Outstanding Repertoire Award at the 5th China Opera Festival
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Excellent work of harmony and unity
A work of Mingde, Bacon, and soul-building
A magnificent epic
From June 13th to 14th, starring Wang Hongwei, president of Tianjin Conservatory of Music, famous tenor singer and cultural celebrity of Guangming District, and receiving rave reviews from industry experts, audiences and all walks of life, the national opera "Concentric Knot" of Tianjin Conservatory of Music will be unveiled at Guangming Culture and Art Center, reproducing a heroic hymn to the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
PART 01
演出介绍 Introduction
The play takes the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea as the background, runs through the red "concentric knot", takes the glorious deeds of the volunteer hero Huang Jiguang as the main line, and describes how Huang Jiguang and his comrades-in-arms and the Korean people used blood to condense the fighting friendship of the sun and the moon in the anti-aggression struggle, and praise the heroism of the revolution and the lofty spirit of internationalism. The story of the whole play is clear and complete, the characters are vivid and vivid, the music melody is beautiful, and it is rich in ethnic and regional characteristics.
The theme song "Concentric Knot" in the play, Park Soon-hee's singing segment "Amani, where are you?", "Moon, rise quickly", Huang Jiguang's singing segment "Look up at the dark sky at night", "Wait for me to send the good news of meritorious service" and so on left a deep impression on the audience.
PART 02
演出信息 Information
National Opera "Concentric Knot"
Walk into the light
This activity is funded by the special fund for the development of publicity and cultural undertakings in Guangming District
Guided by: Tianjin Conservatory of Music
Organizer: Propaganda Department of Guangming District Committee of the Communist Party of China
Organizer: Shenzhen Shengshi Zhichu Cultural Development Co., Ltd
Show time
Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 19:30
June 14, 2024 (Friday) 19:30
Venue:
Guangming Culture and Art Center, Grand Theater
Cast
Huang Jiguang - Played by: Wang Hongwei, Wang Zenan
Park Soon-hee - Played by: Oh Mong-yuol
Huang's mother - Played by: Cao Ying
Park's mother - Played by: Qi Xiaojun
Lee Seung-deok - Played by: Zhao Tenghui
Wang Daqing - Played by: Ren Dongyue
Zhou Zhanyuan - Played by: Su Yuanfeng
(*The lineup is subject to on-site)
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*Running time: 100 minutes (no intermission)
*One ticket per person, children under 1.2 meters are not allowed to enter.
PART 03
主创团队 Creative Team
"Concentric Knot" is a classic opera with a red theme, written by Tian Chuan and Ren Ping in 1981, composed by Huang Qinghe, Wang Yunzhi and Liu Yimin, and premiered by the Opera Troupe of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. 2023 is the 70th anniversary of the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the Tianjin Conservatory of Music has carried out a rehearsal of the classic repertoire, led by Wang Hongwei, president of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music and famous tenor singer, Wang Zenan, leading tenor singer, winner of the Golden Bell Award, and vice president of the Opera School of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Wu Mengxue, a young soprano singer and a young talent of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Ren Dongyue, vice president of the School of Modern Music and Drama of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Cao Ying, Qi Xiaojun, Zhao Denghui, young teachers of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Su Yuanfeng and others, as well as more than 300 teachers and students from vocal music, orchestra, dance, drama and other majors jointly performed and sang heroic hymns. In 2023, the play will be performed at Tianjin Grand Theatre, Hangzhou Grand Theatre, and Central Opera House, and participated in the 5th China Opera Festival held by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and won the Outstanding Repertoire Award at the China Opera Festival.
