On the bank of the Pearl River, under the Canton Tower, the Huazhang is played. On the evening of October 17, the opening ceremony of the 2024 "Bay Area Music Show" was presented at the Canton Tower.
The opening ceremony was led by Yu Hai, a first-class conductor, chairman of the Wind Music Society of the China Music Association, former head and music director of the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, led the Sunshine Symphony Wind Orchestra, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Wind Orchestra and Choir to form a performance team of nearly 500 people, jointly presenting a wonderful concert for the audience.
The opening ceremony of the 2024 "Bay Area Music Show".
Coinciding with the one-year countdown to the opening ceremony of the 15th National Games, the opening ceremony of this year's "Bay Area Music Festival" was coordinated by the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, with the cooperation of the people's governments of all districts and relevant departments directly under the municipal government, and organized by the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism.
Legato of classic repertoire, singing the voice of the times
The opening ceremony combined the squareness and professionalism, focused on the various expressions of wind music art, and sang the hearts of people in the new era with a relaxed and lively style. With the melody of "Mountain Imagination" led by Zhang Zhirong, the first-class conductor and permanent conductor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Military Band, the audience felt as if they had personally walked into the beautiful mountains and rivers and felt the vastness of China, and the whole music symphony officially kicked off.
Yu Hai conducted the second half of the opening concert
In the rich musical elements of Chinese and Western music, classic songs are staged one after another. There are not only works with regional characteristics such as "France Montage", but also Latin style works such as "The Man Who Hit the Wine Cup" and "Saxophone Samba", as well as works with Bay Area characteristics such as "Backgammon", "Pearl of the Orient" and "Song of the Seven Sons", and music forms such as symphonic wind music, pop wind music, and marching wind music run through the audience.
Under the interpretation of the symphonic wind music, the red songs "On the Field of Hope", "My Motherland and Me" and "Singing the Motherland" caused the audience to sing loudly, and the scene was full of passion.
The opening ceremony of the 2024 "Bay Area Music Show".
"Guangzhou is not only economically leading, but also very prosperous in its culture and arts." Yu Hai said in an interview with the media that he will make use of the "Guangzhou Culture and Art Master Yu Hai Studio" located in Guangzhou to make his own contributions to Guangdong's culture and art, especially music.
Linkage with the city's 11 districts to send music boutiques
Held in 2023, the "Bay Area Music Gathering" is committed to building an international exchange platform for music lovers, a professional cultivation platform for young music talents, and an incubation and growth platform for original music, injecting youth vitality and vitality into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The opening ceremony of the 2024 "Bay Area Music Show".
This year's "Bay Area Music Festival" will link up with 11 districts and important business and trade enterprise platforms in the city to jointly plan and launch a series of activities including the Jazz Festival in Yuexiu District, the Strawberry Music Festival and Storm Electric Music Festival in Nansha District, the Crazy Tide Locomotive Music Festival in Conghua District, and the Wuyang Music Festival in Haizhu District.
At the same time, it will bring together cutting-edge original music and campus bands in the Bay Area, focusing on promoting the creative achievements of original musicians and bands, so that more musicians and music lovers can settle in Guangzhou and contribute to Guangzhou.
The opening ceremony of the 2024 "Bay Area Music Show".
It is reported that another opening concert of the 2024 "Bay Area Music Show" will be held at the Red Line Women's Grand Theater on the evening of October 18. At that time, the famous music producer and singer Lao Tsai (Wu Liqun) will bring together outstanding musicians from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to bring another audio-visual event to the public.
Text, Picture | Reporter Huang Zhouhui Correspondent Sui Wenguang Travel Xuan