At 19:30 on July 5th, the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra was played at the Suzhou Poly Grand Theater. The chief concert of the "Music Wuzhong · Jiangnan New Star" of the Suzhou National Orchestra was held here. The concert was helmed by Zhu Changyao, a famous erhu performer and artistic director of the Suzhou National Orchestra, and 10 voice chiefs including Sun Yaoqi, Cui Can, Gao Shan, Zhang Tongyao, Huang Yihe, Pang Haiyuan, Xu Jianli, Ran Ke, Ma Ning, and Zhuang Zihui Leading the performance, allowing citizens to experience the unique charm of Jiangnan Sizhu and ethnic symphony at close range, and also focus on showing the musical talent and artistic style of the young performers.
The sound of "Triumph" was loud and loud, Zhu Changyao waved the baton, and the live drums roared in unison. The jubilant melody pulled the audience into the artistic journey of the national symphony; The first piece of Inner Mongolian folk music shows the vast scenery of the grasslands and the patriotic feelings of the ethnic minority people; then, Pang Haiyuan, the chief of the Dizi Voice Department, played a piece of "Qinchuan Love", with a large jump in the melody and in the performance. The rich changes express the customs and customs of Qinchuan, eight hundred miles away; the "Chrysanthemum Terrace" ensemble played by Zhang Nursery, the chief of the erhu part, and Ran Ke, the chief of the cello part, is well-known. It resonated strongly with the young audience at the scene.
Zhuang Zihui, the acting chief of the pipa voice department, and Ma Ning, the acting chief of the suona voice department, brought two works with different regional characteristics one after another. The infinite nostalgia of the Loess Plateau; Xu Jianli, the chief of the Sheng voice department, and Cui Can, the chief of the plucked voice and Zhongruan, played "Quiet Night Thought" and "Manjianghong" respectively. The music draws inspiration from ancient Chinese poetry and reflects the novel melody. It has a profound national charm and temperament of the times; Sun Yaoqi, the chief of the orchestra, has a piece of "Alishan Love Story", which integrates the Alishan style into the erhu, and the musical instruments and the regional mountains and valleys respond to each other, sketching a picture of the earth where nature and humanities complement each other.
The drums started, and the chief of the percussion department, Gao Shan, played "Dragon Soaring and Tiger Leaping". The various combinations of different drum timbres and rhythms rendered a grand and jubilant scene, and the concert came to an end with the warm applause of the audience.
Either melodious, or majestic and heroic, the ten chief vocalists of the Suzhou Chinese Orchestra presented the audience with an artistic style of forging ahead and improving with their superb skills and abundant emotions.
"This concert selected representative repertoires of various musical instruments. Young artists showed the characteristics of different musical instruments with their own strengths, and the audience could also feel the unique charm of national music." Zhu Changyao said, "Since the establishment of the group, The Suzhou Chinese Orchestra takes the promotion of Jiangnan culture and the inheritance of national music as an important goal. The orchestra is committed to building a core artistic team of 'virtue and art', and has nurtured batch after batch of new music forces in Jiangnan, contributing to the 'Jiangnan culture' A solid foundation for brand building.”
At present, the Suzhou Chinese Orchestra has nearly 100 young performers from all over the world, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada, Spain, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and other places. They all have advanced study experience in famous music academies at home and abroad, high-level performance skills and rich stage experience. The principal of the orchestra has won the Chinese Music Golden Bell Award, the "Dunhuang Cup" China Erhu Competition Professional Combination Group Gold Award, the Jiangsu Provincial Literature and Art Award Jasmine Music Award Instrumental Music Competition Award, and Jiangsu Zijin Cultural Talents and other professional awards.