On June 27th, the Suzhou National Orchestra "Music Wuzhong·Chinese Music Opera Rhythm" national concert was held at the Cultural and Sports Center of Yuexi Street, Wuzhong District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, thus kicking off the 2022 "Music Wuzhong" The prelude to the series of cultural benefit performances.

The opening concert was jointly performed by the Suzhou National Orchestra and the Wuzhong District Cultural Center. With the theme of playing the main melody and welcoming the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it brought a number of songs in the form of a fusion of Chinese orchestral music with Peking Opera, Pingtan and vocal music. A red classic. The sonorous rhythm is full of enterprising spirit, showing optimism and self-confidence for a bright future, "Bright Action" opened the concert. The folk instrumental ensemble "Celebrating Jiangnan" and the guzheng solo "Jasmine Fragrance" brought a strong Jiangnan style with smart and gentle melody and delicate and tender emotions, showing the thriving scene of Wu Zhong; "The Beauty of Taihu Lake" was performed by Cheng Pai Tsing Yi Zhao Qinhua and Chinese Opera Peony Award winner Zhang Jianzhen to reproduce the classics of opera, showing the love for their hometown and the motherland in different ways.

The piano huqin quintet "Listening to the Garden" was created and performed by the Wuzhong District Cultural Center. Young pianist Yan Wenting and young huqin performer Yu Xiaoyan portrayed a thousand-year-old Grand Canal with rich melody and timbre contrast. The picture of Wuzhong people coexisting in harmony with mountains and rivers, strength and softness; Pipa playing "Sing a Folk Song for the Party", Jinghu and the band "Deep Night" and the female solo "Ling Navigation" brought by young singer Zhao Yiyu, either affectionate or magnificent Passionate, review the history of the party, sing praises of the magnificent century-old struggle of the Communist Party of China, and constantly inspire the majestic power of the masses to strut the new journey.

The finale song "My Motherland" shows the heroic spirit of the Chinese people to move forward bravely, and tells the ups and downs that the Chinese Communist Party has led the people of the whole country with strong patriotism. The rich expressiveness and splendid presentation of musical instruments of different ethnic groups received warm applause from the audience one after another.

"As soon as the prelude to "Sing a Folk Song for the Party" sounded, it awakened my old memory. In fact, these red classics have always been with us, subtly affecting the growth of generations." The audience Mr. Shi said with emotion.

"Music Wuzhong" is a public cultural brand event in Wuzhong District, which has been successfully held for three seasons since 2019. Tang Zhengrong, director of Suzhou Wuzhong District Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, said that "Music Wuzhong" is an important cultural business card to tell Wuzhong's story well and write a good Wuzhong chapter in the new era. This year, "Music Wuzhong" was successfully selected into the list of national public cultural cloud webcasts. It is believed that the cooperation between Wuzhong District and the Suzhou National Orchestra will play a more important role in enhancing the people's sense of cultural gain and happiness in the whole district.

"In recent years, the orchestra has focused on cooperating with local cultural and tourism departments, and has carried out more than 100 performances of benefiting the people every year, popularizing the knowledge of folk music, improving the people's musical literacy, and cultivating a group of music fans who love folk music." Suzhou Folk Philharmonic Orchestra Artistic director Zhu Changyao said, "In the future, we will vigorously promote the main theme, and continuously enhance national pride and cultural confidence through rich performances that benefit the people."

It is understood that starting from June, the "Music in Wuzhong" series will go deep into communities, schools, enterprises, and military camps to carry out a number of cultural performances that benefit the people, including 7 performances such as "Chinese Music Opera Rhythm", "Jiangnan New Star" and "Wuzhong Night". , large concerts. The event will take public cultural services as the link, national concerts as the carrier, and red classic music to express the party's patriotic feelings and welcome the victory of the party's 20th National Congress.