" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the expert host has interspersed the in-depth and simple explanation between the tracks, which has become a major feature of the Star Broadcasting Club and continues to this day.
Wang Yong, host of the Star Broadcasting Association, dean and professor of the School of Music of Shanghai University
This year, Star Broadcasting will upgrade this "explanation + concert" model again, launching the "Master Class Series", inviting three influential conductors in China to become hosts, personally dismantling the music code of classic creations from their subjective perspectives, and cooperating with the band to explain while performing.
It's reminiscent of leonard Bernstein, a conductor, composer and educator, who collaborated with CBS Radio to start the "Concerts for Young People" series that was first televised as far back as 1958. This music education program, which was broadcast to many countries for 46 years and had a total of 53 performances, not only greatly promoted the popularity of classical music, but also made Bernstein still a sought after idol today.
Master Conductor Leonard Bernstein
In 2022, concerts in this form will be revitalized on the stage of the Star Broadcasting Club. In the first performance, Xu Zhong, director and conductor of the Shanghai Opera House, led the Shanghai Opera House to push open the door of opera for the audience, and explored the style of Italian opera through the overture and singing of verdi and Bellini's classic opera. In addition, Xu Zhong, a pianist by training, will personally play and conduct Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, a master class to appreciate the excitement of the two musical genres;
In the second performance, conductor Zhang Guoyong will lead the Shanghai Opera House Symphony Orchestra to bring an appreciation of Russian symphonic works, Zhang Guoyong is currently recognized as the best interpreter of Shostakovich's symphony in China, and he will lead the audience into the original Russian style and unveil this gorgeous musical veil;
The third Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra Artistic Director and conductor Zhang Yi will lead the Philharmonic to bring the "Round Dance" special concert, as the music director of the National Ballet of China for many years Zhang Yi is well versed in the mysteries of dance in music, he from the genre of "Round Dance" as the starting point, telling the popular secret of the round dance in the Vienna New Year's Concert, and will dig deeper into the origin of the Johann Strauss family's round dance and Richard Strauss's round dance.
Xu Zhong
Zhang Guoyong
Zhang Yi
It is worth mentioning that these three "master class series" will be presented in the form of the late edition of the Star Broadcasting Club, which is different from the previous early edition of the Sunday morning performance at 10:30 a.m., and also provides more time and content choices for the philharmonics.
Diversified construction, star canton will be humanistic heritage
Over the past 40 years, the Weekly Radio Concert has witnessed the growth of classical music fans in Shanghai and created a diversification of classical music content. The 40th anniversary plan has created a corresponding theme series for audiences of different ages and different levels of appreciation to meet the diverse needs of classical music listening.
The "Approaching Philharmonic Series" and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra launched a symphonic feast suitable for advanced music fans, including "Deciphering the New Classics" conducted by conductor Fanny, "Deopai vs Russian School" conducted by conductor Zhao Xiaoou, and "French Morning Song" conducted by conductor Cheng Ye.
Fanny
Zhao Xiaoou
Cheng Ye
For piano children and parents, the "Talented Teenager Series" launched by the Star Broadcasting Association will show the style of little musicians, the famous composer Mr. He Zhanhao will join hands with the Huangpu District Children's Palace Folk Orchestra to present the youthful vitality of Chinese music in the hands of children; the famous conductor Mr. Cao Peng and his City Symphony Orchestra and the City Youth Symphony Orchestra will use music to open the ears of autistic children and open their hearts The winners of the National Youth Percussion Competition will let the audience see the style of China's best percussion teenagers.
Huangpu District Children's Palace Folk Orchestra
Winner of the National Youth Percussion Competition
Shanghai City Youth Symphony Orchestra
Shanghai City Symphony Orchestra
In the past 2021, for the first time, the Weekly Radio Concert and the Weekly Opera Radio Conference joined hands with Shanghai Nine Trees Future Art Center to customize the "Fengxian Nine Trees Double Star Performance Season" throughout the year, radiating a large number of young new Shanghainese families living in Fengxian New Town with consistent high-quality, low-ticket popular planning. Song Huaiqiang, Ding Jianhua, Zhang Jun, Han Peng and other famous artists have stepped onto the stage of the Nine Trees to help the Xingguang Association.