The main creative team of this play is composed of Qiao Peijuan, the former political commissar of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts and the deputy director of the Expert Steering Committee of the Chinese National Opera Inheritance and Development Project, as the artistic consultant, Wang Huan, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, and Wang Hongwei, the dean of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, as the director and artistic director, Wu Lingfeng, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Sichuan Song and Dance Theater and head of the Sichuan Symphony Orchestra, as the producer, Wang Zujun, the former head of the Opera Troupe of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, as the music director, and the famous composers Luan Kai and Li Wenping served as the rehearsal composers. Music arrangement, the famous playwright Feng Boming served as the literary coordinator, Peng Peng of the Military Culture College of the National Defense University served as the chief director, the young conductor Gao Song of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music conducted the baton, the famous directors Wang Jiyuan, Li Cong, Geng Lintao served as the drama director and executive director, the stage design Zhou Danlin, the video design Hu Shaoxin, the lighting design Wang Ruiguo, the sound design Li Laihong, the costume design Fang Xuling, the costume design Wang Yukuan, and the props design Zhang Yaohui were jointly formed.
PART 04
演出阵容 Main Characters
Wang Hongwei as Huang Jiguang
Wang Hongwei is a tenor singer and doctoral supervisor. President of Tianjin Conservatory of Music. Director of the Chinese Musicians Association, Vice Chairman of the Beijing Musicians Association, and cultural celebrity of Guangming District.
In 2022, he won the title of "National Young and Middle-aged Literary and Art Workers". He has won the first prize of the 7th All-Army Art Performance, the gold medal of the 9th CCTV National Young Singer TV Grand Prix Professional Group National Singing, the Best Actor Award of the 4th "Golden Record Award" of China, etc., and has won the "Five One Project Award" of the Central Propaganda Department for many times. He has served as a judge in major competitions such as the Golden Bell Award for Chinese Music for many times.
Representative works "Singing in the West", "Children Traveling a Thousand Miles", "Dajiangnan", "Homeland Love", "Matouqin on the Deck", "Celebrating the New Year in the Company", "The Man Who Became a Soldier Walks in All Directions", "Dedicate Everything to the Party", "Word of Mouth", "Kashgar Girl", "Heavenly Road" and so on. He has published more than ten albums such as "I Stand Guard for the Great Motherland", "Western Song", "Word of Mouth", "Children Traveling a Thousand Miles" and "Forever Red Ribbon".
Starred in several operas. In the opera "Aunt Mizhi Suidehan" as Shi Wa, "Snow White Pigeon" as Zhao Haiqing, "Little Erhei Marriage" as Xiao Erhei, "Canal Ballad" as Qin Xiaosheng, "Dawn of Sorrow" as Tian Yuan, "South China Sea Miles" as A Lei, "Long March" as Ping Yanzi, "Avanti" as Avanti, "Erquan" as A Bing, "Dust Settled" as the second young master, "The Sea Promise" as Lin Xu, "Wind Exhibition Red Flag Picturesque" as Zhang Fengshan, "Concentric Knot" as Huang Jiguang, "Half of the Red Army Quilt" as Zheng Qiushui, "Mountains and Seas" as Defu, " Yingshan Hong" as Pan Xingyi and so on.
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Wang Zenan as Huang Jiguang
National first-class actor, tenor singer, vice president of the Opera School of Tianjin Conservatory of Music, member of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, distinguished master's tutor of the China Conservatory of Music, signed artist of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, CCTV "glorious bloom" China's new top ten tenor singers, leading talent in literature and art of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, expert with outstanding contributions in Tianjin, director of the Chinese Musicians Association, vice chairman of the Tianjin Musicians Association, and chairman of the Tianjin Nankai District Musicians Association. He graduated from Tianjin Conservatory of Music with a bachelor's degree and Peking University Opera Research Institute with a master's degree.
He has starred in more than 30 Chinese and foreign operas, such as "On the Jinsha River", "Song of Youth", "Sadness", "Ballad of the Canal", "The Eternal Wave", "Cangyuan", "Lady of the Camellias", "The Sweetness of Love" and "The Artist's Life", all of which have played the main roles, and in 2020, he played the leading role in the large-scale national opera "On the Road to Poverty Alleviation".
