Chinese Culture Festival 2024: "New Oriental Chinese Music Scene" by Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

New Oriental Chinese Music Scene is an original music brand created by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.  The concerts fully embody the artistic characteristics of openness and inclusiveness in Shanghai-style folk music, interpreting both ancient melodies and contemporary masterpieces, engaging in dialogues between Eastern and Western cultures, and blending different genres to convey rich auditory experiences and profound human emotions, presenting an elegant, confident, and contemporary style of Shanghai-style folk music. 

In recent years, New Oriental Chinese Music Scene has toured to countries including the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, the US, Russia, Thailand, Israel, and others, at world-class concert halls such as the Barbican Centre, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, the Kennedy Center, and the Saint Petersburg National Capella Concert Hall, evoking resonance and appreciation from audiences with diverse cultural backgrounds.  For this performance in Hong Kong, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra will be honoured to invite the internationally renowned conductor Tang Muhai to conduct, showcasing his passionate and infectious conducting style and demonstrating his mastery.

Conductor: Tang Muhai

The performance will run for about 1 hour 45 minutes including a 15-minute intermission.

Members of the audience are strongly advised to arrive punctually.  Latecomers and those who leave their seats during the performance will only be admitted and allowed to return to their seats respectively during the intermission or at a suitable break.  The presenter reserves the right to refuse admission of latecomers, or determine the time and manner of admission of latecomers.

The programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. 

The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and substitute artists.

Shanghai Culture Week event

Shanghai Culture Week is co-presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and the Center for China Shanghai International Arts Festival.

Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

Founded in 1952, Shanghai Chinese Orchestra (SHCO) is the first large-scale modern Chinese orchestra in China.  Being an indispensable part of Chinese music development, SHCO has always been known for its distinctive styles and masterly performances, as well as its many great artists who are revered for their significant contribution to Chinese music, such as Zhang Ziqian, Lu Chunling, Sun Yude, Gu Guanren, Min Huifen, Yu Xunfa, Gong Yi, etc.

In recent years, SHCO has maintained its focus on "Chinese music, contemporary temperament, and international expression", ceaselessly seeking the contemporary value of traditional Chinese music.  In the course of integrating Chinese spirits, Chinese values and Chinese undertakings into Chinese music composition, SHCO has created a line of original Shanghai-style Chinese music brands with different styles and themes, including New Oriental Chinese Music Scene, Our Common Homeland, The Bund, Gardenia Blooming, and The Sound of Oriental Wisdom etc.  In the future, SHCO will continue with its mission to promote the rejuvenation of Chinese music, to present the new era with a more open, inclusive, and pertinent voice.  

Conductor:

Tang Muhai

Soloists:

Suona: Hu Chenyun

Pipa: Yu Bing

Dizi: Jin Kai

Percussion: Wang Yinrui

Sheng: Zhao Zhen

Huqin: Zhang Jiawei

Erhu: Lu Lu, Ding Long, Chen Shi

Guzheng: Lu Shasha

Di/Xiao: Zhao Yunmeng

Liuqin/Zhongruan: Li Lin

Chinese Culture Festival 2024: "New Oriental Chinese Music Scene" by Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

DATE

VENUE

PRICE

05.08.2024 (Mon)
20:00

Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall

$440, $360, $280, $200

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06.08.2024 (Tue)
20:00

Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall

$380, $320, $260, $200

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DATE

05.08.2024 (Mon)
20:00

VENUE

Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall

PRICE

$440, $360, $280, $200

BUY NOW

DATE

06.08.2024 (Tue)
20:00

VENUE

Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall

PRICE

$380, $320, $260, $200

BUY NOW

Tickets available at URBTIX and the Xiqu Centre Ticket Office from 19 April onwards.

Half-price tickets are available for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients. Tickets for CSSA recipients are available on a first-come-first-served basis. Concessionary ticket holders must produce evidence of their identity or age upon admission.

