The Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra of the China Conservatory of Music, known as the highest level of Chinese folk music, presented a perfect "Wind from All Sides" concert -- Music International Dialogue and Cooperation (Series 6) for more than 1,000 audience at the famous Acadia Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles on the evening of March 26. The concert was full of seats until the last note ended and the lights went on. The audience did not pull away from the mood of Chinese folk music, and the audience stood up for a long time with the most enthusiastic applause.
The concert opened with the Wild Dance of the Golden Snake, followed by the ancient Han music song Jackdaw Playing in the Water, the flute solo by Wang Hua, the Moon Reflected in Two Springs by Zhang Zunlian, the House of Flying Dagger by Yang Jing, the House of Flying Dagger by Shen Cheng, the internationally renowned Hu qin player, and the Night is Deep by Zhang Zunlian. Internationally renowned composer Daniel Walker's "Out of Sight, Out of Sight," a five-movement composition commissioned by the Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra based on the script of Tao Te Ching and conducted by renowned conductor Liu Shun, had its Spanish and American premiere on the same day.
Internationally renowned Hu Qin player Shen Cheng (left) and internationally renowned Erhu player Zhang Zunlian (right)
After the completion of all the pieces, the audience continuously shouted "one more", the band played a song "Happy Goat", the audience with applause and rhythm. The atmosphere was warm and moving.
These masterful artists enthralled the audience, and the quality of the audience was unparalleled in recent Southern California performances. The concert started on time, the audience was quietly engaged in appreciating the music, and gave warm applause at the end of each song. No audience left the concert halfway or in advance.
Yang Lin, a guzheng player
Zhu Bingfeng, president of the All-China Youth Federation, and Liu Qian, a famous young flute player, said after the concert that several teachers arrived in Los Angeles on the same day and went straight from the airport to the venue to prepare for the performance in the evening. The hard journey did not affect the quality of the performance at all, which fully embodied the spirit of the musicians we admire.
Yang Jing, an internationally renowned pipa player
The concert did not have too much rendering, completely with technical expertise and musical literacy to conquer the audience. The repertoire includes both traditional works showing Chinese culture and modern works adding western elements with The Times. There are both technically daunting professional works and familiar folk styles that appeal to the general public. The soloist ensemble staggered on the stage and achieved it in one move. After appreciating it, one felt the fire of the wild dance of the golden snake, the elegance of the ancient Han music, the melancholy of the two springs reflecting the moon, and the valiant of the lurks on all sides.
Chinese famous bamboo flute player Wang Hua
With the music of Chinese national instruments and western composers, the unique interpretation of Tao Te Ching will be transmitted to the public. The Chinese thought is as good as water and the sea embraces all rivers.
The exquisite performance of the last Peking Opera "The Night is Deep" made the night no longer deep. The whole concert starts with tradition and ends with tradition. Is it a silent message to us overseas that "never forget the original intention"?
The concert was one of the few high-end chamber music performances in Southern California in recent years, attracting a number of prominent members of the Los Angeles cultural scene. In recent years, it has become a great cultural event in Los Angeles Chinese community. Including Brian Vibberts and his wife Chen Yanhua, who have won six Grammy Awards, Liu Junmin, a famous Chinese writer, He Shufeng, a famous Chinese pipa player, Dr. Fu Qingyu, a famous musician, Luo Jing, a famous Guizhou folk dancer, Chen Bo and Liu Jing, leaders of a well-known Chinese cultural planning and promotion company, Liu Qian, a famous young flute player; Kong Fanxi, a descendant of Confucius living in Los Angeles; Liu Fu, Secretary general of Habitat Guardian Foundation; Wang Ling, a teacher from the Carving Dragon Poetry Society; Du Guoying, Jean Rui 'e, Bai Dongmei, and Zhang Junfan from the North American Cross-Straits Cultural Exchange Association; Sang Jian, director of Muse Institute, Xu Longju, Chinese-American poet, Dr. Shi Zhiqing, former President of Wenzhou Association of California Wang Xiaoqun, renowned photographer Zhao Guoqing, President of Chinese American Public Diplomacy Promotion Association Ren Xiangdong, He Xinyan, Zhan Ying and other well-known figures. Zuo Di and Liu Dongsheng, well-known hosts from Southern California, hosted the concert in both English and Chinese.
The successful holding of this concert has become a rare cultural phenomenon for a Chinese performing group to perform in Southern California, and strongly promoted the cultural exchanges between China and the United States.