He won the "Outstanding Performance Award", the highest individual award at the first China Opera Festival, the silver medal for bel canto singing at the 9th and 10th Golden Bell Awards for Chinese Music, and the third prize for bel canto singing at the 11th National Vocal Competition of the Ministry of Culture. First prize in the 4th Chuncheon International Vocal Competition in South Korea; The first place in bel canto singing at the 11th China Music Golden Bell Awards.
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Conductor: Gao Song
Teacher of the Orchestra Department of Tianjin Conservatory of Music, conductor of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Tianjin Conservatory of Music, conductor of Zheng Xiaoying Opera Art Center, resident artist of Peking University Opera Research Institute, former permanent conductor of Fujian Song and Dance Theater, and studied under the famous conductor Professor Zheng Xiaoying.
As an assistant to the famous conductor Professor Zheng Xiaoying in mainland China, Gao Song has participated in the rehearsal of a large number of symphonic works and visited many countries with the troupe, and has established long-term good cooperation with many artists, including the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, the China Opera and Dance Theater Symphony Orchestra, the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, the Tianjin Song and Dance Theater Symphony Orchestra, the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Xiamen Symphony Orchestra and many other orchestras.
作为一位优秀的歌剧指挥，多次受邀在北京国际音乐节、上海夏季音乐节等重要活动中执棒歌剧演出。 曾指挥过的歌剧有:《同心结》《伤逝》《紫藤花》《岳飞》《土楼》《北大1918》《青春之歌》《江姐》《La Traviata》《Don Pasquale》《Rigoletto》《Die Fledermaus》《L'elisir D'amore》《Tosca》《Songs Of Nature》等。
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Wu Mengxue as Park Soon-hee
National soprano, young talent of Tianjin Conservatory of Music. She is a young soprano singer of the Beijing Song and Dance Theater and a doctoral student at the China Conservatory of Music.
She has won the seventh place in the 12th Chinese Music "Golden Bell Award" for national singing, the gold medal for the 13th Chinese Music "Golden Bell Award" in Beijing Division, the third place in the Chinese vocal group of the 2nd "Shenzhen Vocal Music Season", the second prize in the 5th Peacock Award National Vocal Competition for Higher Art Academies, and the 2021 China Brand Female Culture and Art Emerging Figures Award.
He has participated in many plays, including the National Centre for the Performing Arts' opera "The Ballad of the Canal", "Mountains and Seas", the opera "Farewell to Kangqiao", "Xiao Erhei's Marriage", the stage play "Little Village, Big Dream", the song and dance drama "Siyuan", and the musical "Ninety-Nine Sunny Days".
He has participated in CCTV's "Folk Song Conference", CCTV's "Singing Every Day", CCTV's "Echo Loud", CCTV's Splendid Prosperity Chinese Dream Series Concert, CCTV Concert Hall's "Song of Youth, Ode to a Centennial" Concert, CCTV's "Folk Songs of China, Ancient Chinese Poetry" Concert, Beijing New Year Concert, etc.
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Cao Ying as Huang's mother
Associate professor of the School of Opera of Tianjin Conservatory of Music, tutor of master's students, and visiting scholar of national public study abroad. Member of the Standing Committee of Tianjin Hedong Youth Federation, Tianjin "38 Red Flag Bearer", Tianjin "Literary and Art Rising Star". He has won the first prize of the Tianjin Young Singer Competition, the second prize of the Puccini International Vocal Competition in Italy, the "Golden Trumpet Award" and the "National Top Ten Singers" award. Successfully held solo concerts in many places across the country. She has performed in the operas "Sister Jiang", "Yue Fei", "Yiyi Bright Lantern Jiao Yulu", "Messiah", "Turandot", "The Artist's Life", "Song of the Great Wind", "The Marriage of Figaro", "The Story of Shi Guangnan" and other places at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Tianjin Grand Theatre and other places, all of which have played the leading role. He has participated in concerts and important theatrical performances such as the National Day Concert of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, the Teaching and Seminar Concert of National Art Academies, and the Tianjin Spring Festival Gala.