'Chinese Culture Festival 2024' (CCF) Discount Scheme

Group Booking Discount

10% off for each purchase of 4-9 standard tickets, 15% off for 10-19 standard tickets, 20% off for 20-29 standard tickets, 25% off for 30 or more standard tickets.

Package Booking Discount (applicable to different CCF programmes)

10% off for any 3-4 programmes, 20% off for any 5-6 programmes, 25% off for any 7 or more programmes.

Patrons can enjoy only one of the above discount offers.

For more details about other 'Chinese Culture Festival 2024' (CCF) programmes and CCF discount schemes, please refer to https://www.ccf.gov.hk/en/

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Pipa Masterclass with Yu Bing

Yu Bing is a National Class One Musician and pipa principal of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.  Hailing from a family of musicians, Yu Bing possesses consummate technical skills, expresses rich emotions, and has an infectious style.  He has toured four European countries, as well as various Russian and American cities with the Orchestra, performing in important venues such as Berliner Philharmonie in Germany, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, USA, and Gnessin Russian Academy of Music Concert Hall in Moscow.

Date: 5 August 2024 (Mon)

Time: 10am

Venue: Recital Hall, Hong Kong City Hall

Moderator: Pak Tak-wan (Head of Academic Studies in Music, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts) 

The masterclass will run for about 1 hour. 

Conducted in Putonghua.   Admission free.  

**Online registration is full.  Thank you for your support!**

Suona Masterclass with Hu Chenyun

Hu Chenyun is a National Class One Performer and a director of the Suona Professional Committees of the Shanghai Musicians Association and the Chinese Musicians Association.  Skilled in a variety of Chinese and Western wind instruments including Suona, Guanzi and saxophone, Hu is one of the most outstanding and active Suona performers in contemporary China.   He has been invited to tour and perform in more than 40 countries and regions around the world, leaving his artistic footprint in venues such as China's National Centre for the Performing Arts, Germany's Berliner Philharmonie, America's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Russia's St. Petersburg State Capella Concert Hall.

Date: 5 August 2024 (Mon)

Time: 11am

Venue: Recital Hall, Hong Kong City Hall

Moderator: Pak Tak-wan (Head of Academic Studies in Music, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts) 

The masterclass will run for about 1 hour. 

Conducted in Putonghua.   Admission free.  

**Online registration is full.  Thank you for your support!**

Percussion Masterclass with Wang Yinrui

Wang Yinrui is a National Class One Musician, and principal percussionist of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.  He is a member of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, director of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society, executive director of the Nationalities Percussion Professional Committee of the Chinese Musicians Association, and deputy director of the Percussion Professional Committee of the Shanghai Musicians Association. Wang Yinrui's agile and carefree style of performance reflects the fusion of solid skills and rich expressivity, embodying elegant personal bearing and charming stage appeal.

Date: 5 August 2024 (Mon)

Time: 12 noon

Venue: Recital Hall, Hong Kong City Hall

Moderator: Pak Tak-wan (Head of Academic Studies in Music, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts) 

The masterclass will run for about 1 hour. 

Conducted in Putonghua.   Admission free.  

Date: 5 August 2024 (Monday)

Time: 6:45pm

Venue: Recital Hall, Hong Kong City Hall

Speaker: Yao Shenshen (Resident Conductor of Shanghai Chinese Orchestra)

Moderator: Dr Jim Chang (Part-time Lecturer of the Academy of Music of Hong Kong Baptist University)

Conducted in Putonghua.  The talk will run for about 45 minutes.

Admission free on a first come, first served basis.

Shanghai Chinese Orchestra – About “He Wuqi”

Date: 6 August 2024 (Tuesday)

Time: 7pm

Venue: Cultural Activities Hall, Tsuen Wan Town Hall

Speaker: Dr Jim Chang (Part-time Lecturer of the Academy of Music of Hong Kong Baptist University)

Conducted in Cantonese.  The talk will run for about 45 minutes.

Admission free on a first come, first served basis.