This year, the Star Canton Association will continue to land at the Shanghai Nine Trees Future Art Center, and a number of heavyweight concerts will meet the public. At the same time, the Star Broadcasting Club also expanded the stage to the immersive theater of Shanghai Broadcasting Arts Center, which is a new cultural and creative space created by Shanghai People's Radio, with the technical advantages of multimedia, combined with the spatial attributes of zero distance between stage and off stage, designing and creating a series of exquisite and unique chamber music, vocal music, solo and other weekly radio concerts for the audience, focusing on excavating the artistic creativity of young musicians.
Shanghai Broadcasting Arts Center Immersive Theater
On the road to popularizing classical music, the Star Club has always been "dare to be the first". Following the "Warm the Earth with Music - Classic 947 World Earth Day Audio and Video Live Broadcast" and "Beethoven in China - Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of Beethoven's Birth 16-Hour Marathon Concert", on April 10 this year, Classic 947 will continue to hold a 12-hour special edition weekly radio concert, from 10:30 a.m. to 22:30 p.m., the audience can live broadcast live through audio and video, and concentrate on seeing the classic performances of the weekly radio concert stage at home and abroad in the past 40 years. Special works for world and Chinese premieres, creative presentations, and multiple listeners and audience representatives.
Warm the Earth with Music - Classic 947 World Earth Day Audio and Video Broadcast
Beethoven in China – 16-hour marathon concert to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth
This special star broadcast will be held simultaneously in the classic 947 new multimedia live broadcast room, the Shanghai Broadcasting Arts Center Immersive Theater, and the Shanghai Concert Hall, and the precious video materials will be combined with the live performances of musicians from all over the country who have come to Shanghai to celebrate the birthday of the Star Broadcasting Club, and send sincere birthday wishes to this shanghai time-honored brand.
Classic 947 new multimedia live broadcast room
Because of 40 years of weekly radio concerts, there is one more reason to like Shanghai
In 1982, Shanghai People's Radio founded the "Weekly Radio Concert" program, which enriched the musical and cultural life of Shanghai citizens in the form of offline concerts and live radio broadcasts. Although live performances were suspended for some reason in the mid-1990s, in 2004, with the launch of the first professional classical music broadcast frequency "Classic 947" in the Chinese mainland, and the preparations for the new opening of the Shanghai Concert Hall after the successful translation, xingguang would be revived as the main promotion column of classic 947, and live performances and live broadcasts were resumed again.
Classic 947 host Zhou Jie chatted with guests Wang Yong, Zhang Rungu and Shen Shuqiang about the 40 years of the Star Broadcasting Association
In addition to live performances, each concert is also broadcast live to the whole country and even overseas through the classic 947 frequency (fm94.7), car FM, Archimedes app and Internet video platforms, so that classical music can not only be heard and watched, but also "at your fingertips". Benefiting more than 7 million visitors every year, providing high-quality art enjoyment for the public, it also shoulders the responsibility of public welfare media for the dissemination of classic art, and has been rated as "Shanghai Media Excellent Brand" and "National Most Distinctive Provincial Radio Column".
Every Sunday morning, there is always a wonderful classical concert waiting for you in Shanghai's "over the city" or in the concert hall, which has become a tacit agreement between Shanghai and the citizens living here. The regular frequency, the ticket price of the public welfare and the convenience of being heard anywhere make classical music a "beautiful" that everyone can afford and become a part of life, and because of this, the weekly radio concert is also affectionately called "the highest 50 yuan consumption in Shanghai's happiness index" by the old audience, and is voted by netizens as one of the "99 reasons to love Shanghai".
Source: Classic 947
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