Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

Founded in 1952, Shanghai National Orchestra is the first large-scale national orchestra in China. The orchestra has a large-scale Orchestra of 80 people, and has three groups of artists: composer and conductor, soloist and soloist. The orchestra is famous for its well-trained, tacit cooperation and superb performance. They often perform Grand National Orchestral ensemble, Jiangnan Silk and bamboo, Guangdong music, plucked string ensemble and other characteristic small and medium-sized programs. The orchestra is active in creation. He has accumulated a wealth of repertoire, and many works have won awards in "Shanghai Spring" and "Shanghai Art Festival" and spread abroad.

essential information

Address: 336 Xinhua Road, Shanghai

Postcode: 2000 52

brief introduction

Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

China's first modern large-scale national orchestra. Since its establishment in 1952, Shanghai National Orchestra has been famous for its soft tone, distinctive style and exquisite performance. In the development of Chinese national music, Shanghai National Orchestra has always played an important role. Based on Shanghai, a famous international metropolis, the Shanghai National Orchestra has been developing continuously. It not only brings out a group of famous national instrumental musicians, but also performs magnificent national orchestral music, meaningful Jiangnan Silk and bamboo, national chamber music, plucked string music and other characteristic small and medium-sized programs, which are deeply loved by the audience. At the same time, the orchestra has also vigorously promoted the creation of folk music and accumulated rich repertoire. Many of its works have won awards in "Shanghai Spring" and "Shanghai Art Festival" and have been widely spread at home and abroad. In 2001 and 2003, the orchestra went to the Golden Hall in Vienna, Austria twice and successfully held the "Spring Festival Concert of the year of the snake" and "Spring Festival Concert of the year of the sheep". During the Spring Festival in 2012, the orchestra was invited to the United States for a 20 day tour, which was warmly pursued by the local audience. In addition, the orchestra is often invited to perform for various major events at home and abroad, as well as for many visiting foreign heads of state and government, such as the 2006 Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, ASEAN summit, the 2007 Special Olympic Games, the 2008 and 2010 Shanghai National Day concerts, the 2010 Shanghai World Expo Shanghai week, and the 2011 Shanghai New Year Concert for people from all walks of life And so on. In 2012, it won more than ten awards, such as the gold award of the fourth national minority literature and art show, by virtue of "Splendid China". It is praised as "the most beautiful Chinese Orchestra".

After more than half a century of development, Shanghai National Orchestra has become a large-scale national orchestra with four parts of string pulling, plucking, pipe blowing and percussion. It has created its own professional performance season and recorded a large number of national instrumental albums. At the same time, the orchestra also launched many public welfare performances to make continuous efforts to popularize Chinese folk music.

Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

Founded in 1952, Shanghai Chinese Orchestra is the first big-scale modernChinese orchestra in China. SHCO is famous for its harmonious cooperation amongthe members of orchestra and its excellent mastering of all kinds of works. TheOrchestra plays an important role in the development of Chinese music.

Located in Shanghai, SHCO has gained a profound progress and development.The Orchestra has a group of famous musicians. Its performance format andrepertoire include big-scale Chinese orchestral works as well as the mid-scaleand small-scale traditional characteristic ones, such as stringed and windinstrumental pieces, Cantonese music, plucked-strings instrumental ensemble,percussion instrumental ensembles and so on. SHCO is also actively engaged incomposition, which contributed to a rich repertoire of the orchestra. Amongthose compositions, many have been awarded in Shanghai Spring InternationalMusic Festival and Shanghai International Art Festival, and are also widelyaccepted both in China and abroad.

SHCO has performed in more than 80 cities in China and also toured to morethan 30 countries and regions in the world. Besides, the Orchestra oftenperforms for the presidents and chairmen of other countries when they visitChina. In 2001 and 2003, SHCO has successfully performed two Chinese New Yearconcerts, i.e. The Year of Snake New Year Concert and The Year of Goat New YearConcert in the Musikverein in Vienna, which was a big hit in Europe.

In addition, SCO is frequently invited to perform in major activities athome and abroad, such as the 2006 Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, theASEAN Summit, the 2007special Olympic Games, the 2008 and 2010 ShanghaiNational Day Concert, the 2010 Shanghai EXPO Week, etc. SCO also often givesperformance to the heads of foreign state and government held performances andwas hailed as "the most beautiful Chinese Orchestra".

Performance content

After decades of experience, the troupe has gradually formed its own unique style. They are not only good at playing beautiful Jiangnan music, but also good at playing Guangdong music, Zhejiang music, percussion music, drum music and folk music all over the world

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