A symphonic concert, Hearing Contemporary China, featuring new works by Chinese composers from the Central Conservatory of Music, was held in Vienna on Sunday. The Central Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Chen Lin, presented a wonderful auditory feast for over 1,000 attendees, at the stunning Vienna Concert Hall. The concert premiered six recent orchestral works composed by faculty members from the conservatory including Jia Guoping's Viewing the Vast Sea, Ye Xiaogang's Five-Color Loquat, and Guo Wenjing's Spring Hope for guzheng and orchestra.
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A New York audience enjoyed a delightful blend of modern and contemporary music by an orchestra and four soloists who played the traditional Chinese instruments erhu, pipa and sheng at a concert at Lincoln Center on Sunday. The annual The Sound of Spring concert, now in its sixth year, took place over two days (Jan 25-26) at the Fisher Center at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and at the Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, to commemorate the Chinese New Year.
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The Oceania premiere of the symphony Kukai is held at Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand on Jan 24, 2025. This extraordinary rendition was led by British conductor Derrick Morgan, in collaboration with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, the Central Conservatory of Music Choir (China), and the Auckland Music Association.
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As the conductor guided the orchestra's musicians with precision, he suddenly reached for a laptop computer, tapping commands that synched the digital with the symphonic. That nuance stood out as Orchestra Now from Bard College in New York state performed at the Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall on Saturday to open the seventh annual China Now Music Festival in New York City with the theme Composing the Future.
Read moreThe Beijing Traditional Music Festival will be held in the capital from September to November, according to a recent announcement by the China Conservatory of Music, the event's organizer. It features 10 categories of Chinese instruments, including the erhu (two-stringed fiddle), the pipa (four-stringed lute), the zhongruan (a plucked-string instrument), the bamboo flute and percussion, and is open to all music academies, arts schools, and universities in the country.
Read moreBritish conductor Derrick Morgan leads the Orpheus Sinfonia Orchestra, the China Central Conservatory of Music Choir, the Scherzo Ensemble from the UK, and the London Chinese Philharmonic Choir in a performance of the symphony Kukai on Saturday at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK. Unlike last year's performances, the European premiere of Kukai featured a highly international collaboration, including the UK's Orpheus Sinfonia, the Scherzo Ensemble, and the London Chinese Philharmonic Choir, as well as the Choir of the Central Conservatory of Music from China.
Read moreReunion performance 41 years on by the first Central Conservatory of Music graduates demonstrates reach of Chinese-language adaptations, Chen Nan reports. The year 1977 was key to the development of classical music in China, as it was the first time students could take part in the national college entrance exams and enroll at universities following the "cultural revolution" (1966-76).
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The sixth edition of the 5.23 Music Festival, an annual event organized by the Central Conservatory of Music, is running until July 3 in Beijing, Yan'an in Shaanxi province, Lankao county in Henan province, and Dunhuang in Gansu province. The festival will feature live concerts and art educational programs.
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