Zheng Xiaoying, a 91-year-old female conductor, conducted the "Tribute to the Most Beautiful Retrograde in the City" public welfare symphony concert held at the Quanzhou Grand Theatre. Photo by Sun Hong
Quanzhou, July 1 (China News Network) -- Zheng Xiaoying, the first female conductor of opera symphony in New China, performed the "Tribute to the Most Beautiful Retrograde in the City" public welfare symphony concert at the Quanzhou Grand Theater in Fujian Province on the evening of June 30, paying tribute to the workers who rushed to the frontline of epidemic prevention and control. It is reported that this is also the first performance of the Quanzhou Grand Theatre that has resumed since the epidemic.
The "Tribute to the Most Beautiful Retrograde in the City" public welfare symphony concert is performed by the Symphony Orchestra of Xiamen Song and Dance Theatre. Photo by Sun Hong
The concert of the evening was performed by the Xiamen Song and Dance Theatre Symphony Orchestra, and the 91-year-old Zheng Xiaoying held the baton in her hand.
Zheng Xiaoying was the chief conductor of the Central Opera House, the director of the conducting department of the Central Conservatory of Music, and the artistic director of the Zheng Xiaoying Opera Art Center. Her enthusiastic, soothing and elegant conducting style has been welcomed by countless fans at home and abroad, and her performance form of speaking while acting has been praised by the media as the "Zheng Xiaoying model", which has influenced generations of peers, students and audiences.
Before the performance, Zheng Xiaoying (right) shared the highlights of the concert. Photo by Sun Hong
Zheng Xiaoying introduced that this concert selected cheerful songs such as "Festival Overture" to pay tribute to the "most beautiful retrograde in the city" such as medical staff, police, and security. This year coincides with the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, so we also selected the overture of Beethoven's work "Egmont" to share with you.
In addition, the opera "La Traviata", "William Retreat", "Ruslan and Lyudmila" and other overtures were staged in turn, and finally "Ode to the Red Flag" was finalized to present the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
In order to improve the public's awareness of epidemic prevention, publicize the positive energy of the fight against the epidemic, and give play to the role of important participants in Quanzhou's art and cultural undertakings, quanzhou grand theater also launched the "looking for the most beautiful retrograde in the city" public welfare works collection activity, and the collected paintings were exhibited in the first anniversary art exhibition of Quanzhou Grand Theatre from July 1 to 18. (End)