Chinanews.com, Beijing, December 23. "Waltz of the Voice of Spring", "Song of the Matador", "Polka of Lightning", "Waltz of Gold and Silver"... The Beijing Symphony Orchestra recently held the "Eternal Classics" Symphony Special in Yanqing District, Beijing "Concert" brings a successful conclusion to this year's "Capital Citizen Concert Hall".
Up to now, there have been more than 200 performances in the "Capital Citizen Concert Hall", with performances covering 16 districts in Beijing, as well as Tianjin and Hebei.
Affected by the epidemic, the public welfare performances of the "Capital Citizens Concert Hall" in 2020 will be reduced from 20 originally planned to 15.
In the first half of the year, during the cancellation of performances due to the epidemic, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra used its own advantages as the Capital Arts Academy. The artistic director and artists created a variety of charity performances online, and used the sound of symphony to express tribute to medical workers on the front line. Support and present high-level online public welfare performances to the audience. The innovative online series of activities organized by the "Capital Citizens Concert Hall" are welcomed by the audience.
On February 5th, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra took the lead in launching a cloud performance-"My Motherland and Me", a collaboration of 21 musicians from the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Tianjin Symphony Orchestra, and Beijing Symphony Orchestra.
After the epidemic was effectively controlled, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra responded quickly to launch offline performances and brought the "Capital Citizen Concert Hall" to the surrounding areas of Beijing: Enter Hebei and hold a concert in Zhangjiakou. "Capital Citizen Concert Hall Enters Zhangjiakou" With the help of the Winter Olympics, in Qian'an, the "Sougang-Beijing Symphony Orchestra Special Concert" was presented to the Qian'an Shougang workers to popularize symphony.
The two public welfare performances focused on the purpose of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Symphony Art Development Alliance to promote the popularization of art in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and cultivate classical music audiences.
Beijing Symphony Orchestra presents "Capital Citizen Concert Hall" Photo courtesy of Beijing Symphony Orchestra
"Capital Citizen Concert Hall" is a public cultural benefit brand launched in 2017. It is sponsored by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and co-organized by the Chaoyang District Cultural Committee, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, and Capital Library.
Breaking the inherent concept, the "Capital Citizens Concert Hall" sent symphonies into military camps, enterprises, villages, communities, workshops, campuses... to allow ordinary citizens to get in touch with high culture and art in their living and working places.
In 2018, the "Capital Citizens Concert Hall" is no longer a cultural activity that benefits the people in Beijing. Instead, it goes out of Beijing and begins to cover the three places under the background of the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.
Up to now, the "Capital Citizens Concert Hall" has performed more than 200 performances, covering 16 districts in Beijing, as well as Tianjin and Hebei, allowing government cultural activities to benefit the people to take root on a larger scale and extend from Beijing to Tianjin. The cooperation model of the Hebei Symphony Orchestra. "Beijing Symphony Orchestra has insisted on performing charity performances for so many years, and it has never stopped. The audience has also slowly cultivated in this way. From the elegant art of Yangchun Baixue to the'Capital Citizen Concert Hall', which walks to the people. It's a long process. Nowadays, symphony is loved by more and more citizens. Audiences are willing to buy tickets to enjoy music in the concert hall. This is the meaning of charity performances." said Meng Haidong, director of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra. (Finish)