China News Service, Los Angeles, February 11 (Reporter Zhang Shuo) On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the Year of the Dragon in 2024, a New Year's concert combining Eastern and Western cultures was played in Costa Mesa, California, USA.
On the evening of February 10, local time, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra held its seventh "Love Feast" New Year's Concert at Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, Orange County, Southern California (also known as Orange County) .
On the evening of February 10th, local time, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra held the "Love Feast" New Year's Concert at Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, California. Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Shuo
Under the conductor of the famous conductor Carl St. Clair, a cheerful and festive "Spring Festival Overture" kicked off the concert. During the approximately two-hour performance, pipa performing artist Liu Yu collaborated with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra to perform the pipa concerto "Little Sisters of the Heroes of the Prairie". Children from the Orange County Music and Dance Arts Center performed the violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers" with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. Chinese dancers danced gracefully when the American Pacific Symphony Orchestra played "Ten Thousand Springs of River Water".
On the evening of February 10th, local time, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and children from the Orange County Music and Dance Arts Center collaborated to perform the violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers". Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Shuo
"We have walked through thousands of rivers and thousands of mountains. Every time we meet and smile, we will remember each other..." Especially when the chorus of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra sang the famous song "The Same Song" in standard Chinese, the whole audience was moved. The audience responded with warm applause.
Zhang Xianghua, director of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and chairman of the "Love Banquet" New Year Concert Organizing Committee, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Service that the "Love Banquet" New Year Concert symbolizes the harmonious blend of Eastern and Western cultures and is shared by people of all ethnic groups in the United States. A platform for happy Chinese New Year. We are committed to promoting cross-cultural exchanges through music and art, showing the charm of Chinese and other Asian cultures to mainstream American society, and bringing people of all ethnic groups together to build our common bright future. (over)