China's Jiangsu Netnews (correspondent Jiang Wenlong) The 2021 Second Suzhou Jinji Lake Composition Competition has been attracting much attention since its launch in October last year.
Although the competition was affected by the severe global epidemic situation, with the unremitting efforts of the organizing committee, it still received 75 works from 13 countries and regions, including Australia, the United States, Chile, South Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Poland, Brazil and Taiwan.
The competition takes the centenary of the founding of the Party and the culture of Jiangnan as the creative theme, and uses modern composition and creation techniques to show novel creative ideas and rich musical vocabulary, reflecting the spirit of the times and local characteristics.
After the careful and fair selection of the judges, 6 works finally stood out and were shortlisted for the final stage of this year's Jinji Lake Composition Competition.
2021 2nd Suzhou Jinji Lake Composition Competition Finalists
(In no particular order)
Mrs
Drums III – For Western Orchestras
Jian Liu Percussion and the sound of Chinese Zither III for Orchestra
Hiroshi Fumiko
"Wangchuan VI..Gusu"
Ziyang Wen Immerse in Landscape VI: Gu Su
Zhu Tianwei
《Four Beautiful Pictures》
TianWei Zhu Four Beauties
Mario Oyanadel (Chile) "Mirror in the Sky"
Mario Oyanadel (Chile) A Mirror of the Heavens
Liu Huan
The Lion Grove
Huan Liu Forest of the Lions
Hu Yixuan
"Solo Song"
Yixuan Hu Soloist’s Song: for piano and orchestra
In order to ensure the fairness and authority of the judging, the list of jury members of the preliminary competition has been kept confidential since the launch of this Jinji Lake Composition Competition.
Judge of the preliminary round of the 2nd Suzhou Jinji Lake Composition Competition in 2021
(In alphabetical order by surname)
Guo Ming
Ph.D., Professor, Doctoral Supervisor of Composition and Orchestral Instrumentation Method, Director of the Department of Composition and Conducting of Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Secretary of the General Branch of the Party (concurrently), Director of the Composition and Composition Theory Society of the Chinese Musicians Association, Director of the Creative Committee of the Zhejiang Musicians Association.
Liang Hongqi
Ph.D., Professor, Master Supervisor. He is currently a director of the Composition and Composition Theory Society of the Chinese Musicians Association, a director of the Electronic Music Society of the Chinese Musicians Association, and a director of the Shaanxi Musicians Association.
Lu Pei
Doctor of Music and Art, Composer, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Director of Composition Teaching and Research Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
Lü Huang
Professor of the Composition Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, master tutor, director of the Music Teaching and Research Department.
Zhao Guang
Composer, Ph.D. He is a deputy to the 14th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the China Democratic League, a second-level professor of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, a doctoral supervisor, enjoys the special allowance of the State Council, and is a leading talent in Shanghai.
Zhao Xi
Professor of the Composition Department of Wuhan Conservatory of Music, a native of Hengshan, Hunan. He is currently the director of the Composition Department of Wuhan Conservatory of Music, the director of the Academic Committee of the Academy, and the director of the Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province for Music Creation. He is also the 12th Standing Committee Member of Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Deputy Secretary-General and Director of the Composition and Composition Theory Society of the Chinese Musicians Association, the Vice Chairman of the Wuhan Music Association, and the Director of the Hubei Provincial Music Association.
Xu Mengdong, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Composition Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, has been invited to serve as the chairman of the jury of the Jinji Lake Composition Competition for two consecutive years. In his view, under the huge impact of the epidemic, this year's Jinji Lake Composition Competition can still receive such a number of submissions, which is a "very remarkable" achievement, "which well reflects the cultural charm of Suzhou city, and also shows that the influence of Sujiao at home and abroad is expanding." ”
Xu Mengdong introduced that the works received by this year's Suzhou Jinji Lake Composition Competition not only ranked in the forefront of domestic and foreign composition competitions in the same period in terms of quantity, but also gave the judges certain surprises in terms of quality, and many works combined the theme, innovation, skill, modernity and audibility very well, which is very exciting; in addition, there are also some young composers who have emerged in the world who have also come to participate in the competition, "I think this also shows their trust in the Jinji Lake Composition Competition. I believe we can interpret their works very well. ”
The final concert of the 2nd Suzhou Jinji Lake Composition Competition 2021 will be held on June 19, through the live performance of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, the final winning works will be selected and the award ceremony will be held, and the first prize will receive ¥100,000 yuan.
At the same time, the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra also presented the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China with Gusu style rhyme, and issued a commission invitation to 14 well-known composers of the old, middle and young generations in China to jointly compose the strong sound of the times. The 14-ministerial works will be premiered at the Jinji Lake Concert Hall in Suzhou on June 16 and September 18 in concert.