2020 is the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, so Beethoven’s music will be performed in Guangzhou in 2020. Interested friends, please take a look at this guide! The editor will tell you the specific event content and address below! The performance address of Beethoven's complete music collection
2020 is the 250th birthday of "Music Saint" Beethoven anniversary, concert halls and classical orchestras around the world have included his works in their major performance projects, gearing up to welcome the arrival of the "Year of Beethoven".
The 2020 Beethoven Music "Complete Collection" will be held at Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall. The specific time has not been announced yet, so stay tuned!
July 23, Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall Announced a blockbuster performance plan called "2020-Beloved Beethoven", which will provide music fans with a "complete collection" including the complete collection of Beethoven's symphonies, complete piano sonatas, complete violin sonatas, and complete cello sonatas , fully presenting Beethoven’s outstanding achievements in four fields. It is reported that a music feast of this scale is not only unprecedented in the history of classical music performances in Guangzhou, but also the first time in China. Jaap van Zweden joins hands with the Hong Kong Philharmonic to present the highlight
Beethoven’s “Complete Collection” performance plan spans a year and has a total of 16 performances. The performance lineup includes a world-class orchestra—the only one in Asia shortlisted for “The Complete Works of Beethoven”. Gramophone》The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (referred to as "Hong Kong Philharmonic") among the top 10 symphony orchestras in the world in 2019, as well as three generations of international famous musicians, old, middle and young, including the popular conductor Jaap van Zweden and violin superstar Leonidas Kavakos , Rudolf Buchbinder, the authoritative interpreter of Beethoven's piano music, and Nerek Harknazarane, the gold medal winner in cello at the 14th Tchaikovsky International Music Competition. These "old friends" who have visited Xinghai Concert Hall will gather together in 2020 to bring Beethoven's "Complete Collection" concerts in four categories, as well as a series of popular education, lectures, face-to-face salons with musicians, and workshops and other activities, setting off a trend of commemorating Beethoven from all aspects and angles.
As we all know, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has a majestic chorus. At that time, the famous Taipei Philharmonic Chorus will complete the performance of the "Ninth Symphony" together with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. From "Hero" to "Ode to Joy", Guangzhou music fans will truly witness the complete performance of this symphony at home for the first time.
It took a year to prepare for the "Old Friends" gathering. Talking about the original intention of planning this "Complete Collection" project, Liu Ying, director of Xinghai Concert Hall, said that in recent years, there have been many world-class performances every year A large group came to Xinghai to perform: "When we approached the small goal of becoming a famous group, we were thinking about what else we should do? So we no longer just pursued one group, one division, one city and one pool, we wanted to build A 'world' - the world of music, the world of spirit, the world of beauty." With this in mind, it is a natural progression to take advantage of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth to launch this "Complete Collection" project in 2020. thing.
In order to allow music fans to enjoy the luxurious and high-quality "Complete Collection" of Beethoven, Xinghai Concert Hall has been working hard to plan since last year. For example, taking advantage of the cultural exchange opportunity in the Greater Bay Area, it will take the initiative to Hong Kong The orchestra invited them to present the long-awaited complete Beethoven symphonies to Guangzhou fans under the leadership of director Jaap van Zweden. This invitation received positive response from all members of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, including conductor Maestro Jaap van Zweden. The New York Philharmonic, where he currently serves as music director, had to adjust its schedule many times before this project finally came to fruition. On the other hand, the concert hall has also extended an olive branch to star friends such as Buchbinder and Kavakos who have had a relationship with Xinghai. Taking Kavakos, "one of the busiest musicians in the world" as an example, Xinghai In the fiercely competitive international market, the concert hall took the lead in booking the complete collection of ***10 sonatas for three consecutive nights.
In addition to the "Complete Collection", major orchestras and performers have also launched plans to pay tribute to Beethoven at the Xinghai Concert Hall. For example, the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra will perform with Kaspuchik and Yu Long There will be three Beethoven symphony concert series presented by artists such as British pianist Stephen Hough. The Verbier Festival Orchestra, which gathers the world's music elites, will also present a Beethoven commemorative concert in a large format. Stars are expected The concert hall will have more than twenty performances throughout the 2020 special performance season of "Le Saint".