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Qi Xiaojun as Park's mother
Associate Professor, School of Modern Music and Drama, Tianjin Conservatory of Music. He has successfully held a number of solo concerts, teaching concerts, and his solo singing album "The Sound of the World: A Collection of Chinese Local Folk Song Adaptations" was funded by the National Arts Fund in 2017. He has won the "Gold Award" of the college student group of the 2nd China Campus Singer Competition, the honorary title of "Golden Outstanding Campus Singer", the second place in the national vocal singing of the 6th China Music Golden Bell Award Tianjin Audition, the semi-finals of the 6th China Music Golden Bell Award, and the second place in the 3rd Tianjin Youth New Singer Competition. He was selected into the 2022 Artistic Talent Training Grant of the National Arts Fund - "Chinese National Opera Performance Talent Training" project, and was rated as "Outstanding Student".
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Zhao Tenghui as Li Chengde
He graduated from the China Conservatory of Music and the Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan, Italy, and is the third level of the Tianjin "131" Innovative Talent Training Project. He has won the Excellence Award at the 5th Maria Maribran International Vocal Competition, the Scholarship Award at the 5th Prandley International Vocal Competition, and the 3rd Frank Brown Award. Second Prize in the Kitty International Vocal Competition, Second Prize in the 2nd Villa Belloni Verdi International Vocal Competition, Excellence Award in the 23rd Giandone International Vocal Competition, Fourth Place in the 11th Brescia International Vocal Competition, Silver Award in the 8th National Opera Vocal Exhibition of Higher Art Academies, Semi-finalist in the Bel Canto Group of the 12th Golden Bell Awards in 2019, and Second Place in the Bel Canto Group of the Shenzhen Vocal Season and National Vocal Invitational Competition in 2021. He has performed more than 10 operas in opera houses at home and abroad, including "King Enzo" and "Harlequin", etc., and was selected for the famous tenor Carreras Master Class (Pesaro) in 2016; Selected for iSING in 2017! In 2018, he was selected for the 3rd National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Solti China Master Class. Since 2017, he has played major roles in the productions of the operas "The Artist's Life" and "Romeo and Juliet" at the National Centre for the Performing Arts.
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Ren Dongyue as Wang Daqing
Deputy Dean of the School of Modern Music and Drama of Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Associate Professor, Outstanding Young Talent of Tianjin 131 Talent Project. The director's original dramas "Christmas Night in Liverpool" and "Theatre of Mourning" won the Outstanding Performance Award and the Outstanding Repertoire Award at the 9th and 10th National College Student Drama Festivals respectively. The director's drama "Donkey Gets Water" won the Best Repertoire Award at the 3rd Tianjin University Student Drama Exhibition, and I won the best instructor. He directed the drama "Father" and won the first prize of the Tianjin University Student Drama Festival, and directed the drama "In the World" to participate in the 10th Nanluoguxiang Theater Festival. He directed the dramas "De Ling and Cixi", "The Paint Is Not Dry", "Red Rock Soul", "Zhao Yiman" and other big dramas. Independently wrote the drama script "The Boundless", the movie script "The Road of Life", and the musical script "Let's Play, the Protagonist". In 2014, he participated in the original large-scale historical drama "Boya Wrestling the Piano" as Boya. In 2016, he participated in the innovative scientific research play "Don Juan" for young teachers of Tianjin Conservatory of Music as Don Juan. In 2018, he participated in the propaganda project of the backbone of the Republic of China Association for Science and Technology and the Ministry of Education, and played Hou Debang in the large-scale original drama "Hou Debang". He played Zhou Qin in the 100 outstanding works of the Central Propaganda Department in 100 years in "Canal 1935".
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Su Yuanfeng as Zhou Zhanyuan
Baritone, young teacher of the Opera School of Tianjin Conservatory of Music. Doctor of Vocal Music from Chopin University of Music in Poland, highest singer diploma from the National and Regional Conservatory of Music and Drama "Pierre Bizet" in Marseille, France, and Master of Opera Performance from the "Flesco Baldi" Conservatory of Music in Ferrara, Italy. Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the China Division of the "Renato Brusson" International Vocal Competition in Italy, and the judge of the 2nd China-Belarus "Belt and Road" International Youth Art Festival, "Artistic Director" of the Hong Kong Vocal Music Open. "Specially Invited Artistic Director" of the First International Vocal Music Open Competition in Lanzhou. He has won awards such as Outstanding Instructor of the 10th "CITTA' DI MASSA" International Vocal Competition in Italy. Many students have won awards in international vocal competitions, and have studied abroad in Italy, Germany, Poland, Belarus and other countries to study for master's or doctoral degrees. He has performed many operas and solo concerts in Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Belarus and other countries.
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Youth Symphony Orchestra of Tianjin Conservatory of Music
The Youth Symphony Orchestra of Tianjin Conservatory of Music was established in the 70s of the last century, composed of outstanding young teachers and students of the orchestra department of our school. The orchestra adheres to the tenet of serving the people through art and the teaching concept of practical education, and has been highly praised by all walks of life for its unique vitality, skilled professional skills, enthusiastic performance style and strong artistic appeal of young people.
Since its establishment, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Tianjin Conservatory of Music has always adhered to the school motto of "Pursuing Perfection and Creating Excellence", striving to create a palace of elegant artistic performances and a window to show the image of Tianjin Conservatory of Music. The orchestra has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Li Delun, Zheng Xiaoying, Huang Feili, Wang Junshi, Tang Muhai, Tan Lihua, Li Xincao, Hu Yongyan, Chen Lin, Li Biao, Yang Yang, Herbert Zippert, Don Jaeger, etc., participated in the performance of the large-scale original opera "Yue Fei", a project of the National Arts Fund, and successively held "Liucai Jinbin - Large-scale Symphony Concerto Concert" and "Echo - Symphony Concert to Celebrate the 101st Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China", and appeared in the "Voice of BOC" At the first Tianjin Music Festival and the 5th Hangzhou Opera Art Festival sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the rehearsal of the play "Concentric Knot" won the "Best Repertoire Award" and was widely praised by the industry.
Facing the new future of the new era, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Tianjin Conservatory of Music insists on promoting cultural self-confidence and self-improvement, strives to cultivate high-level artistic talents with both virtue and art, and constantly contributes to the construction of a socialist cultural power and the prosperity of the party and the country.
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Youth Choir of Tianjin Conservatory of Music
The Youth Choir of Tianjin Conservatory of Music is composed of undergraduate and graduate students from the School of Opera and the School of Music Education and Arts Administration of Tianjin Conservatory of Music. Over the years, the choir members have won unanimous praise from the industry and the public for their superb performances and full of enthusiasm.
In the past ten years, the choir has traveled all over the theaters, universities, troops, and grassroots levels, and has successfully performed the original opera "Yue Fei" of the National Arts Fund project, Puccini's classic opera "Turandot", "Artist's Life", "Tosca", Verdi's opera "Aida", the campus version of the opera "La Traviata", "Wisteria", the original lyrical musical "The Story of Shi Guangnan", etc., performed a large-scale symphonic concert of "Our Motherland", held a concert of classic choral works, and cooperated with the Central Opera House, The Tianjin Symphony Orchestra and other troupes have cooperated and made great progress.
The Youth Choir of Tianjin Conservatory of Music will continue to carry forward the character of Tianyin people in pursuit of excellence, and make greater contributions to serving the society, prospering the development of Tianjin literature and art, and promoting international cultural exchanges.
Content source: Propaganda Department of Guangming District Party Committee
Editor: Li Ke
Reviewer: Jin Feng, Chen Yuanyuan, Xie Yanli
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